Today, I stopped two little boys from spitting over a railing at the piano player two floors below in the department store I work at. Their mom complained to my boss about me. FML
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Today, a customer at the restaurant where I work reduced me to tears by screaming at me, as I nearly knocked out his 2-year-old with the kitchen door, after he let the little boy play on the floor behind it. Apparently, it's my fault I can't see through solid wood. FML
Today, a child was choking in the store I work at. He was alone in the aisle, so I started the Heimlich without his parents' permission. After dislodging what was caught, his mother turned the corner and went screaming to my manager for touching her kid. I got a write up. FML
Today, as I was bagging groceries, I looked down to see a 6-year-old urinating on my shoes and the floor next to me. I told his mother that he should take her kid to the restroom, only to be told to "mind my own goddamn business." I was later fired for arguing with the customer. FML
Today, I tripped over a kid at work. She was sitting on the floor with her legs sticking out into the walkway. Her mom caused a scene, accusing me of doing it on purpose. FML
Today, a customer yelled at me so furiously that she sprayed my face with spittle. I had to stand there, smiling and politely explaining that I needed to see a receipt before I could give her a refund. When she finally gave up and left, my boss bitched me out for "provoking the customer". FML
Today, a kid got his hand stuck inside my store's giant gumball machine. He started crying, and his negligent trainwreck of a mom bitched me out for being "unobservant." I'd been mopping up the mess she'd made after she'd spilled an open can of beer all over the floor. FML
Today, I brought my daughter to work with me. When we walked in, a client was blowing up at my boss, all because as my boss was walking past his storage unit, he glanced in and was about to compliment how neat it was. After my boss left, I had to deal with the aftermath, which left my daughter terrified of this man. FML
Today, I handed a written complaint to a shop manager about an employee who had used foul language to my teenage daughter. I then watched as he took the complaint to the employee in question, they read it together, laughed, then the manager tore it in half and threw it in the bin. FML
Today, I was at work, stocking shelves. A customer got mad because I was in the way of her "shopping time" and knocked down all the work I had done. FML
Today, a customer asked for my manager's number, my bosses number, corporate's number and filled out a complaint form, all because we kindly asked him not to sit his kid on the counter due to safety concerns. FML
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johnsonjj 4
sorry op... at least u protected the dignity of the piano player
dariustanrw 7
should've kick their asses yourself
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Comments (63)
LennyComa 39
If I was your boss I would be giving you a paid weekend off.
itwasthedognotme 14
A paid weekend of for that? Wow can I come and work for you? XD
vlngu118 4
Kids can be so mean these days
Demoniq 25
I hope the mother's reluctance to discipline her boys result in further embarrassment at her expense. FYL, OP.
seriouslygrowup 11
This might just be the sceptic in me, but I reckon your attitude and/or how you "stopped" them might have had a big part to play in to why the parent complained about you to your boss. Be wary next time. Your attitude and what you say in the heat of the moment might be normal to you, but not others
DeltaDragonxx 20
Ever heard of the kids who parents think are "perfect little angels" and they can do no wrong?
Aquila_Umbrae 26
I don't think there is any approach too harsh for those little punks. I believe in being polite at all times except when it contributes to further actions of stupidity based on a false sense of entitlement. The OP was right to stop these idiots in any way possible.
kingodsucksville 18
People these days...
Just_a_student 2
Don't feel bad OP I had a parent once complain that I 'touched' her kid because I stopped her maybe 1 year old from tumbling down the stairs while she was no where to be seen. And before anybody says anything I did grab the baby's arm but it was a knee jerk reaction to a toddler at the top of a giant flight of hard stairs and I let him go right away. I saw two men almost get into a fist fight over the same scenario, a man waiting for his wife to come out of a Macy's was leaning on the rail and a baby (this girl couldn't have been 1 and was in one of those giant awkward snowsuits so she could barely walk as it was) was about to try and go down so he just put his arm out and said something to her about waiting for her parents (like a good human being) and the dad, who happened to be at the bottom of the stairs, flipped his lid. People don't like anyone doing anything for their kids even saving them from getting hurt.
slyde32 12
imagine if the poor guy at the top did nothing, the dad would've gone off even worse I'd imagine. It's people like this child's dad that cause no one to want to do the right thing anymore, it'll get you in just as much trouble.
Aquila_Umbrae 26
Good for you OP. Don't let the bastards bring you down. Thank you for contributing to a world that doesn't put up with crap like this. I hope you scared the shit out of those little punks maybe they will finally learn something they are clearly not getting from their mom.
sjbartholome 14
This could all have been avoided if the mother knew how to take care of her children.
buckdharma 38
Let me get this straight. While working retail, you curtailed two young males trying to assail via air mail over a hand rail? You made two young ***** quit before their spit directly hit? You deserve praise, her a reserved gaze.
worldclassrager 41
Well you shouldn't have a huge issue with your boss about it you were doing the right thing