Miscellaneous: Today, I was helping some mental health patients at work, I spent...

By Tom_why - 23/05/2009 19:27 - United Kingdom

Today, I was helping some mental health patients at work, I spent 20 mins to fail to connect the DVD player to the TV and went back to make them something to eat. I came back into the room after 5 mins and one of the patients had connected it for himself. He has a profound learning disability. FML

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By HiddlePuff - 14/05/2015 12:42 - Australia

Today, while teaching my class, I hooked my laptop up to the projector and put on a documentary. I left it playing and went to the toilet. When I came back the whole class was talking to my mother. She must've Skyped me while I was gone and someone answered the call. FML

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By burnnotice - 19/09/2009 14:10 - United States

Today, I was trying to turn on my computer and couldn't. I spent twenty minutes trying to figure out what was wrong when I finally called my husband for help and made him leave work. He came in, looked at the wall, and plugged it back in. The look on his face said it all. FML

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By Anonymous - 29/03/2020 23:00

Today, I'm self isolating with a mother who hogs the remote but doesn't know how to use it, and is so short-sighted she can barely see the TV. Every five minutes, I hear, "What have I done now?", "How have I got onto this then?" and she won't let me help her. FML

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By coco1234 - 09/03/2020 12:35

Today, I stood there for 10 minutes trying to fix the toaster, until I called my brother to help me. I'd forgotten that it wasn't plugged in. He now thinks I'm a complete idiot. FML

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By Anonymous - 30/06/2021 20:01

Today, a patient, who is normally pretty chill, was being quite difficult for my workmates. They were whinging about him and I defended him, he's normally a sweet guy so something must be upsetting him. I went to chat with him, he punched me and called a useless a**hole. FML

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By anon - 03/08/2016 03:28

Today, I was working at the hospital and it was very busy. Unthinking, I told a patient in a wheelchair to "sit tight" while I checked on something. He mocked me for the rest of his stay. FML

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By Dispute - 08/08/2011 05:30 - Canada

Today, I was driving home from a long day at work fixing people's electronics. When I got home, I got a call from work saying I needed to go back and help a customer with their TV again. When I got there, after an hour of driving, I realized I'd accidentally kicked the power cord out. FML

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By hugadyle - 18/04/2020 14:00

Today, I took a trip to the library's public computer section to get some important work done. After a bit of work, I went to stretch only to see that the man next to me was watching some adult films on his computer and discreetly touching himself. I still had 58 minutes of computer time. FML

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By ilikemusicokay - 08/08/2009 05:04 - United States

Today, I was going to the bathroom at work. Since I knew it would take a while, I brought my iPod in for entertainment. To bad it disabled me from hearing the continuous knocks on the door as well as the manager eventually picking the lock and busting in. FML

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By aragmir - 18/12/2016 06:10 - Sweden - Stockholm

Today, while working at a nursing home, I was alone in the station and figured I could sneak one out. It wound up being very loud, and I could hear the faint snickering of a patient in the next room. Every time he saw me for the rest of the day he would burst out laughing. FML

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Geist_fml 0

Sunday 24 May 2009 3:11

Your giving them way too little credit. They are humans like you and me after all.

Azurea_fml 0

Sunday 24 May 2009 3:10

You might be retarded.

Comments

feesh 0

Sunday 24 May 2009 3:28

OP- You make it seem like people with learning disabilities are incapable of doing anything other than staring at a bloody wall...

Taihen 0

Sunday 24 May 2009 3:28

Just cause he has a learning disability doesn't mean he can't/doesn't learn or know things. I'm sure he's quite brilliant at some things, even if they aren't common or what you and I usually think of.

thhopelessrmntc 0

Sunday 24 May 2009 3:29

#4- ha, good twist x] #9- ah-greeeeeed!

uguysareidiots 0

Sunday 24 May 2009 3:34

I think maybe you're retarded also. Good job learning how to type in 'fmylife.com' by yourself!

adventurepaws 0

Sunday 24 May 2009 3:34

I was thinking the same thing #4

greatnt249 0

Sunday 24 May 2009 3:38

Learning disability =/= mental retardation...YDI.

yoursavinggrace 0

Sunday 24 May 2009 3:42

actually, my brother is autistic and he can figure out electronic devices better than anyone i know. just because he can't communicate like we can doesn't mean he's stupid. YDI for making assumptions about the mentally challenged

live_and_learn 0

Sunday 24 May 2009 3:45

are you a patient?

thequeenofscots 0

Sunday 24 May 2009 3:47

Utter fail for, as everybody already said, assuming that because somebody has a learning disability, they are inherently stupid.

SuperSpore 0

Sunday 24 May 2009 3:49

#4: Ha, funny. OP- Are you a color blind, retarded five year old? Wait, sorry color blind, retarded five year olds. You are a cretin. Don't know what it means, look it up. I'm pretty sure my 3 year old cousin could do it through the process of elimination. Sorry for being so harsh.