Today, in my role as a social worker, I was ordered by the court to take a very pregnant, petite 15-year-old for a prenatal exam. I'm an adult man. As she waddled into her appointment, I turned to see hate-filled stares in the entire waiting room. 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 had to ask my dad to drop me off at my doctor's appointment. He insisted on coming up to the waiting room with me. When my doctor came out, he greeted her with, "Hi, I'm the dad, but I won't sit in because she's a 'big girl now'." I'm 21, and I was at my gyno check-up. FML
Today, I was sitting in a waiting room with my two-month-old son. A sweet little old lady came up to me and said, "Maybe if you knew how to keep your legs closed, you wouldn't have a baby at 15, slut." I'm 23 and married. FML
Today, at work at an OB office, I heard a ruckus in the hallway before a very large woman burst into my room and tried to attack my very pregnant patient. Crazy lady is the wife of the pregnant lady’s baby daddy, who is nowhere to be found. I don’t get paid enough for this shit. FML
Today, I’m doing my clinicals at a teaching hospital. An irate patient began hurling slurs and demanded I leave the room during her exam. She didn’t care that I was a student; she thought I was a man. I’m not now nor have I ever been male. FML
Today, at Walmart, a crazy old woman bitched me out for being pregnant. She kept following me around, calling me a stupid teen slut and saying she hoped my baby died so I could live a "normal life." I'm 26 and just very short. FML
Today, I had a customer tell me how much she regretted not aborting her expected child, how much she hates the father, and described to me in immense detail what it is like to pee while pregnant. All within the 30 seconds it took me to serve her. FML
Today, as I was just finishing my grocery shopping, a little girl and her mother walked past. Seeing the little girl staring at me, I waved. The girl then pointed to me and asked her mother "Mommy, is that man pregnant?" FML
Today, I was walking through the grocery store with my new baby daughter, when an old woman came up to me and spat, "If you whores would keep your legs together, you wouldn't be a mom at fifteen." I'm eighteen. FML
Today, I took my daughter to the hospital for a few tests, and it turns out that she's pregnant. She has always said that she doesn't want kids, but I hoped that already being pregnant might change her mind. She called to schedule an abortion during the drive back home. FML
Today, I almost got in trouble at work, all because I inadvertently referred to a 19 year-old patient’s 47 year-old husband as her father. I didn’t know this until she got so upset that she threw a tantrum, filed a complaint against me, and requested another nurse. FML
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Top comments
catalysty 23
That sucks. You were doing the right thing in your capacity as a social worker and don’t deserve to be judged like that.
Leviathene 34
Guess what, you do a job most people couldn't stomach. I have mad respect for that. You put in the work, you help these children. That's what matters. Keep your chin up, you're doing a wonderful job.
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Comments (31)
Mightytall 35
This is why in some organizations they issue uniforms or at least vests that identify you as a social worker or other public service professional. You should ask your team lead about this, to avoid such potentially embarrassing situations.
amarie2009 22
Why should he be the one making judgemental people who should stick their nose into their own business to begin, with, feel comfortable?
Davros 12
ask them, ''You would've said no"?
Summaria 10
Maybe you mistook "jealous looks" for "hate-filled stares"?
Vanessa Pires 4
Wear a name badge.. make one up if you have to..people have been know to attack by assumptions only and do not even bother to ask questions later (shoot now, ask later)..
RichardPencil 32
“I told her we should just stick to anal. What can I say — my boys are strong swimmers. High five? High five? No?”
PenguinPal3017 19
Think about how important it is to make sure she gets to her appointments and isn't alone in this. They can judge you, but they can't undo the difference you made in both her life and in her baby's life.
dwight7476 11
It shouldn’t matter what people are thinking you was at work your conscience is clear
Jonfun 14
Now that, my kind sir, is a tough job. Even way worse than telemarketing. Cursed out, hang up.
Miss_Red 18
You're doing an excellent job, OP. chin up xx
amarie2009 22
Who cares what these judgemental aholes think anyway!!!