Today, while working at a client's house, I noticed that their sliding calendar was several months off. I fixed it. Later the daughter saw and started crying. Apparently the date was the last one her mother had set it to before she died. FML
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Today, my daughter decided it'd be funny to change the time on my clock. My boss didn't think it was funny. FML
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Today, at work, a customer cried because the cake I made her was not "exactly" the same as the display. I'm the one who made the display and it was the same but the display cake had faded a bit, since it had been there for a month. I'd mentioned this to the customer when she placed the order. FML
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Today, my coworker said that she suddenly got the shivers. I jokingly told her that it meant she must be being watched by a dead person and made stupid ghost noises. She then told me it was the anniversary of her dad's death and burst into tears. FML
Today, my mom was screaming and throwing things at me and I didn’t know why. Then I checked the date. Her birthday was yesterday. FML
Today, on the first occasion I've seen my boss since her brief leave, I brought up how I got to hear all our customers' heartwarming plans for their moms on Mother's Day. Her mother just died. That's why she was on leave. FML
Today, I was doing my job and trying to teach a lazy bunch of 16-year-olds. A girl entered the room just 15 minutes before class ended, so I snapped, "Someone had better have died for you to be this late!" She immediately burst into tears. Turns out, someone had. FML
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IHATEFMYLIFE 26
This is why you don't touch people's things when you're working at their house. Def YDI!
Rddvl 11
YDI, although it was a good gesture, you shouldn't mess with stuff at other people's houses especially if it's a client's.
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Comments (202)
graceinsheepwear 33
Surely you didn't think the client was unaware the calendar was off by a few months. It's not like it was a day or two off and mistaken for a normal error. You should have minded your own business. YDI.
Wolstenholme 11
I guess our OCD ways get the better of us sometimes.
brittanyrose329 17
Sameee. I would've fixed it too..
bayliebug 14
Put the calendar back on that date and forget it ever happened. Jesus.
sonnyrosa 32
But then it wouldn't have been the date that her mom set it to... it'd be the date that OP set it back to because he/she couldn't mind his/her own business and leave things in someone else's home well enough alone.
timmyxv 6
YDI. I have OCD. If you changed the calendar in my house whether it was wrong or not I'd flip.
CharresBarkrey 15
So OP deserves it because you have OCD? Okay.
awkward611 26
seeing it meant so much to her I'm sure she remembered the date
graceinsheepwear 33
Yes but it won't have been set by her mom anymore. Changing it back doesn't unring this bell.
missyamaha 11
sorry mate but YD. you don't touch things in peoples houses. I would've gone absolutely ballistic!
missyamaha 11
but if it only happened a few months ago, then she has every right to still keep and certainly be upset. you said yours was out there in 2010. that's 3 yrs ago! this poor woman has only had a few months this of grieving. everyone grieves in their own way and I think it's not right that he touched her stuff!!
chance456 9
you didn't know op
PeachiePrincess 16
I'm neutral on this one, because I can understand both sides. Yes, they shouldn't be messing with other people's stuff (even if it was odd that it was several months off). But, I could understand them thinking that maybe they just forgot to change it, etc.
DWordHead16 19
If the OP was that concerned, they should have asked about it instead of touching it without notifying the client.
awkwardloveannie 28
if it was a day off maybe I'd change it but if its very off I'd assume they know that and leave it as is and ask later that way if they didn't know they do now