Today, I was on a ladder at work, fetching some stock from one of the storage shelves. Some teenage kid thought it would be fucking hilarious to grab the ladder and violently shake it. He hadn't bet on me being startled enough to fall off and fracture my elbow on the floor. FML
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Halloween
A failed costume, stolen candy and a very real scare: Halloween, the one night when fear is allowed.
Today, I spotted an elderly man trying to use the ladder at work. Knowing customers aren't supposed to use these, I went over and helped. Not only did I fall from the ladder, but I landed on the old man's foot, breaking my elbow and fracturing his toe. FML
Today, I was standing on a desk at work to run wiring in a suspended ceiling, since we have no ladder. My phone rang, I rushed to answer it, tripping and smashing my leg. It was my boss, calling to tell me he was bringing over a ladder. FML
Today, I was standing on a step ladder to reach the batteries on top of my fridge so I could change the ones in my TV remote. My sister thought it would be funny to shake the ladder and see what would happen. I now have a broken leg and a TV remote with dead batteries in it. FML
Today, while working at Walmart, I was walking the sales floor and passed the end of an aisle. I saw a customer coming at me from the corner of my eye, so I jumped backwards. I hit a display case, and watched it topple over before turning to apologize to the customer. It was a ladder. FML
Today, I was working on a client's roof. Some neighborhood kids thought it would be hilarious if they knocked over my ladder. I was stuck on this roof in serious heat. I caught the attention of a pedestrian to come to my rescue. It was a little old lady. She gave me the finger and left. FML
Today, as I was pulling wire for an addition to my boss's house, I was on a ladder drilling a hole when my coworker kicked the ladder out from under me and left me hanging from a rafter twenty feet in the air. To make matters worse, I had to pee. I'm now in my car with dead arms and wet pants. 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, while I was on the floor stocking a bottom shelf, a man walked up behind me and humped the back of my head. He ran away laughing. This kind of shit happens all the time. I hate my job. FML
Today, at my job working retail, I had just finished cleaning and straightening a whole aisle. This kid watched me do the whole thing. When I was done, he stuck his arm out, and ran it down the whole shelf, knocking everything off it. His mother just grabbed his hand and walked away. FML
Today, I fell and impaled my leg on a steel rod at work. The first guy to respond to my agonised cry for help must’ve been a total moron because he thought it was a prank and yanked on the rod to see how it worked. Then he asked if I did it on purpose to get a day off. FML
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CheeseTron 15
Fracture his ballsack
TatMan15 10
hopefully you can make him liable for your injury
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Comments (126)
ulissey_fml 22
It takes a ladder to show all the other stupid lads how it's done .
perdix 31
Had you gone commando, he just would have gazed up in astonished wonder. I don't want to blame the victim, but, y'know, for future reference. . .
micahdunk 13
I would say beat him up but that might cause you pain.
Tempest151 11
I have shattered my elbow. I feel your pain.
SApprentice 34
Hopefully you'll be capable of charging him for that. That's assault. The fact is that OP could have died from that fall. OP could have been paralyzed from that fall. A fractured elbow is lucky. It doesn't take a lot of common sense to realize those risks, and yet they were worth it for the kid to have his little laugh, so I'm really hoping that he rots in a cell somewhere. No 'prank' on someone else that you do not know is a harmless action. That wedgie some teenager gives the man in the mall could rupture stitches from a recent surgery that the kid was unaware of. A 'surprise trust fall' can break another person's bones. These situations are avoidable, and are not in anyway accidents. If we crack on down on these stupid 'pranks', and charge the people responsible with assault and murder when their fun ends badly, we can make the message clear that this is not acceptable.
toalysium 15
Nice analysis. In Texas that would be a Sec. 22.01(a)(1) ...intentionally causing bodily injury...assault. That's a Class A misdemeanor, good for $4,000 in fines and 1 year in jail.
VooDooCarrie91 19
I know it's off subject, but I can't be the only one who notices that a majority of FMLs come from Australia.. Coincidence? I think not!
Sirin_fml 47
Only 1,068 of all the 21,992 FMLs are from Australia. Hardly a majority, even multiplied by 10.
taylor_muse_fan 7
I'm from Australia and it seems as though majority of the FMLs are from America, I can't get a single one of my FMLs posted
TheDrifter 24
They seem to come and go in streaks. One week it seemed that every other fml was Canadian. Possibly it's just that people get inspired by a countryman/woman getting one published and increase their submission numbers in the surrounding days?
theawkwardlife 21
that's why there should be someone reliable holding a ladder when your on it.
boarderlyne17 8
Or, you know, people could just not pull immature pranks... There's that, too.
theawkwardlife 21
you think that's ever going to happen?
Jaden56 3
This is what give teens such a bad image. =/
AbnBryan 5
You Should Of Landed On Him
Altar_fml 2
You should have just jumped on him. Have you not watched WWE? Frog splash?
DLT_fml 20
Frog splash requires your opponent to be laying on the ground. Missile drop kick that ignorant little shit.