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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Last call, bad decisions and 3 a.m. texts you'll regret until noon. Cheers.
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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adamcichuttek 2
It sound like The honey badger is giving a shit!
mintymandy 11
She pointed out the price and all because she's disgusted at how some people waste more than some people make...it's one of the US' most disgusting habits.
heath_v 8
Work somewhere less snobby and where you don't have to empty the garbage?
tutikushi 10
ooh, joys of California.
buckdharma 38
the best part of waking up is Folgers in your cups
TweetAnne 13
Well you should of asked her first. She shouldn't of had a meltdown, but her input really mattered. They aren't just toys, they're cherished memories and so much more. If toys were like Toy Story we would of all had even better childhoods.
CptZoe 10
Wrong FML buddy!
americananarchy 3
Wtf? How do you even comment for a different fml without knowing that you're doing it
Epikouros 32
Maybe you wouldn't have to schlepp so much garbage if you drained the leftover coffee in the sink before throwing away the cups. Why would a coffee shop pay to transport gallons of their coffee to a landfill every day? If the customers who drink their coffee at the shop would get a proper mug instead of a cardboard one, there would be hardly any trash at all.
captain__jj 5
When I read that the cups were half-full, I assumed it was trash cans that the customers themselves threw partial cups of coffee into, not the employees. Though I do agree that if you're staying there, you should have the option of a coffee mug instead of a paper cup.
Sidhen 8
I work at McDonalds and I have to deal with that shit all the time. My salary is also less than most customers orders, bit do you see me bitching about it? No! Well yeah, a bit now bit still ... Suck it up!
Sillabub 15
I can relate, OP. I work at a complimentary breakfast bar at a hotel. It's just not a regular day if I don't have orange juice or coffee on my pants. People think that it's somehow okay to toss full glasses of open liquids in the trash can.
IttyBittyShorty5 8
So you work at Starbucks?