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By a_dani365 - 06/07/2015 21:37 - United States - Omaha

Today, I was working customer service at a large grocery store. I recently got a small, tasteful septum piercing that is barely visible. As I greeted a customer, she began to gag, held out her hand as though she was fending me off, and said, "I can't. Your nose ring makes me sick." FML

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By Anonymous - 11/05/2021 00:01

Today, I was told I can’t wear a nose ring at my new job because several customers "don’t like it." It’s a very small nose ring and the job is a shack that serves food through a window. FML

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By Mmorgan771 - 04/08/2015 17:02 - United States - Altamonte Springs

Today, at work, a customer told me how unprofessional my piercing made me look, and insisted that someone else wait on his table. It's not a piercing, it's a mole. FML

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By ouchouchouch - 28/03/2012 04:16 - Canada - Winnipeg

Today, I was adjusting my nose piercing from the inside. My mother saw and thought I was picking my nose, so she slapped my hand away, tearing my nose ring out in the process. FML

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Looking good

By Kbizz - 03/06/2010 02:12 - Canada

Today, I was excited about showing everyone at work my new piercing. It's in an interesting place in my ear, and it's not that common. Before I had the chance to tell anyone about it, someone asked, "Are you wearing a hearing aid?" FML

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Making a scene

By Anonymous - 24/11/2017 05:00

Today, I got my septum piercing stuck in a bag of cinnamon pine cones at Target. My boyfriend was wearing a red shirt with khaki pants, so all the other shoppers probably thought I'd had to call a Target employee over to "cut" me out of the bag. FML

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Best I can do is…

By Anonymous - 20/09/2021 05:00

Today, while working in my pawn shop, I was showing jewelry to a distinguished lady. I had to fart. I tried to wait. It was too much, so I let it slip silently. As she handled a $2000 necklace, I realized that the 2-foot counter between us would never save her from the foul poisonous cloud that had formed. She realized it too. FML

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By Cody - 30/12/2008 09:35 - France

Today, I was at a job interview at McDonalds. All was going well until the manager told me that I'd have to remove the piercing that I have on my eyebrow. I didn't think that my mole would be so confusing. FML

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By top dog! - 11/10/2011 20:05 - Australia

Today, I was threatened with suspension from school because of my nose piercing. I had to explain that it's actually a pimple. FML

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By Anonymous - 06/07/2014 18:06 - United States - Monterey Park

Today, I went on a job interview. The interviewer said it all went well, but he can't hire me because I've got a nose piercing, and that type of "image" isn't the kind they're looking for in their employees. This is the guy who had a full sleeve tattoo. FML

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By lectro - 23/11/2008 08:22 - France

Today, I swallowed the piercing that I had bought for my tongue yesterday. FML

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brenton490 19

Tuesday 7 July 2015 8:17

Did you gag back at her attitude?

Seabass_Chan 33

Tuesday 7 July 2015 10:10

Definitely not. Whenever I see one I imagine a bull stamping it's hoof.

Comments

miss_amphetamine 24

Tuesday 7 July 2015 22:47

Wow, that customer was a bitch. I work in retail too so I feel this. A septum piercing may not be for everyone, but if OP likes it and it's not against the rules at work, it's her choice! I personally wouldn't get one myself but I think they do look really cute on some people.

Amanduhhhhh 10

Tuesday 7 July 2015 23:25

I can't even handle the amount of hate that OP is getting. If her workplace allows it and it looks tasteful on her, which it absolutely can, it's nobody's business. I don't walk up and insult anybody ever, even if I do think they look ugly. That's purely hateful, just like these comments.

Dawoman 4

Tuesday 7 July 2015 23:47

There is no such thing as a tasteful septum piercing

Quetzal27 12

Wednesday 8 July 2015 1:22

YDI thats what you get for having a nose ring.... its unprofessional and jovial and when you get a "real" job your are most likely going to have to get rid of it anyway. Waste of money.

limabeans101029 20

Wednesday 8 July 2015 13:01

Not really. Septum rings are very easy to hide as you can just flip them around. Or, once it's been in for a while, you can just take it out while you're on the job. Also perhaps the job OP wants doesn't have a no piercings policy.

TallMist 32

Thursday 9 July 2015 18:03

141, not to be rude, but you're sounding kinda judgmental. I mean, so what if OP has a piercing? That doesn't mean she deserves to feel embarrassed in public by someone that doesn't like it.

TomeDr 24

Wednesday 8 July 2015 4:32

Out of curiosity, if the piercing is so small that it's barely noticeable, why bother getting it?

BrassWing13 11

Wednesday 8 July 2015 4:56

Well she was a bit of a **** about it, but aren't you supposed to take out piercings before work anyways?

Britt125 16

Wednesday 8 July 2015 5:01

IMO, septum piercings are gross period. But it is your body to whatever you want to. That was very rude on her part. She doesn't have to like it, but that doesn't excuse being a bitch, she should have just kept her opinion to herself.