Today, my husband and I went on vacation. We got lost and had to ask the locals for directions to our hotel. Neither of us could understand their accents, and we ended up wandering around blindly for hours until we made it back on our own. FML
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Today, I got lost in a foreign city while on vacation and couldn't communicate with anyone, because I didn't speak the language and no one seemed to be able, or even wanted, to speak to me in mine. FML
Today, I was walking back to my hotel from the town square, and got lost. I turned back and walked around town for an hour, freaking out and panicking. When I finally found the hotel, I realized it was practically a stone's throw from where I was when I turned around. FML
Today, I got lost on my way to a wedding and yelled at my phone's GPS for giving bad directions. After 20 minutes of rerouting, I realized I’d accidentally set it to “walking mode.” I arrived 45 minutes late and sweaty in a full suit. FML
Today, I agreed to go on a last-minute road trip with my friends. Everything was going great until we realized we had no GPS signal in the middle of nowhere. We ended up following a "shortcut" suggested by a farmer and got stuck in a muddy field for hours, with livestock giving us judgmental looks. FML
Today, I returned to Germany for a break from my studies abroad. I got lost while out for groceries, so I tried asking a guy for directions. I went totally blank and strained to think of the right words, prompting him to mutter about rude foreigners not bothering to learn the local language. FML
Today, I tried to take a shortcut home. I got lost and had to ask a stranger for directions. They pointed to the street sign above me that literally had my street's name on it. FML
Today, out of desperation, I had to fight my social anxiety in order ask a stranger for directions in a new city. She gave me a detailed answer, and I thanked her, then walked the wrong way for 15 minutes because I was too embarrassed to admit I’d understood none of it past the first sentence. FML
Today, I went for a hike with the local search and rescue volunteer group that I recently joined. I got lost and spent 5 hours wandering aimlessly. FML
Today, my friend and I were getting picked up by his dad after a carnival. As I put my stuff in the back of the car and shut the door to walk around to get in the other side, his dad drove off, thinking I was in the car, leaving me to walk up their hill. It was midnight and I ended up lost. FML
Today, I went on a hiking date with my significant other. Trying to be adventurous and assertive, I suggested we take a shortcut through the woods. We got hopelessly lost and ended up spending the night in a deserted ranger station. Turns out, my idea of adventure is not quite as romantic as it sounds. FML
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One word: map.
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KiwiKitten 2
Hey, adventure never killed anyone! And at least you still spent time together :) look on the bright side
stevenJB 25
Uhm....many expiditionors died "adventuring" and....Uhm...need I go on?
KiwiKitten 2
Clearly they were fairly safe. There were locals around, so it's safe to assume they won't get harmed more than you would in your home town, and they made it back to their hotel.
Dojan 16
Robert Falcon Scott and his team died adventuring.
rubberduckie94 13
That's why I always practice talking in as many accents as I can. That way I always understand people I run into that are heavily accented. It's a good skill to have when your backs up against the wall.
TheElderTROLLZ 15
Tell them to write it down?
DocBastard 40
You mean you didn't get attacked by locals and brought to a secret house where you were tortured for days until you were finally killed and dismembered and buried? Your denouement sucks.
thatoneguy79 10
This trip was the preliminary trip to get everything arraigned. Next time they are going for the full kidnaped - tortured - raped package; they just need to save up a little more money first.
thatoneguy79 10
Not to mention the locals probably figured they were too poor to day anything with since they could not afford a taxi back to their hotel.
LolFMLnot 10
That's something that you'll laugh about after 2-10 years. Good memories ahaha
Teabubbles 8
Hopefully if they got a good sense of humor, 2-10 days :)
Kurliegyrl 10
There's this thing with pictures of places and little lines that show you where to go and how to get there...I just can't remember what its called...oh yeah A MAP!
MissFits_fml 6
Maps and/or global positioning systems exist in our times now, OP. Unless your mobile phone doesn't have a built-in GPS. YDI for not thinking of any possible problems ahead.
Indigo14 6
Aren't these the times where you wish you had a talking map like Dora? That b"tch has everything!
amberxxoo 6
Whats the point in going on vacation to a place where you can't communicate with anyone?
evilplatypus 39
Seriously? You'd learn Arabic, Hindi, Mandarin, etc. just to see some of the most beautiful sights in the world? I respect polyglots and I respect people who like to broaden their world by exploring it. The two do not have to be one in the same.
PlaySpades 21
Plus it says they didn't understand the accents, not the language so it could've just been the accent or a dialect issue where they got lost and not in the country they vacationed to itself.
ocean4venue 0
this is why I love my iPhone. Just ask siri (:
knaevery 17
Bitch can never hear me.