Today, a customer at the store I work at asked me what kind of cake I would suggest for her husband's 50th birthday. I laughed and showed her the Grim Reaper cake. She burst into tears and explained that he has cancer. FML
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Today, at work, a customer cried because the cake I made her was not "exactly" the same as the display. I'm the one who made the display and it was the same but the display cake had faded a bit, since it had been there for a month. I'd mentioned this to the customer when she placed the order. FML
Today, a customer that I've been waiting on for years came into the restaurant after a long absence. I said to him, "Hey man, it looks like you lost a lot of weight! How'd you do it?" He replied, "I got cancer." FML
Today, after telling my mother-in-law about my recent miscarriage, she cheerfully made a cake to celebrate. FML
Today, I was at work. I work at a grocery store and a woman pulls a cart to me filled with chips, breads, lunch meats, and sodas. I said to her "Looks like you are going to have a fun party" she then looks at me and says "My mother just died, this is for after the funeral. FML
Today, I ordered a graduation cake from a woman at the grocery store. She asked me what I wanted the cake to say and I said "Congratulations Annie". Then she asked me who was ordering and I said "Annie". I had to order my own cake. The woman was silent. FML
Today, I was ringing up a woman at work. I saw she'd bought a birthday cake, so I smiled and said I hoped whoever it was for has a happy birthday. She looked at me in disgust, told me to mind my own business, then called me a "chucklefuck bitch." Okay then. FML
Today, I went into work and noticed one of my fellow colleagues had a large bunch of flowers on her desk. As soon as I saw her, I immediately said, "Happy Birthday!" Everyone went quiet. It wasn't her birthday; her father had died. FML
Today, a coworker left a chocolate cake on the "free food" table in the office. I had a slice. She's just called to ask if she left her grandmother's birthday cake at work. She made it from scratch. Now I'm baking a new cake in the office kitchen. FML
Today, I heard that one of our customers had passed away. Saddened, I told everyone who came into our shop about his death. Understandably, some customers got very upset and one even fainted. Suddenly, the "dead" man walked into the shop. Turns out I got the name wrong. FML
Today, at work, I served a customer who looked so much like my grandma that I thought it actually was her. Then I remembered she died 6 months ago. I had to serve customers with a smile on my face while choking back tears for the rest of the day. FML
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Top comments
Honesty4U 0
An Over The Hill cake would have been fine, but your store had to one up that with a Grim Reaper? Man, that sucks! At least you were doing your job well!
iTaylor 0
you know, in any other situation that would have been a good joke. you couldn't have known :/
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Comments (240)
maryaalhindi 9
What a jerk
Noyes654 0
That's when you say "Sorry ma'am, honest mistake." and if she can't get over herself have her removed from the store. Ignore all these people calling you a bad person.
Asilum 0
all you people are touchy little bitchs its a joke get over it maybe the person had cancer so what i woulda started laughing took the cake and walked out the door good job OP thumbs up :)
Rainbow_dumpster 28
@ #50: He's got cancer, Dumbass.
Asilum 0
and i hope everyone who said "Your an ass hole. you jerk!" and anything mean to the OP ... gets cancer :D
BWill9014 4
What 54 said... now everyone stfu
iivann 0
u are the worst sales person!!!
N0tabasicweezy 0
You don't deserve it you didn't know so ya :/ hope you apologized though
kawigurl 0
too many ppl commenting here are too uptight and serious. doesnt anyone know that a grim reaper or over the hill type of stuff is common decor for a 50th bday?? op was trying to have a sense of humor and did nothing inconsiderate or asshole-ish. it was just unfortunate timing that the bday boy was dying. i feel bad for op, that must have been embarrasing & awkward.
animejen1988 9
Seriously, people? My mother just turned 50. You know what her friends did? They set up a walker on our porch and put cardboard tombstones on our front lawn. It's a joke. Most few people live past 50. The tombstones and the grim reaper are just supposed to be teasing ways of saying that you're getting old and over the hill. It's not the OP's fault. He/she didn't know that the husband had cancer, and as a few other people have said, a lot of other people would've found it funny.