Today, a telemarketer called and asked if they could speak to my "Mommy or Daddy." I'm 25 years old. FML
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Today, a telemarketer called my house phone and asked for my grandpa. We were in the middle of having his wake. FML
Today, I checked my inbox and realized I got an email from a potential employer, saying they were having trouble getting a hold of me by phone. They called while my mom was using my phone to look up directions to a place, and she answered, kindly hanging up when they asked for me. FML
Today, after applying at over 30 businesses over the past 6 months, I have had not one single call. I later find out that I was using my old phone number on the applications, and my secondary phone was my mom's. She thought they were telemarketers. FML
Today, I was so desperately lonely that I begged a telemarketer not to hang up on me. FML
Today, after months of job hunting, I finally got a phone call. They were impressed with me. That's when my son decided to throw a tantrum asking for food. After some silence, the caller told me they were looking for someone who wasn't juggling little kids at home and hung up. My son is 20. FML
Today, I got a call from "No Caller ID", which usually only shows up when someone calls from my house phone. Thinking it was my kids, I answered imitating a cartoon voice. It wasn't my kids. It was the district attorney's office calling about the job I applied for. FML
Today, my phone rang with an unknown number. I answered in my professional “customer service” voice: “Hello, this is Sarah, how may I help you?” It was my mom, who immediately said, “Why are you talking like a robot? Did you get fired again?” I was on speakerphone at the grocery store checkout. FML
Today, I cleared out the messages in my voicemail. Of the 50+ messages, most were from my mother wanting to know when I'd be home. I'm 27. FML
Today, I got a call from my parents' divorce lawyer. When I answered the phone, she thought I was my mother and told me the details about my parent's divorce. I'm a 13-year-old boy who sounds like a woman and just learned that my parents are separating. FML
Today, out of nowhere, several spam calls started calling my cellphone number. Every single one of them about health insurance. I didn't know why they were calling me or how they got my number. After a bit of questioning, it turns out my dumb dad used my name and cellphone number while trying to look for info. FML
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abeye111 8
Tell him they are busy in their bedroom
Meowingtons500 18
Next time, use your best Consuela voice. Thats what I always do. Is your mommy there? No, no, I have no money.
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Schiffy 18
I might be able to top that. I'm an 18 year old male, most of the time I'm on the phone with some representative for a company, I get called ma'am or miss. Makes me want to shoot someone in the head with a sniper rifle.
PistolWhiper93 0
Hit puberty soon, or u might be stuck I a rut. Sorry OP.
WhoaItsKiernan 4
I like how everyone is saying to say all these horrible(but funny) things....that'd how you end up with police on your doorstep
kiakia0131 23
A local politician came to my door once and asked me the same thing. I was 18 at the time. I could only answer by shaking my head "no" as I had no voice from coughing due to pneumonia. The lady responded with "well give your parents this when they get home. Thanks sweetie." >.< Do I really look that young?
DogsPaw 16
That's where you go, "mommy and daddy are upstairs doing naughty things..." Or you could say, "I killed mommy and daddy" Or just for fun say, "mommy and daddy are fighting because they don't know that to do with the body of the last person that called"
benhd1 14
I used the body of the last person that called one when I was 10 and my dad said he was pissed with telemarketers and he told me to **** with them If they called (what can I say trolling runs in the family)
jwebster 8
Daddy just killed mommy and himself!!! Whaaaa! How could you ask for them? I am all alone now! Lmao
fml849 7
Been there :-/
ohitsdaniella 7
Squeaky voice much?
reldnahceus 8
I get that all the time, I'm 40
WTFisthiscrap 6
I do too, and get called a little girl all the time. I'm 34. Supposedly we'll appreciate it when we're older. My mom (63 yrs old) said that to me one day. I asked her "so you'd like to be called a little girl?" She was cringing but managed to say yes! lol
angeluscado 15
I sound like I'm 12 on the phone. Thankfully, I took my number off most telemarketer lists so I don't get lots of calls from telemarketers asking for my mum or dad. I do feel your pain, though.