Miscellaneous: Today, I'm studying abroad in Russia, and I lost my keys to my...

By icanunderstand - 10/07/2009 12:50 - Russian Federation

Today, I'm studying abroad in Russia, and I lost my keys to my dorm room. In the office I asked for a spare and she spoke really fast so I couldn't hear her. Assuming I don't speak Russian, she gets on the phone and calls maintenance saying, "There is this ugly girl about to cry... come fix it." FML

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By phansmootchie - 20/12/2011 08:14 - United States

Today, I lost my keys. My roommate locked me out, then yelled at me when I made her come home to let me in. I tore my room apart searching for them, and even went out to search my locker room. When I got home, I glanced at my wall only to find my keys hanging on the hook I set up specifically for them. FML

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By Anonymous - 28/02/2019 11:00 - United States - University

Today, I went to take a shower, but forgot my towel and dorm key in my room. After my shower, I had to run down to the front desk butt-naked, using only a shampoo bottle as cover, and ask for a temporary key. The person running the front desk was my ex-girlfriend’s current boyfriend. FML

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By megmo7 - 04/10/2010 08:24 - United States

Today, my roommate who stays out til 4 or 5 in the morning each night got her key to the dorm fixed. I've been having to stay up nightly to let her in (my normal bedtime being 12:00) How'd they fix it? Turns out it was never broken she was just putting the key in the slot wrong. FML

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By killmenow - 23/04/2014 14:54 - United States - New Orleans

Today, I locked myself out of my dorm room. I walked across campus, shoe-less and in nothing but my bathrobe, to find someone who could let me back in. Turns out I hadn't even shut the door properly and so it never actually locked. I can still hear the guy laughing at me. FML

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By Claudine - 30/06/2015 06:18 - Belgium - Liège

Today, my boss is on the phone with a Russian customer, who keeps saying, "Speak Russian please!" My boss asks me to translate, as he hired me for my knowledge of Russian. He says something, I translate in Russian, then the customer says, "Speak English please!" FML

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By leez - 01/02/2009 10:43 - United States

Today, my roommate has gone home for the weekend. She forgot to turn her alarm clock off. Her door is locked. FML

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By me - 20/12/2010 02:26 - Bulgaria

Today, my roommate asked me to lock the door as we left our place. I told her to use my keys, because my hands were full. Afterwards, she and her boyfriend set off out of town for the next couple of days. She forgot to give me back my keys. FML

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By issy - 21/09/2009 05:31 - United States

Today, while taking a shower in the dorm bathroom, my roommate thought it would be funny to steal my towel, robe, and key. I spent over an hour waiting for someone to come into the bathroom so I could ask them to bring me something to cover up. FML

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By Anonymous - 13/10/2010 14:45 - Brunei Darussalam

Today, my crush walked me home. As my mom opens the door, she tells me in Russian how ugly he is, and that I have extremely bad taste. Out of all the languages in the world, he happens to be fluent in Russian. FML

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By FML - 15/07/2009 14:29 - Syrian Arab Republic

Today, my long-distance boyfriend came to visit. We went to a cafe where I managed to lock myself in the toilet, breaking the key. I then had to wait for them to break down the door. I came out to applause from everyone, who had been laughing at me for 25 minutes. FML

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SilverXeno 0

Friday 10 July 2009 20:14

In Soviet Russia, you don't lose keys. KEYS LOSE YOU!

WFMS 0

Friday 10 July 2009 20:28

you should of said " the ugly girl can hear you" in Russian to her

Comments

Saluton 18

Saturday 11 July 2009 7:08

Dear FML readers, I'm totally sorry for the Russian posters above who just come and start telling everyone to f*** off. In their own language and for no reason at all. "Ну ты и чурбан не русский" is, of course, the best way to show how well bred you are, isn't it, twist_n_shout? baby_love (#56) is correct. I'm glad I don't live there any longer, shame I'll have to return for holidays. OP: FYL. A Russian

twist_n_shout 0

Saturday 11 July 2009 8:01

I fail to see how what I said is at all the same as "telling everyone to f*** off", but I am so glad that you are SO well-bred that you feel you may take upon yourself the task of apologizing for the rest of us! You are so superior to the rest of us in your condescending ways and your lack of desire to ever live in Russia again. The expression I used is a quite commonly used Russian expression, which expresses that what someone said sounds really awkward, be it a slip of the tongue or an actual mistake, equalling in strength to "ну ты и чудак!" or, for the lack of a better English equivalent, "how ridiculous is that!" In no way is it very harsh, but maybe somewhat sarcastic. Oh and just so you know, "well-bred" usually refers to someone's physical description. The phrase you are looking for is "well brought up".

Drakanaa 0

Saturday 11 July 2009 7:28

FHL for being an unnecessary douchebag. That's not the first time I've heard of that happening though. Friend of mine went to get her nails done with a Korean friend of hers and they bad-mouthed her for being fat without realizing her friend spoke Korean. Girl's not even fat. People are so uppity about their culture these days. I hope you told her off in Russian.

AnaMaree 0

Saturday 11 July 2009 8:59

YDI for caring about Russia.

somaturee 0

Saturday 11 July 2009 9:41

It's funny when people think you can't speak a language, when in reality you can, and try to insult you with it... I hope after she got off the phone with her, you said something bitchy back to her in Russian. ;]

Iudex 0

Saturday 11 July 2009 13:32

You are considered ugly in russia? You must be nasty

LadyLieDie 1

Sunday 12 July 2009 4:55

Oh, man, this reminds me of being in a Vietnamese hair salon. My sister was getting her hair cut and throughout the whole time, they were commenting on how awful her hair was. She finally said, "I can speak Vietnamese." They continued talking anyway.

intotheblue 0

Sunday 12 July 2009 5:20

Oh wow, that's a lot of Russian at the top of these comments... OP, that's pretty rude of the woman to say such a thing. :( #129, they kept talking about her, seriously? How rude! Reminds me of that Seinfield episode where the girl (always forget her name) gets someone who speaks Vietnamese to come with her to the salon and find out what they're saying about her... wish I could do that sometimes!

littlecloud_fml 0

Sunday 12 July 2009 5:53

I am from Russia and it really hurts to read all these mean comments about Russians. there are good people in every country and sadly enough there are assholes too.

twist_n_shout 0

Monday 13 July 2009 18:20

I totally agree! The main point of the post wasn't that it happened in Russia, but that someone was saying things about the OP in a language they thought she wouldn't understand! There are plenty of FMLs about someone overhearring someone else saying mean things about them in English, but it definitely doesn't reflect in any way on the offender's country of origin, so I don't understand why some are jumping all over this solely for the reason that it happened in Russia!