Work, Embarrassing and Clumsy: Butter fingers

Butter fingers

By flop of shame - 17/08/2019 16:00

Today, I was walking into work holding a coffee and a bunch of other things. My employee saw me and held the door. I was almost there when I dropped my coffee, tried to catch it, tripped over the curb and fell flat on my face. I heard the door close while still lying there. FML

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graayfox215 15

Saturday 17 August 2019 16:05

Did you scream HODOR?

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Saturday 17 August 2019 16:59

An employee would ordinarily grab the golden opportunity to win brownie points for helping the boss. The spectacle must have been so embarrassing that the employee scurried inside to write up his resignation.

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graayfox215 15

Saturday 17 August 2019 16:05

Did you scream HODOR?

RichardPencil 30

Saturday 17 August 2019 16:59

silentbabydeer 10

Saturday 17 August 2019 21:59

And he didn’t even check to see if you’re okay?! He probably went back inside to avoid you hearing him dying of laughter.

BurnInDemonFire 35

Sunday 18 August 2019 2:02

Don't feel bad. This is literally every character Melissa McCarthy has ever played, so you're well on your way to inexplicably being cast in crappy comedy movies.