Today, I was at work, photographing a baby boy. I grabbed a bench for him to use to hold himself upright. His mom asked if she should hold him instead, but I told her he'd be fine. Two seconds later, he fell backwards and brought the bench down on top of him. There goes my job. 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, my coworker brought her 3-year-old son to work with her. When introducing him to me, she dropped her bag and bent over to pick it up, knocking him over with her butt in the process. When she stood up, she noticed he was sitting on the ground crying. She then accused me of pushing him over. FML
Today, I went to see my banker. As we were finishing everything up, I leaned forward to sign something. As I went back to sit down, my two year-old pulled the chair out from under me, and I crashed down to the floor. FML
Today, my momma ran into her opp and fists started flying. She grabbed the nearest thing near her and started swinging. That thing was my precious little boy, and now we're at the emergency room, telling him he fell down the stairs. FML
Today, I tripped getting on an escalator and instinctively grabbed the nearest person to steady myself. That person was a toddler. The mom screamed, I fell anyway, and the toddler just stared at me like I’d ruined his whole week. FML
Today, I was bringing a table a bowl of soup at my waitressing job. A new customer taking off his coat threw his elbow out, violently knocking the soup out of my hands and onto his baby in a highchair. The baby screamed; I had a panic attack. FML
Today, I was at work, when a co-worker began to shake a near empty box. Without thinking, I shouted "What if there was a baby in there? You just killed it!" I then remembered she recently suffered a miscarriage. FML
Today, I was at the park with my friends. We were all having fun on the swings, when out of nowhere I heard a thud, followed by a child crying. Turns out I accidentally kicked him in the head. FML
Today, I was taking a selfie in a café because the lighting was perfect. As I leaned back for the perfect angle, my chair tipped over, and I fell to the ground in front of a bunch of people. The barista was so concerned, he came over with a first aid kit, while I just wanted to disappear. FML
Today, at work, we were gathered to be told some bad news. One of our colleagues would be taking indefinite leave because his wife had dropped their newborn baby. I accidentally laughed at the image. FML
Today, I was babysitting my co-worker's son. He was eating Jell-o and spilled it on his top, so I pulled off his PJ's, and went in his room to grab a new pair. I heard a thunk and ran to find him out cold on the floor. His parents walked in on me trying to wake up their naked 3 year-old. FML
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itsa_maddy 19
You obviously don't know anything about kids, and gravity.
99megster 15
Well if he was a fairly new baby you shouldnt have expected him to be able to hold his own weight up
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Comments (115)
marisadc79 0
I'd have been pissed too if it had been my baby. I'm guessing you don't have kids or you wouldn't have thought that was alright but the mom should have held her ground and said no way. YDI for sure. Poor little baby hope it's alright and not traumatized.
doodlecloud 27
Sounds like you're both as bad as each other...unfortunately though, most people think anyone can work with children so the knowledge of parents and people who work with children is unlikely to change. Next time, as mum should know her baby best, ASK her if she thinks her baby can sit unaided instead of telling her what will and won't be fine. And if she doesn't know and the baby falls, F it's life but at least you won't be liable and hopefully mum will come to her senses.
redtigerlily 5
Should have used a more weighted prop.
kikikimsicles 0
F your life ?? What about the poor child??
Fmlsea 28
bet next time you will listen to the parents huh . YDI
porkpiehat 8
As a long time photographer, I can tell you this: causing yourself harm out of neglect while taking a photo is one thing, placing someone else in harm to get a photo makes you selfish, more so after the error of your ways had been pointed out to you.
I_dont_exist 5
tell the mother that u actually work for bench fail magazine and her sons gonna be on the cover :D
hateevryone 15
Don't be too mad at yourself. Just take the parents suggestions next time.
icodyonline 4
It's not YOUR responsibility to tell that mother what's good for her child. That mother should know and not listen to anyone else.
MLIA237 0
OP your an idiot!