Today, I was volunteering at a gift-wrapping booth to raise money for autism, and helping others takes my mind off the fact that my mom died at Christmas. While carefully wrapping a present, offering bows, ribbons, and a gift tag, a snobby bitch said to me, "You're not doing a very good job." FML
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Thanksgiving
Questions about your love life, a burnt turkey and the cousin who knows everything: Thanksgiving, a contact sport.
Today, I thought my mom and I could put aside our differences and open our Christmas presents. When she opened mine, she turned to my dad and said she didn't want the present, so I could give it to someone else. 'Tis the season. FML
Today, Amazon didn't deliver the present I bought my mother for Mothering Sunday, so she called me an 'Ungrateful bastard.' And about half an hour ago, I cut my thumb whilst making her lunch. She said, 'You're doing this on purpose so I feel sorry for you. Well I don't.' FML
Today, I reduced a customer to tears and she had a tantrum, saying that nobody loves her, her life is a joke, and she’d be better off dead. This ordeal happened to grab the attention of my manager who was nearby. All I did was tell her that an item she wanted was sold out and offered to help her order it online. FML
Today, my mom and I went to Best Buy for some Christmas shopping. She picked up some presents for me and told me not to look at what she was buying. When we got to the register, she didn't have enough money, and I ended up having to buy my own presents. FML
Today, I was at work. I work at a grocery store and a woman pulls a cart to me filled with chips, breads, lunch meats, and sodas. I said to her "Looks like you are going to have a fun party" she then looks at me and says "My mother just died, this is for after the funeral. FML
Today, I already hate the holidays. My mom has been trying to be helpful, but has severe undiagnosed memory problems that our family ignores. They've also ignored all the house repairs, but have no problem consoling her while she cries how mean I am for missing her party, because I used my vacation time to fix the house. FML
Today, I was wrapping Christmas presents while watching a terrible Netflix Christmas movie to get into the holiday spirit. Halfway through, I realized I had wrapped my scissors and tape inside one of the gifts. Now I’m sitting here with unwrapped gifts and a deep annoyance at Christmas all together. FML
Today, I was wrapping Christmas presents for various people; 17 to be exact. It wasn't until I placed the last present on top of the stack that I realized I didn't put gift tags on any of them. FML
Today, my mom got drunk and decided to unwrap all my Christmas gifts and throw them at the wall. Ho, ho, ho. FML
Today, I lost my job. Why? Because I'm taking care of my dying mother. My boss actually said, "Well, if she dies today, we can hold your job." FML
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Chloe555_fml 27
"And that's when I set her on fire, your honor".
Mathalamus 25
Ah, don't mind the stupid little shit. You obviously do a much better job than she ever would.
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Comments (106)
mds9986 24
Shove all the stuff in her arms and tell her to do it herself.
ThePaperDragon 31
If she cannot appreciate that VOLUNTEERS have sacrificed their time to make her day a bit easier, she needs to go wrap her own things. I cannot understand why people choose to be rude.
XxDanno316xX 27
If you were not doing it the way she wanted, why the hell didn't she just do it herself in the first place. Fyl op.
DamnBailie 23
Should have wrapped her up in wrapping paper like the Grinch did to Cindy Lu.
FryingPanHero 11
Wrap her head in an air-tight plastic bag with some sequins and a little pink bow on top. It will be the perfect present she'll never forget.
riddhi 16
its the thought that counts..
Jenn50 19
As a mother to a child with autism, thank you for choosing that particular activity to help you get through the holidays while you grieve. There are assholes everywhere. Her rude comment is a bigger reflection on her than you.
MitiMiki 16
Despite the fact that you were a volunteer and the wrapping was for charity, if your organization was charging for the service, then their is an expectation of quality when somebody pays for something.
ThePandoricaOpen 18
Or, she was being a bitch, just to be a bitch.
DoomedGemini 38
Only one person complained, so I have a feeling it's more it wasn't up to HER standards. I don't think they'd let op wrap without teaching her to do it if she was terrible.
Repethetic 25
but she said it in a completely non bitchy way."you're not doing a very good job" classified as constructive criticism any day. Don't be bitchy just because you're hypersensitive.
leogachi 15
@86 That's not constructive, it's just criticism.
DoomedGemini 38
Also, you have no way of knowing it wasn't said in a bitchy way. The phrase might not be rude itself, but op indicated it wasn't said kindly.
soulreaper12296 28
I would've pushed everything back towards her and tell her to do it herself then.
PhoenixChick 26
I had this exact same thing happen to me once! There's something about gift-wrapping that brings out the perfectionism in some people. Like they expect that if they pay for someone to do it that it's going to come out shining with a holy light or something. They have this weird image in their head of a "perfectly" wrapped gift, but it's really a matter of taste usually- when I was volunteering to wrap I had to ask so many questions about what was "wrong" to find out that the person just didn't like the color of paper but was too stupid to realize that they didn't like it.