Today, I had to buy a new boxcutter for work after our old one broke. It came in a box, the type which policy requires a boxcutter to open. FML
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Halloween
A failed costume, stolen candy and a very real scare: Halloween, the one night when fear is allowed.
Today, I cut myself on a band-aid box, while trying to get one out for another cut. FML
Today, I got a paper cut while opening my box of Band-Aids. FML
Today, I cut myself with child-proof scissors. FML
Today, I got an electric shaver hoping that it would reduce the risk of cutting myself than shaving with a manual one. However, I cut myself opening the plastic package with the shaver inside. FML
Today, the key broke inside my lock and I ended up needing bolt cutters. Cool. FML
Today, while I was at work in a machine shop, I cut myself really bad. Not with any of the sharp tools, drills, or metals I work with. Just the soap dispenser. FML
Today, I brought my lunch to work in the only box I had lying around my apartment - a small one from FedEx. When I went to the bathroom before lunch, I returned to my desk to find that one of my coworkers had mailed my lunch back to my apartment. FML
Today, while drilling holes in "No Smoking" signs for my job, I gave myself a minor cut that would appear to most as a papercut. I then had to fill out 3 double-sided pages of paperwork. FML
Today, my new mailbox key finally arrived. Not at the front door as I requested, but in the mailbox. FML
Today, I left work early, and discovered I was locked out of my house. I subsequently had to use a spoon I found on the ground to smash the bathroom window. I cut my leg on the glass when I climbed through. While inspecting the wound, I felt a lump in my pocket. It was my house key. FML
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SweetJTBR 22
Think outside the box!
misslady23 10
Oh the irony...
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Comments (80)
rs89 20
Improvise!
MymB612 14
I'm sorry... you have a policy that tells you how you should open boxes? Use your head! My god.
graceinsheepwear 34
That's a very standard safety policy. It makes the employer not liable if people use knives or loose razor blades or even the side of scissors and slip and cut themselves.
caysters 12
You can slip with a box cutter too. Have a scar on my arm to prove it. It's a ridiculous policy. I'd go nuts if my work had that sort of policy, especially with people disappearing with my box cutter all the time.
graceinsheepwear 34
To everyone suggesting ways to open the box, OP managed to use a computer and submit an FML, so I'm betting they got the box open. The FML is not the impenetrable box but the conundrum of the policy.
AutumnMasquerade 12
In case such should happen again atleast OP has a few things to try right?.
annie_nk 23
And thank god too. I don't think "Today, I couldn't open a box. FML" would have gotten posted.
Lacist 19
**** his life for seeing the irony in his minor situation.
Ambient25 25
Shhh! The walls have ears....
mandyrozrox 13
oh the irony
LexSwift 17
That's like when you buy scissors BUT YOU CAN'T OPEN THEM BECAUSE YOU NEED SCISSORS.
droolah 4
Figure it out!
ThatBoredGuy 4
Use a knife or something sharp >.<
perdix 31
Go to a shop that rents tools and take out a box cutter to open the one you bought. Your boss will be pleased to reimburse you for the expense, that is, if he is so anal about policy.
Parkour_rocks 20
Bureaucratic solution FTW
nina739 10
knife, scissors?
graceinsheepwear 34
Rock? Paper?