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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Questions about your love life, a burnt turkey and the cousin who knows everything: Thanksgiving, a contact sport.
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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Comments (99)
fordneagles 34
I make $18/hour and some of my orders are in the thousands of dollars, so complaining about your wage versus the company profits really isn't relevant here OP. Sucks about your uniform though.
Razi_tail 25
Yeah, it didn't make much sense as to why OP felt the need to point that out.
captain__jj 5
I'm pretty sure s/he was pointing out that people are wasting more money on a cup of coffee than OP makes in an hour.
Late_night83 25
Boo hoo
honeybadgerr 9
Haha remain calm friends! I was being sarcastic too.. But whatevvs
joeisahooker 1
Since you spilled them on you you're worth more now!! :) think about the positive stuff
pipinya 8
Did somebody say "minimum wage"?
GUNN1313 3
Quit your crying and become more of an asset to your company their by earning a higher wage or learn a skill that is marketable.
BigSexy123 11
**** you; you've clearly never worked in food service before.
mintymandy 11
65...thank you. I've worked a shitty fast food job for years now, and while I've worked hard enough to ensure job security, I still don't make a full dollar over minimum wage cuz McD's pays shit. And I'm going to school so I can get out, but that takes time. Not all poor people are lazy.
cynicalhumanist 9
Are you really that gullible? Certain corporations have specialised in keeping everyone at minimum wage, and would stand to lose much more from allowing salaries to increase than losing a few competent employees. To learn a truly attractive skill usually takes a few years, and you need to support yourself in the meantime. Just as employers should be allowed to bitch about lazy and incompetent workers, employees are right to complain about shitty working conditions.
RoboCunnilingus 23
I don't think you know what sarcasm is then. Actually, is it me, or do a ton of FMLers tell terrible jokes, and when they're down voted and/or denigrated they pull out the "I was being sarcastic" card?
FML_Whale 18
It's a cover up for stupidity, for some of them. That's what I think. What would I know though? I'm just a whale.
honeybadgerr 9
#54 my apologies good sir.. I just have an odd sense of humor sometimes I really wasn't saying that just because I was downgraded
KaiserSD 8
This is why I don't drink Starbucks. Shitty coffee at ridiculously expensive prices. Sorry OP, that sucks.