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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Autumn: Leaves and Laughter
When the leaves fall, the laughter rises. Discover autumn stories as crisp as dried leaves!
Today, my daughter decided it'd be funny to change the time on my clock. My boss didn't think it was funny. FML
Today, my coworker left a tiny mess in the break room. I cleaned it up and jokingly said, "Your mother isn't here to clean up after you." She started crying. I forgot her mom died last week. FML
Today, I went into work and noticed one of my fellow colleagues had a large bunch of flowers on her desk. As soon as I saw her, I immediately said, "Happy Birthday!" Everyone went quiet. It wasn't her birthday; her father had died. FML
Today, it was my daughter's birthday. I didn't know I had a daughter. FML
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
Today, I was doing a little victory jig after finally sending out the last of the invitation cards for my wedding when I realised that I had forgotten to put the date of the event on them. FML
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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a2dox 12
I hope you at least learned something from this. Don't beat yourself up too bad OP.
a2dox 12
I hope you learned some thing from this OP. Don't beat yourself up too bad.
ball_crusher 4
sliding calender? what? that poor person.
grunt_fml 17
I don´t know what your job was in that place, I imagine you as a handyman or the like. But the point is that at least I always feel a bit uncomfortable when allowing craftspeople into my house. Not because I think of them of as thiefs or something like that, but because I see this as an invasion of my privacy. I allow you into my house and give you a credit of trust, assuming that you touch what you need to touch in order to fulfill your task AND NOTHING ELSE. You don´t open my cabinets, you don´t eat my food and you don´t cut back my bonsai for me, end of story. As a nurse I don´t start crushing the pimples on your back unasked either, just because I see them during a physical inspection. There is a german proverb, basically saying "The opposite of good is spelled ´Good intentions´.
katnissmellark_fml 15
but.. what if they had no idea of knowing?.... no? they knew damn well the person died and shouldn't have messed with the calendar!!! am I right? :( I'm so confused....
redwaygirl 5
Wow, wtf is wrong with you
cii_fml 3
That sucks, but on the other hand you could have mentioned or brought it up so they would've been able to react and tell you why
honeymoonroyale 20
That's horrible. :( I'm sure you didn't mean any harm, but you should still ask before doing so.
iTron92 3
... you don't touch other people's things.... what's wrong with you!
kaaaatiiee 12
It all depends on the work they were doing if they deserve it or not, something like cleaning house could lead to an fml but other things might lead to a ydi