Work: Today, I've now worked on Thanksgiving, Black Friday, the weekend...

By bored - 27/11/2012 18:05 - United States

Today, I've now worked on Thanksgiving, Black Friday, the weekend after that, and two days this week. My husband and son have had all that time off, and yet I've still ended up having to clean the dishes and the house after them on all of these days. FML

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By Anonymous - 20/11/2021 19:02 - United States - Chicago

Today, I work in healthcare, and I was told that since someone quit I have to work Thanksgiving weekend, Christmas day, and all of New Year's weekend. This is after I was told, "Our workplace is a family." FML

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By Anonymous - 26/11/2022 12:00 - United States

Today, I went to work during Black Friday, after not being invited to my family's Thanksgiving dinner. FML

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By Anonymous - 13/01/2011 02:06 - United States

Today, I worked a full day and then went to a three-hour class. I got home at 9 PM, and before the door closed I heard, "There's a sink full of dishes for you." There are three able-bodied men in the house, all of whom got here hours ago and created that sink full of dishes. FML

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By Busting my hump - 16/01/2024 18:00 - United States - Richmond

Today, I'm on my sixth straight day of double shifts, with four more to go. I make overtime so I'm not complaining, but today my wife texted me, "Going out of town tonight, I expect the house to be spotless when I return." Not sure how I'm going to swing this one. FML

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By Anonymous - 15/09/2024 17:00 - United States

Today, it was our first kid-free weekend in almost two months, and I was hoping for a nice date night. Instead, she picked up two shifts at work and then had a girls' night. Don't worry, she assigned me a massive deep clean that ate up almost my entire weekend. FML

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By Anonymous - 28/03/2024 18:00 - United States

Today, after a long talk with the kids, I finally got all the chores around the house done early so we could have a fun family weekend. My wife decided to be a wet blanket and insisted we needed to deep clean the already clean kitchen. Three arguments later, everyone is sulking, and I'm working in the kitchen alone. FML

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By Anonymous - 24/11/2010 17:29 - United States

Today, my toilet broke. Yesterday, the shower filled up with sludge. I have ten people coming over for Thanksgiving dinner tomorrow. FML

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By Almost40 - 26/06/2022 16:00

Today, it's my birthday, and like every other Sunday, my wife's been called into work, and I'm left with our three toddlers and yesterday's mess to clean up. It's raining. FML

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By Sotired - 01/03/2019 17:00 - United States - Medford

Today, after working 12 shifts in the past 8 days at 2 jobs and thinking today was a day off, I got the call that I misread my schedule and I was in fact scheduled. Got off at 2:30 am, work again at 9 am with 9 shifts to go this week. FML

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Never enough

By Unappreciated - 15/09/2025 12:00

Today, I spent the day busting my butt to clean the house. As I tumbled into bed at the end of the day, exhausted, my wife looked at me and said, "Maybe you can get something done tomorrow?" FML

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calypso1212 14

Tuesday 27 November 2012 22:27

Time for a mom strike.

BeccaHugs 17

Tuesday 27 November 2012 22:29

Tell them to get off their lazy asses and give you a hand.

Comments

Kalipczo 21

Tuesday 27 November 2012 22:44

How'd you work the weekend after black Friday if it hasn't even happened yet?

gracehi 31

Tuesday 27 November 2012 22:46

I'm on the app and can't see your location. Please tell me you're not American. That's the only way I could forgive such a silly comment.

shellzy 20

Tuesday 27 November 2012 22:46

Black Friday was five days ago, genius. Followed sequentially by a weekend and two weekdays.

Kalipczo 21

Tuesday 27 November 2012 23:00

Oh oops

KiddNYC1O 20

Tuesday 27 November 2012 23:34

Wtf? Let me see your calendar!!

emilyjgraham 34

Wednesday 28 November 2012 9:12

I don't think she's from America. In the UK we call the last Friday before Christmas 'black Friday' and it falls on 21st this year. :)

shellzy 20

Wednesday 28 November 2012 18:09

She wasn't referring to Black Friday, she was referring to the weekend after Black Friday, thus indicating that she knew Black Friday had happened but thinks the weekend didn't.

russellohh 2

Tuesday 27 November 2012 22:46

Beat them! And apply for an office job, any office job. Not only do we have 5 days off around thanksgiving, we get two weeks off for Christmas too.

poindexter25 5

Tuesday 27 November 2012 22:49

Just don't do the dishes and see how long it takes them to notice.

chosha_fml 26

Tuesday 27 November 2012 22:51

If you put up with that shit, YDI.

charvisioku 22

Tuesday 27 November 2012 22:51

Move all of their dirty dishes into your son's room and make your husband sleep in there too ;)

gracehi 31

Tuesday 27 November 2012 22:58

Ha ha! Brilliant! My parents put all the dirty dishes on my sister's bed when she hadn't done her kitchen cleaning duty that day. She was pissed!

Chixken 6

Tuesday 27 November 2012 22:57

Don't do it...stand up for yourself

YourLifeSucks132 3

Tuesday 27 November 2012 22:58

Sounds like a case of penis envy!

DocBastard 38

Tuesday 27 November 2012 23:06

Edit: The comment I originally commented on was appropriately deleted. Thanks for making me look stupid, mods. *shakes fist menacingly*

Enslaved 36

Tuesday 27 November 2012 22:58

I feel your pain. I work crazy hours too and the persons I live with clean but not the way I do,(I'm a clean freak). I'm sure you know to talk to them and explain that you're exhausted and need their help pulling their household weight. But. . . Some just don't see or care about the messes surrounding them. FYL if your words are in vain.