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

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gotdapowa 0

Monday 8 March 2010 5:28

124: if you hate Russians, try germany dumköpf arschloch!

Chocolate_Chunk 2

Tuesday 6 July 2010 8:58

Spelling "Dummkopf" isn't that hard. Mach dich nicht zum Hans.

lampbandit 0

Saturday 1 May 2010 23:22

Well that sucks..

Arseniy 0

Friday 3 December 2010 11:43

Russkie est vezde

valdigrad 0

Friday 10 December 2010 2:19

ne, lutche idioti' kotoriye prikidoyutsa ruskime haha

bamam 0

Wednesday 5 January 2011 6:06

I sure hope you had a good response for her

garner20 0

Wednesday 13 April 2011 11:19

in soviet Russia the keys loose you.

leah0500 0

Saturday 11 June 2011 3:04

Too bad so sad I speak Russian too

sgtcxelite 11

Saturday 5 May 2012 19:17

My question is, how did you ask for a spare key..? If it was in Russian, she'd know you can speak the language. If it was in English, she wouldn't have answered in Russian and would have probably called maintenance before trying. I know there's a possibility of an English-to-Russian book, but I based on what OP said, she could speak and understand it fine. And why wouldn't OP just say in Russian "Excuse me?" or "Could you repeat that?". There must have been a long pause to make her think you didn't understand..