Today, I worked my first day at a nursery. At nap time I spent about an hour trying to get all the kids to calm down and go to sleep. I'd finally got the last one to drop off, when my phone rang. Loudly. FML
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Today, I was babysitting for my neighbors. Their 5 year-old had finally fallen asleep at 11 after two hours of stories and songs. No sooner had I tiptoed out of the room did I realize that my phone had dropped out of my pocket onto the bed. It was ringing. It was their mother checking in. FML
Today, I fell asleep during naptime. I'm the teacher. FML
Today, I received a call from child care. Apparently, my four year-old boy tried to start a mosh pit during naptime. FML
Today, I took a nap while babysitting my neighbor's kids for the day. I was woken up by an obnoxious sound, only to find the youngest kid holding scissors in one hand, a pony tail of hair stuck down in his shorts, jumping around like a horse. Oh, and a semi-bald patch on the back of my head. FML
Today, I received an urgent call from my son's nursery asking me to collect him, saying he was, "lethargic, complaining about being ill and crying." I get there and he's running around, playing, and admitted that he just wanted to come home. They still made me take him home. FML
Today, after two hours, I finally got my very cranky, sick baby to fall asleep. Five minutes later, a neighbor started shooting off fireworks. FML
Today, I got into trouble for sleeping at work. FML
Today, I started working night shift at my new job. It was also the day the kid across the road from me decided to start riding the loud dirt bike he got for Xmas in circles over their lawn, during the hours when I need to sleep. His parents refuse to do anything, and won't take him anywhere else to ride. FML
Today, I turned my phone off for the first time in three weeks to have a one-hour nap. I had kept it on because my next door neighbour has health problems and I offered to be an emergency call if he needed help. I was woken up by two ambulances arriving at his house. Turning on my phone, he'd left me 5 voicemails. FML
Today, there were a few loud and annoying kids running around my store. My coworker and I started talking. I jokingly stated, "Yeah, kids ruin everything." But before I could get out, "God knows I'm not ready to be a dad," my phone rang. It was my one night stand. I'm going to be a daddy. FML
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allmidnighteyes 10
When the hell did Mary Poppins get a cell phone?
thequickredofox 0
The children never really nap anyway. They're just laying there with their eyes shut plotting ways to get their revenge against stupid grown-ups that make them do dumb craft with macaroni, and how to get back at that kid who eats all the good play-dough. ... besides, a small child that really asleep wouldn't wake up to a phone ringing, smoke alarms don't wake them and I doubt your phone is louder than a smoke alarm
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2005KonaScrapp 0
oh no that sucks if that happened to mei would never be able to talk to ppl again. .......................fag
Qup 0
ydi for being stupid. number one: unless you put roses and potting soil down for naps, I'm guessing you work at a nursery school, not a nursery. second: your phone should never be turned on when you are looking after little children. your focus should always be on the children.
AngelRaven89 0
well I guess the OP assumed nobody would be stupid enough to think she was talking about a plant nursery while discussing children and naps. Way to be ridiculously technical :P Plus nobody said OP wasn't giving full attention to the kids. Someone called her, not the other way around. Had she not had a phone and there was an accident then there would be a problem wouldn't there. Think before you leave dumb comments please....
AngelRaven89 0
If it was your cell phone then YDI. If the nursery is being run from your home and it was your home phone then fyl. But even then it's a little bit of YDI as well because you should have thought to turn it down/off. If it was at a school an the school phone rang (as most modern classrooms are equipped with one) then FYL because that is out of your control.
sarahhbabezz 0
that's what vibrate's for. :p
wilsma 0
wow, you just took this one from one of the other FML's.
mylifeisfriggged 0
I can imagine how much this would suck... If its baby's they would be going off their heads for ages.. I had fun putting kids down for their naps today, and ended up sitting by one kid for about an hour telling him to "shut your eyes", "come on its sleep time"... "Lie down right now!"... Damn, and when i came back from lunch, the little bugger was sitting up and looked over, saw me.. And smiled like a smartass :l
liverty561 0
put your phone on silence next time !!!!
snowbunnie408 11
happens at my preschool a lot. my coworker always has her phone on ring and feels the need to answer it durning nap
shannon2348 14
ydi big time. why in hell was your phone on while at work?