Today, I told a co-worker to "lighten up, and stop wearing black all the time, it makes you look depressed." I didn't know his father had died the week before. FML
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Fall
Dead leaves, the first cold of the season and an umbrella flipped inside out: fall, the season of grace.
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, thinking my ex-gothic friend was going through another "wear all black" phase, I walked up to her and jokingly asked who died. Her father. Her father died. FML
Today, at work, I misheard a customer telling me a story. To be polite, I did a slight laugh and nodded my head. She actually told me her mum had died. FML
Today, at my new job at a funeral home, my boss threatened to fire me if I didn't "lighten the hell up" while dealing with our grieving clients. 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, 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, I told my new boss to wish his daughter a happy birthday on my behalf, as I overheard him saying it was today. Turns out she committed suicide three years ago. FML
Today, at work, I asked a lady how she was doing. When she replied, I didn't understand her, and instead of asking her what she'd said, I just replied with, "Oh, that's good." What she'd said that I didn't understand was that her husband had just died. FML
Today, while mourning my friend's recent passing, my dad told me to shut the fuck up because "worse things are going on in the world". FML
Today, I was bored out of my mind at work. I told my coworker he was lucky to be leaving early. I forgot the reason of his early departure was to go to his grandfather's funeral. FML
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KittyJay 3
This is why you don't assume or judge when you don't know the whole story. ydi.
GoW_Chick 15
Wow you are an ass, next time get all your facts before you go telling people what to do, or shut up and let people dress how they want to dress.
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Comments (81)
A100893 30
That was rude of you. And wearing black doesn't = depressed. Sometimes it's a fashion statement, sometimes it's because black matches everything. Most of my wardrobe is black and my friends think I'm too hyper and happy to be human.
Climaxx 11
"All the time" - "The week before". Did you really think a week was "All the time"..
terrask 11
Well you didn't know, end of story as long as you apologized. And yeah, everybody judges books by their cover until they bother to open the book so everyone just stfu and stop being so pissy.
AmbrosiaWriter 17
Except not everyone VOICES their judgments to the person before learning more about them.
noornia 6
Chill guys! I mean it's obvious it was just an honest mistake. He was just trying to cheer him up and suggested he wears something other than black. It's not like he was forcing him!!!
clokwrkpig 6
Yes, I've found berating people generally cheers them up quickly.
AmbrosiaWriter 17
"Cheer up! You should stop wearing black it makes you look depressed." - Oh yeah, I would feel so much better after hearing that. He would've been better asking him how his father was, THAT would be an honest mistake. Telling someone to change their wardrobe because they look depressed is pretty insulting, and quite domineering too.
Jewnut 0
Stupid. If your going to comment on someones behavior then pay more attention, maybe if you did you would have noticed this behavior was recent.
drooby 5
Dude, even if his dad didn't die a week before, what gives u the right to tell someone how to feel, act and dress?
Pelreskovich 11
A standard case of someone judging someone else before getting to know them. Make it up to him or just leave him alone.. He'd probably prefer you leave him alone.
raphanne_fml 33
"Make somebody happy today. Mind your own business."
kphippie 0
Ooooo the chances of that being a possibility was a million to one. And I guess your the one
Cryptic_Equinox 0
I wear black because i want to feel like a ninja. Your move OP.