Miscellaneous: Today, a blonde tourist came up to me and asked me for directions...

By dumb tourists - 31/03/2013 06:19 - China - Beijing

Today, a blonde tourist came up to me and asked me for directions to the nearest train station. I politely directed her there, and she left. Five minutes later, she came back and slapped me for not bringing her to an "English-speaking station". We're in China, lady. FML

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By Kayak - 29/12/2013 23:23 - United Kingdom

Today, I was verbally abused by a tourist because neither I nor anyone else in my country can speak "proper English". We're in England - clue's in the name, dipshit. FML

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By jennag5 - 24/03/2012 06:45 - Canada - Claresholm

Today, two drop dead gorgeous Australians asked me for directions. Being so shocked by their beauty and accents, I couldn't get words out of my mouth. The one said to the other "Nope she doesn't speak English", then walked away. FML

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By ChickenBallsPlease - 28/01/2014 11:16 - United Kingdom - King's Lynn

Today, I was eating at a Chinese restaurant, when I stopped the waitress to tell her that even though I am of Chinese heritage, I can't understand a word of Chinese. After an awkward silence, she told me she was actually speaking English. FML

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By anonymous - 13/07/2015 09:45 - China - Shanghai

Today, I was yelled at by a bunch of angry people because I couldn't physically move out of the way while 10 more tried to force their way onto a subway in Shanghai. Then one old lady started hitting me with her purse to get me to move even more. FML

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What word was it?

By BigBall - 09/09/2023 20:00 - United States - Los Angeles

Today, a tourist from an English-as-second-language country taught me a new word. In English. FML

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By Target - 12/02/2013 01:42 - United States

Today, while waiting for my order at a restaurant, a woman walked up to me and slapped me. She looked at me for a moment and said "Sorry, I thought you were someone else." Ten minutes later, the same woman came back and slapped me again. FML

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Rod Stewart was wrong

By WTF Lady? - 08/04/2020 20:00

Today, I was walking down my street when a girl came up behind me and started yelling about me being a slut. When she saw I was the wrong person, she continued to yell at me because I have blonde hair. FML

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Back home

By Anonymous - 30/12/2012 19:21 - Germany - Neunkirchen

Today, I returned to Germany for a break from my studies abroad. I got lost while out for groceries, so I tried asking a guy for directions. I went totally blank and strained to think of the right words, prompting him to mutter about rude foreigners not bothering to learn the local language. FML

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By EunJung - 04/11/2011 00:16 - United States

Today, at the nail salon, a Korean woman was making fun of me. I kindly told her, in Korean, that I understood. She kindly told me, in English, that she didn't care. FML

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I just work here, lady

By WhoAreThesePeople - 05/04/2022 22:00

Today, I was working a concert ticket booth. A lady gave me her ticket, I punched it, and told her to enjoy the show. She asked for the “hotel.” Apparently, she thought that the concert ticket cost included a hotel stay, since she traveled from out of state. She cussed me out and had to be escorted out. FML

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sirpantselot 22

Sunday 31 March 2013 16:29

Kudos to her for tracking you down just to give you a slap.

soccerluver315 14

Sunday 31 March 2013 16:29

"Today, a blonde tourist.." I expected something like this to happen

Comments

xRezSynn 15

Monday 1 April 2013 17:07

Ironic!

Life_sucks_13 6

Monday 1 April 2013 17:25

Lol I love your name OP!

AnimeBitch 14

Monday 1 April 2013 20:04

We could all pay attention to the fact that it's an FML, where most people go for laughs, so that we can stop bitching for a page about blonde stereotypes. Chill, it's not that serious. Laugh a little.

gardenwhipped3 14

Tuesday 2 April 2013 2:32

I am really sorry for your experience. I have been to china and to Beijing. And if you have half a brain and even a very basic vocabulary. Ni Ge and Je Ge. Then there is no reason for her to not be able to get through the subway system and even get one of the reusable cards for travel. If she meant the actual long distance rail station, then that is her fault. My apologies for your experience.

katykoolcat 13

Friday 5 April 2013 2:17

Ha blonde joke.

BadLuckDude12345 14

Friday 26 April 2013 10:42

What a dumbass.

fantasy10086 5

Wednesday 31 July 2013 16:07

yeah, we need some english-speaking ones！

tjw1616 21

Tuesday 4 March 2014 19:43

what a complete & utter idiot, sorry op :(

Lystune42 8

Sunday 9 March 2014 1:15

I'm going to assume she was American, because let's face it that's kind of what we're known for. So on behalf of the handful of Americans who try not to be complete assholes in other countries, I apologize.