Today, while working at the coffee shop, I had to empty the garbage cans. One of the bags gave way, and all the half-finished cups of coffee spilled all over my uniform. Most customers' orders cost more than I make per hour. FML
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Today, while serving a line of ten customers by myself at the coffee shop I work at, I knocked over a cup of steaming hot milk and it went all over the coffee bar, espresso machine, floor, and myself. I then had to act like everything was fine and make a line of drinks with milk everywhere. FML
Today, after a long bike journey through heavy traffic in the pouring rain to deliver a coffee order, the coffee decided to fall out of the bottom of the now soggy paper bag I was carrying and land on the customer's floor. I cleaned it up with paper towels from the toilets. The delivery company didn't pay me. FML
Today, I was doing my first shift waitressing in a café. Not an hour in, I'd already spilt tea over somebody and dropped two whole meals. Looks like this won't last much longer. FML
Today, I went to get myself a latte to make myself feel better after having a bad day. As soon as I sat down to enjoy it, I spilled it all over myself, another customer, and the floor. FML
Today, I woke up late for work. In my rush to make a quick cup of coffee, I forgot to put a mug under the machine. I came back a few minutes later to a kitchen counter flooded with coffee and had to clean it up, making me even later. To top it off, I was out of coffee. FML
Today, I went to my usual cafe and ordered a caramel latte. As I handed back my empty cup, I gestured to compliment the barista… and knocked over a perfectly balanced tray of macarons. They scattered across the counter and floor like colorful grenades, and I spent the next 10 minutes on my hands and knees scooping pastry shells. FML
Today, I was running late for work so I grabbed my coffee to go. I was rushing down the stairs when I stumbled a bit and spilled the entire cup of coffee all over myself. I had to go back up, change clothes, and was still late. The kicker? It was decaf. FML
Today, I went to Starbucks to get my free birthday coffee and due to a mistake I received two. Thinking it was my lucky day, I hurried off to work. As I was walking in, I tripped and spilt one coffee all over my new dress. Then I walked into a door and spilt the other. FML
Today, it was my first day of work at a very high end company. While delivering coffee to my boss, I set it down on the edge of a magazine, where it spilled over, into his crotch. FML
Today, one of my dogs spilled half my coffee at home. My other dog drank the rest of it. Went to Starbucks later, picked my coffee up off the counter, and the lid popped off, spilling all over the counter, floor and my hand. While they were making me a new one, I dropped my sandwich on the floor. FML
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RvidxrKlvn 8
Drink a big cup of joe and venti some of that frustration out.
ambowew 7
That doesn't sound like a very flavorable position you've bean placed into. Try milking your boss for all you're worth, you might get a latte money! Hey, it's worth a shot!
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noelykins1 19
For some reason I have a feeling you work for Starbucks. Good job for long term. Hang in there.
kniggit 10
Yeap. Starbucks is everywhere, once I saw an intersection where all four corners marinated a Starbucks.
zombiekitten87 12
Marinated?
kniggit 10
Those meaty coffee shops, wallowing in the money they juice from the passing cars.
asleepingbear 8
Probably looms like you threw up
KiRaKaT 9
Yes if OP threw up coffee...then yes it would look like they thre up
perdix 31
I don't see the relevance of the price of the coffee vis-a-vis your meager wages. Sometimes, short FMLs can be quite entertaining. "Today, a trash bag broke and I got soaked in coffee. FML" would hae worked fine. I hear they pay better down at the sperm bank, but the spill-related FMLs are infinitely more gross.
Rowdey 10
Would that FML be under the work or intimacy category, I wonder?
HaraAishi 8
Once again Perdix, you have killed me with a mental image.
vcapelo 19
The minimum wage where I come from is 18,5 dollar/hour! That's one expensive coffee!
TrailblazerSS 5
Where the hell do you come from? The state I live in its still only $7.25.
OneObstacle 3
You obviously don't live in the US. If you do, you're lying, because the highest minimum wage is $9.04.
love_me_electric 20
Pretty sure since OP is from the states that minimum wage is not nearly that much where he's from. Probably more like 7-9 dollars (which is still ridiculous for a coffee, but some people are willing to pay that much)
laden_swallow09 35
The way 19 uses a comma instead of a decimal, I'd imagine it's in another currency other than dollars.
DynamicDave 11
The way 19 uses a comma instead of a decimal, I like to imagine it's $18,500/hr and they forgot the zeroes. Zimbabwe, perhaps?
bfsd42 20
In Ireland, €10 an hour minimum wage. That's about $12. I can believe somewhere has $19.
Ryan8878 21
I am going to take a guess and say Lloydminster, Canada. Oil country where a carton of milk costs $12.00. Minimum wage working at McDonalds, last I checked was $17.00.
sduval33 5
Yeah probably either up north or Alberta. In bc it's 10,50 an hour going up to 11 in the next couple of months.
BlackRogue 8
Why is 60 downthumbed? I live in Alberta and make 26$ an hour.. Starting wage for the McDonalds here is 16$ an hour.
vcapelo 19
44# The currency where I live is DKK, but I wrote it in english, since it's more understandable for everyone on this site. In Europe we use kommas and punktionmarks the other way around. That means that 18,500 dollars is = eighteen and a half dollar, and 18.500 is = eighteenthousand fivehundred dollars!
joanniejore 7
No it's not Sdubal33, The minimum wage in BC is $10.25 and is most certainly not going up to $11.00 in the near future. It was just recently bumped up to where it is now.
love_me_electric 20
There is NO province or territory in Canada where the minimum wage is $16. I'm sure there are McDonald's there who will pay people that much because they're desperate for workers, but that doesn't make it the 'minimum' wage. The highest minimum wage in Canada is Nunavut and it's $11/hr.
BlackRogue 8
85-that's why I said STARTING WAGE... Mcdonalds here has to offer that much to start, because if they didn't, they'd have no fulltime workers. Anyone who's graduated can get a starting position in the patch for 20$ an hour, so non-oil-related businesses have to compete. Sad but true unfortunately...
honeybadgerr 9
That's disgusting. Sell left over coffee from the trash bag?? That idea doesn't sound very appealing
EagorLuvsBigFoot 8
That's one hell of a job
honeybadgerr 9
If the drinks are so expensive, I wonder why customers would throw them away unfinished??
Accuraxy 10
22 - I think he was kidding..
imaginaryvoice 18
Warning: Coffee is hot
jessimica642 8
Except for when it's in the garbage
perdix 31
1. Overcharge the customers 2. Underpay the workers 3. Use the cheapest materials (eg, garbage bags) available 4 ???? 5. Profit Your boss apparently went to one of America's premier business schools and stayed awake in class.