Work, Embarrassing and Neighbours: What are you doing? - FML

What are you doing?

By Anonymous - 31/08/2024 22:00 - United States - New York

Today, at a work gathering, I started chatting with a guy who looked familiar. It took 5 minutes to realize he was a guy from my apartment complex. For the last year I've been pretending to be an accountant named Claire whenever we met in the elevator because I thought it was funny. My real name isn’t Claire and I’m definitely not an accountant. FML

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BurnInDemonFire 35

Sunday 1 September 2024 2:07

Well, better to be busted like that than for him to ask you to help him with his taxes. Incidentally, you're a transponster, right?

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BurnInDemonFire 35

Sunday 1 September 2024 2:07

Well, better to be busted like that than for him to ask you to help him with his taxes. Incidentally, you're a transponster, right?

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