Health: Today, while trying to hold the door open on an elevator, I managed...

By Anonymous - 17/09/2018 17:30

Today, while trying to hold the door open on an elevator, I managed to drop something down the elevator shaft. I'm blind, and the something was my white cane. FML

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By flop of shame - 17/08/2019 16:00

Today, I was walking into work holding a coffee and a bunch of other things. My employee saw me and held the door. I was almost there when I dropped my coffee, tried to catch it, tripped over the curb and fell flat on my face. I heard the door close while still lying there. FML

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By Anonymous - 28/09/2010 00:44 - United States

Today, I attempted to be nice and hold a door open for a person in a wheelchair. He hit the button to open another door. While I pointed out that I would hold the door for him, I realized that the door I was holding open for him led down some stairs. FML

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Today, my building's elevators were temporarily out of service. I climbed up 17 flights of stairs only to realize I left my keys downstairs. After the painful climb back up, the elevator lights came on. FML

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By 6xrv - 08/04/2017 14:00

Today, while at the mall, I was traveling up the escalator on my way to the food court. When I neared the top, the handrail severely shocked me, causing me to drop a bag of China I had just bought, which fell to the bottom of the escalator and shattered. FML

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By ashamedklutz - 22/02/2014 00:20 - United Kingdom - Dunfermline

Today, with a single misstep, I managed to send myself and several others tumbling down a stairwell at work. An ambulance ended up having to be called for one lady. FML

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By Anonymous - 06/12/2021 14:01

Today, I was working when a forklift came speeding out a trailer without honking. I jumped out the way, only to trip over something and fall out the dock door. FML

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By taob - 20/05/2012 17:11 - China - Nanning

Today, I was walking up some stairs, and I told the guy in front of me to be careful, as the handrail was loose and well-worn. I then put my hand on it, and promptly fell backwards down the stairs with a piece of handrail still in my hand. FML

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By Anonymous - 09/10/2022 10:00

Today, I walked into the glass door of my boss’s cabin and broke my spectacles. Thank god for a backup pair, right? Wrong. I fell down the stairs and broke them too. FML

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By catherineratley - 06/05/2012 04:09 - United States - Carmi

Today, I shut my finger in the car door. The door locked. Then I dropped the keys on the ground and couldn't reach them. FML

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By flicmybicgrl - 23/09/2020 08:01

Today, I was heading to class with all of my books and papers in my arms. To prevent tripping and falling down the stairs, I decided to take the elevator. On my way there, I slipped and fell because my books were blocking the wet floor sign. FML

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Monday 17 September 2018 17:34

How did you type that?

Lalala579121 27

Monday 17 September 2018 18:12

Surely it would be dangerous if there's a big enough gap between the elevator and the floor of the hallway for a cane to fit through it?

Comments

commandpriority 5

Monday 17 September 2018 21:37

What? You didn’t see that coming?

BeachMammal 8

Monday 17 September 2018 22:20

What is wrong with a bunch of you, making fun of this person's blindness? That's horrible.

RichardPencil 30

Monday 17 September 2018 22:25

If we could figure out what is wrong with us, this site wouldn’t exist!

OlRed 28

Tuesday 18 September 2018 6:04

As a blind person, I say blind jokes are as good as any and there were a few good ones on here. What is inconsiderate is the rude way some people ask. Curiosity is good and it’s good to ask but there are better ways to ask than how some of the commenters on here did. ( You’re right Mr. Pencil, if that were the case no one would be on here.

Jim Martin 7

Monday 17 September 2018 23:47

Ironically he yelled “Look out below!”

WHSKitty4ever 23

Tuesday 18 September 2018 5:58

OP, did you not have the strap securely around your wrist?

mecaslender 5

Tuesday 18 September 2018 15:23

then... how did you type this?

LilyRose8 6

Tuesday 18 September 2018 18:42

If u are blind, how did u type this post???

jsikes 8

Wednesday 19 September 2018 4:40

Then...how do you even use this app? This app is literally 100% reading. Do you have someone read every fml for you, daily?

Daniel Scurlock 4

Thursday 20 September 2018 0:15

Comment moderated for rule-breaking.

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SomeRandomGuy 7

Thursday 20 September 2018 5:24

So like...you don't have to use an app to type on here, first of all. I'm on a laptop currently, and computers have endless possibilities for accessibility. Screen-readers, software that reads pages for you or even prints out hard-copy braille that they can read, etc. Second of all, if people are asking more literally "how did you type this?" Well, you don't actually have to be able to see to type. Every keyboard I've ever owned has had the F and J keys marked with a raised line (the two index finger positions on the home row). It would probably be a bit more challenging to learn for a blind person since they can't ever see the keyboard, but it wouldn't be that difficult to memorize the placement of the keys and learn to type that way. A lot of people can type without looking at the keyboard anyway, so it's not a magical, unheard-of thing.