Work: Today, I was in the elevator with my new boss. He asked things...

By Anonymous - 09/10/2010 09:41 - United States

Today, I was in the elevator with my new boss. He asked things like "How are you?" "How's your day going?" and "What's for dinner?" I answered everything and tried to make small talk. I then noticed that he was wearing a bluetooth and was talking to someone else. FML

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By Anonymous - 20/04/2020 17:00

Today, I went out for lunch with one of my co-workers. After work, I talked to one of my friends about how unpleasant the lunch was with him. My co-worker was standing behind me listening in the whole time. FML

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By Anonymous - 19/04/2022 00:01

Today, I was fixing something for a guy at a steel manufacturing company. His employees told me that their boss can't hear properly, so I'd have to be loud when talking to him. When I'd finished, he asked me if I normally talked like that, or if there was something wrong with me. FML

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By kimosabe - 02/03/2009 19:58 - United States

Today, at work a woman came up to the check out counter and when I greeted her she said "oh honey, you are so beautiful!" I immediately smiled and thanked her, then she looked at me and said "oh, not you." and then pointed to her ear. She was on her bluetooth. FML

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By Anonymous - 21/06/2009 19:50 - United States

Today, I was in the grocery store getting bananas and there was this real hot guy next to me. He said, "Hey beautiful" so I smiled. He then asked if I was free on Friday night. I smiled and said, "Yes, why do you ask?" He looked up from the bananas and pointed to the bluetooth in his ear. FML

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Br00tal666 0

Saturday 9 October 2010 20:04

LMAO I get it, I hate when that happens. :P

elmorous 0

Saturday 9 October 2010 20:51

lol that happened to me, so i pretended to be talking on mine.

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maloriewatson 3

Saturday 9 October 2010 21:32

He was talking to his wife, lmao..! :D

TheIrishJaneDoe 8

Saturday 9 October 2010 21:32

This gives me a great idea for avoiding those dreaded small-talkers. I'll just ignore them, and if they get offended, I'll say I assumed they were on the phone. :]

ImaginaryFoe 0

Sunday 10 October 2010 3:34

I've actually done that! I steadfastly ignored him until he called my name. By then he wasn't up to repeating everything he'd said (I hadn't heard because "I didn't want to eavesdrop"). I usually leave my ear buds in and ignore small talkers even when I have no music playing but this chap happened to catch me unarmed.

Vernon247 0

Saturday 9 October 2010 21:42

Happens to me sometimes. I work at a call center

IVXX 0

Saturday 9 October 2010 21:43

I'm sorry, my dad has one if those stupid things and makes fun of me when I don't know that's he's on the phone.

hcsdancer 0

Saturday 9 October 2010 22:17

so?!?!? like that matters.....

allie2590 31

Saturday 9 October 2010 22:20

I hate Bluetooth headsets. I work as a cashier, and I can never tell when someone is talking me or to whoever they are on the phone with. >:C

Xavi89 0

Saturday 9 October 2010 22:26

haha. loser

CoachLlama 5

Saturday 9 October 2010 22:28

I love this. I bet this scene plays out many times daily around the world. Sometimes people walking down the street look crazy, like they're talking to themselves, until you realize they have one of those around the ear units. By the way, what's for dinner?