Today, while I was at work, I was on the verge of tears. My coworker asked what was wrong and I explained that I recently had to put my dog down. He then replied, "Cool story, bro. Tell it again." FML
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Fall
Dead leaves, the first cold of the season and an umbrella flipped inside out: fall, the season of grace.
Today, my coworker said her dog died. Without thinking, I tried to cheer her up and said, “Oh man, that’s rough. Get it? Ruff? Ruff ruff!” and giggled like a schoolgirl. Nobody laughed. My coworker burst into more tears. I have a Teams video meeting with my supervisor and HR this afternoon. FML
Today, I found out my boss wrote me up because he heard me crying on the phone, and that it was unprofessional. I was talking to my sister, who was telling that me my father had died. Three weeks ago, he was crying about his dog breaking his leg. FML
Today, at my job at a pet store, my boss told me to go outside and hand out flyers. I saw a man sitting on a bench and walked up, saying, "Hi! Do you have a pet?" He teared up and said, "I just put her down this morning." FML
Today, at work, I misheard a customer telling me a story. To be polite, I did a slight laugh and nodded my head. She actually told me her mum had died. FML
Today, I was at work, reading some funny stories on my phone. Just as one of my co-workers decided to share that his father had passed away recently, I burst into uncontrollable, teary-eyed laughter at a story. They don't believe my explanation, and have branded me the office asshole. FML
Today, I heard that my crush’s dog had died. For some reason, my first instinct when I saw him was to say, “Oh my god, I heard that your dog died!” He started crying. FML
Today, I shared the story of my younger brother's unexpected death with a friend. After telling him the story, I looked at him with teary eyes and he looked back into my eyes and said "I understand how you feel. That is almost as bad as when I lost my cat last spring term." FML
Today, I had to explain to my boss that the reason I was sobbing hysterically as she told me that I was getting a pay raise was because I was going to the vet to have my sick and dying cat put down. Good news at a bad time. FML
Today, my friends thought it would be hilarious to show me Marley and Me the day right after I had to put down my dog. I had my dog for 11 years. FML
Today, I was crying at my desk at work. My colleague tried to cheer me up by saying: "Don't worry, I'm sure you will find a new job soon". I didn't even know I was fired. I was crying because my cat died this morning. FML
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laurensauren 9
That's when you punch him in the face.
mackdeezy 22
Decency: a thing of the past.
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Comments (116)
chanellgymnast 17
Tell it again by kicking him in the balls. What an asshole.
gracehi 33
On the bright side, that asshole will likely die alone and go to Hell. Feel better? :)
SaturnV 25
Losing pets is one of the few things that schadenfreude can't remedy. :(
starlita_fml 15
What a scumbag. No, really! Who the hell does that?
jlion143 2
That was painfully forced
rara_boo 7
It's just a dog.
gracehi 33
It's not just a dog! It's furry ball of love that ***** in the yard and gives sloppy kisses!
ajeppsen 25
You're a ******* cold hearted asshole.
Steve95401 49
Your douchebag co-worker should be put down.
AnyaS 19
I bet he has never had any pets. Some people who've never had a pet don't realize how traumatic it is when they are put down/die and only consider deaths of family members to be of any important and worthy of grieving over. If I were you I would've replied "What the hell is your problem?" That lack of respect and total disregard for the pain you're going through is disgusting.
AnyaS 19
importance*
Quiet_one 22
Agreed. A couple months after witnessing me grieving for my rabbit who died suddenly, my roommate decided for some reason to give a long speech about how she doesn't understand why other people "get so worked up" when their pets die. The biggest WTF in that case was that she's actually had pets, but I guess she didn't like them? I don't know. My point is, some people are just insensitive assholes.
kawaiisakura 12
Sounds kinda like something I went through after watching my cat die in pain...(my sister wouldn't give the vet permission to put her down) I ended up missing my exams that day. My ex(bf at the time) told me that I was being over emotional and how I shouldn't be crying so much over a cat, no matter what since "it's just a cat." It's a main reason I broke up with him. I don't get how people can be so damn insensitive and inconsiderate
AnyaS 19
I don't get it really. It's common sense that any being you live with for a long part of your life and see every day to have suddenly pass on you'll miss because that part of your life is over. One of my cats was put down almost two years ago now due to cancer. I saw her every day for 14 years and I couldn't "get over it" and to this day I miss her so, so much.
NewYorkMexPR 14
Messed up. Should of kicked his ass
tishtashbat 16
I'd tell it again, with more punches.
Ponponpon_fml 5
The possibility for someone to leave that as a comment here is through the roof. Shows how good the FML community is that no one did.
cjgirl 15
Someone did leave it as a comment... It got buried