Today, I finished a website that I have been working on for ages for a friend. He tried to repay me by offering to teach me to play table tennis. FML
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Dead leaves, the first cold of the season and an umbrella flipped inside out: fall, the season of grace.
Today, I beat my extremely competitive friend in a game of pool. He responded by breaking a pool stick over my head. FML
Today, I played a table tennis final in public. After winning, I went to shake my opponent's hand. He doesn't react or move. It was only the first set. FML
Today, I was playing tennis with my friend. He hit a ball up high, and I slammed it down, thinking there was no way he would get it. Feeling pretty good about it, I turned around to celebrate. As I turned around, I got smacked in my face. He got it. FML
Today, after playing numerous games of poker against my friend, and him telling me that I'm the best poker player he's ever met, I went out and played for real money. I got totally destroyed, lost all of my money, and was laughed out of the building. FML
Today, I went to play pool with a couple of friends. I'm not very good at this game. My friend beat me fair and square. Twice. He's blind. FML
Today, I spent all day doing a project for myself and then for a friend who's sick. Turned out it was a prank everyone in the class was pulling on me. I missed a baseball game because of it. FML
Today, my girlfriend beat me at ping pong, twenty to three. She said I let her win because I don't respect her, then stormed out of the room. I'm just really bad at ping pong. FML
Today, a friend wanted to show me a game he bragged he was the best at. I beat his score on the first try, and now I have a black eye to prove it. FML
Today, I was teaching a ten year old how to play piano. Halfway through the lesson, she made a minor mistake, which, trying to be a good tutor, I corrected her. She smiled up at me, paused, then slammed the key cover down onto my fingers. FML
Today, I handed my friend a $50. I paid her to take care of my farm on Farmville, feed my fish on Fishville, and flip my burgers on Cafe World, while I went on vacation for a week. FML
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Icejza_DaChilla 7
YDI for not setting terms before starting the project. How does it feel to be used?
aantho_fml 0
Getting table tennis advice from a pro is priceless...
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Comments (95)
GraceKathryn97 0
I woulda punched him in the face!!!
CADMAN82 1
No you wouldn't.
GraceKathryn97 0
Oh yea that's right cuz u obviously know...ha ur so sad u smart ass! Back off!
icefshng8 9
Someone is having they're special time of the month:)
instnt1nfction 17
Calm your ****
instnt1nfction 17
Calm your ****
GraceKathryn97 0
Oh like u even kno what that is jjeebs! Y'all r all idiots n need to get the stick outta ur asses!
NomOnShroomz 14
Asian friends FTW!! EDIT: I would like to correct myself, Asians call it Ping Pong, only Brits call it table tenis.
Calyx_fml 22
YDI for not working out payment terms in advance.
smokeymcpottt 3
Table tennis is a useful skill in countries that don't have Koreans. Otherwise it's just useless.
hamncheeseinit 6
Hack the website that you created for him or put a virus in it so the computer comes alive and kills the human race except for you
dreamering 16
Dude, you got to take it easy on whatever you're smoking.
flockz 20
you are not supposed to smoke ham and cheese dude....
JinxosGirl87 0
Agree to learn and then purposefully hit in the face with the ball every time.
every1luvsboners 11
Boners life lesson of the day: You should help people and do nice things because you're a nice person, not because you expect something in return. That is all.
krez 20
While that is generally true, the OP had been "working on it for ages", which kind of implies he expected compensation. Non-technical people tend to think creating a web site is as easy as imagining it, as opposed to real work. Should have worked out compensation in advance.
Daralea 21
If he'd been working on it for ages he probably should have discussed with his friend what the terms of the work was to be.
Daralea 21
edit: double post
icefshng8 9
RUDE! perdix is an expert with the ladies;)
TipOfTheHat 10
Could have paid in "I Owe You's"!
ScarletBloom 14
I rather you learn it from the Chinese.
False_Stupidity 42
Who's to say that his friend isn't Chinese?.. Very possible in Australia.
ScarletBloom 14
I wasn't aware about where he is from. But table tennis instructors from china are more reliable.
catkat1988 17
If you do such a big thing for your friend, maybe you should've been clear on the terms beforehand. If you expect payment, either in terms of favours or money, discuss it before you start the project - otherwise you have to assume it's a friendly favour that doesn't require any concrete payment. Hell, unless your friend stated that the tennis game was his way of repaying you, I'd have guessed he just figured playing tennis with you would be a nice way to hang out as friends, unrelated to the website.