Today, I was in a shoe store. I picked up a shoe so I could look at it, but when I put it back on the shelf, the whole shelf fell down, making all the shoes fall to the ground. The people behind the counter started clapping. FML
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Fall
Dead leaves, the first cold of the season and an umbrella flipped inside out: fall, the season of grace.
Today, while trying on clothes in Macy's, someone decided to throw some shoes over the wall and into my changing stall. I now have a black eye. FML
Today, I was super proud of myself for organizing my entire wardrobe. As I went to admire my work, I pulled out a sweater and knocked over the entire shelf of shoes. Now everything's on the floor and I can’t find my favourite pair of socks. FML
Today, at work, I went to place a small item on a shelf. The shelf fell on me, trapping my hand. While lifting it, the top shelf fell against my chest and the products all dumped on my face. I then realized the shelves were only held up by zip ties. FML
Today, I was at a grocery store when I slipped on a puddle of water. I tried to catch my balance, grabbed a shelf, and instead took down an entire display of chocolate boxes. People rushed over to help, albeit while smirking, and a kid yelled, “Do it again!” FML
Today, at my job as a librarian at an old library, I was shelving books. Things were great until one entire bookshelf fell over. The damage wasn't too bad. Then the rest fell down. FML
Today, as I was stood on an escalator, my shoelace got caught in the step. Panicking, I tried to pull it out, but my shoe came off. I had to awkwardly hop back down the escalator to retrieve it while everyone around me in the mall watched. FML
Today, I went to the grocery store in my brand new high heels. I tried to be graceful as I walked down the aisle but ended up slipping on some spilled juice and doing a weird half-dance, half-flailing thing. The shoppers around me turned to watch as I clumsily tried to regain my balance. As if that wasn’t bad enough, I also knocked over a display of discounted snacks. FML
Today, I was trying on clothes in a store that had just screens set up for changing. As I took off the first pair of pants had I tried on, my foot got hooked in the cuff and I fell out in my underwear in front of the whole store. FML
Today, I was at the mall with my mom. She was pissing me off, so I started screaming at her and causing a scene. I ended up falling all the way down the up escalator. Everyone saw and people clapped. FML
Today, I was shopping when I suddenly slipped on the wet floor and my basket and my groceries were flung everywhere. Moments later, one of the cleaners walked over holding a "wet floor" sign, saw me and laughed. FML
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allmidnighteyes 11
Shoes. Shoes. Shoes. Oh, my God, shoes.
powersmoke 0
Clap all they want, they are the ones who will be picking the shoes up. This ain't no stinkin' FML.
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Comments (93)
SinnerSaint 1
"ooo is that the thing where u get bumps.....on your frog legs" that made me crack up lol
J_Rodriguez112 0
lmfao funny people
citygirlnomore 0
hahaha reminds me of my old school where they were stupid enough to use glass plates in the cafeteria for lunch, every now and then someone would break a plate which would crash and everyone would clap and cheer lolz
polico_wolf 0
my school did that too! Every lunch people were just waiting for somebody to break it, they always did
1800getalife 0
today, at my shoe store, this fat chick could go through the lane where we kept the womens she. we tried to tell her but she wouldn't listen. as she went through the lane, she knocked over 100s of shoes for me to pick up. fml
whyevenbother 0
In Britain if you do something stupid or destructive or anything in public you WILL be clapped, or face a torrent of "WHEEEEEEEEEEEEEEYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY" and then you feel a bit of a tool and get on with your life.
moonshine_bek 2
it's true, and the classic "she fell over" is popular in GB!
DynamicDave 11
*sees number 4 and shakes fist in anger* I was gonna make that reference! These shoes rule, these shoes suck.
GiRIsMakingCupca 0
nnnnnnniiiiccccceee
FortuneFaded 0
Yeah, do anything silly in Britain and you can guarantee someone will make fun of you for it. Oh well, it's all a laugh in the end though. :p
JManHobbs 0
I would have clapped.
spartan_girl 0
i bet that shelf has been falling down frequently, and the employees decided to clap for whoever knocks it down- sounds like something my co-workers from when I was in high school and worked in retail would have done if we had a loose shelf. As long as you weren't hurt, I would have just laughed, apologized, and went on my way- just be glad it was shoes and not something fragile, which would have broken and cost you a fortune!