Today, I was working at a hospital-level rest home. I was making the rounds when I noticed a woman was sitting in her (electric) wheelchair in the middle of the hall. Going closer, I saw her battery was flat so I said, "Uh-oh! Looks like you've died." She bawled her eyes out and said, "Not yet." 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 was volunteering at a nursing home calling bingo numbers. One woman stood up and started making noises, so I assumed she had won and started clapping. She then fell on the floor and died of a heart attack. I essentially applauded her death. FML
Today, I was cleaning one of my elderly patient's teeth. After finishing and reminding her to floss, I realised she had died. Supposedly she was dead for a good 20 minutes. FML
Today, in front of a hospital, I noticed that an old lady was having trouble lighting her cigarette because she had Parkison's. So I went to help her to light it up and she then started chatting with me and told me she had lung cancer. FML
Today, I work at a hospice center. At 3AM, a call just went out to a man's family to come because he was dying. I didn't realize that this man was my old friend's grandpa. When I saw her, I smiled really big and said, "Hey! Great to see you!" Her grandpa was ACTIVELY DYING. Stupid stupid stupid. FML
Today, I was working my shift at our local nursing home. I was assisting a "sweet", "innocent" 100-year-old lady, and she had a bunch of used tissues balled up in her lap, so I offered to dispose of them in the waste-basket. She told me that if I touched them, she would kill everything I love. FML
Today, I was driving and stopped behind a person at a stop sign. Their car didn't move for about 1 minute. I got out of my car yelling at the person. It was an old woman. She wasn't breathing. FML
Today, while at my job as a hairdresser, I was giving an elderly client a perm and I thought she'd fallen asleep. She'd died. FML
Today, I was waiting in line to use the bathroom. I complained to the guy next to me about how long the lady was taking. I kept making jokes about it, but he never seemed to laugh. Finally, the door opened and out came a lady in a wheelchair. The guy next to me was her husband. FML
Today, I visited with my cousin on her deathbed. When I asked what she was doing, they replied that she was sleeping. Next thing out my mouth without thinking was, "She can sleep when she's dead." FML
Today, I saw an old friend while out and about. Since I don't leave the house very often, my friend was surprised to see me in person. He jokingly asked if someone was dying, and I cried in response. I was in fact going to the hospital to say goodbye to my grandma. FML
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AtoZnumbersand_ 1
Ydi for saying something like that as a rest home. And who says that? If my phone runs out of battery I don't tell people i'm dead. YDI.
kaisar0 0
ZING!
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Comments (113)
emikinz 0
wow, that's kinda funny.. untill you think about the poor old lady. I'd feel bad for her- I wouldn't post the story on a site where people could make fun of this. I'd feel guilty
NatalieForRizzle 0
I feel stupid for asking this, but what does YDI mean?
gra_k 0
YDI means 'you deserved it'. haha i didnt know either. www.urbandictionary.com :D
NatalieForRizzle 0
Thanksss. Oh, I didnt even think of that.
carman09 0
hahaha ****** great
triplethreat13 0
it was a joke, people. the OP was trying to have a sense of humor, and it backfired. happens all the time. her reaction is the only thing that makes the OP the bad guy. oh well,
STRAWCHOPPER 0
You ********. Who says that to a poor old lady. You should be ashamed.
yehr 0
did you get that it was an accident and not on purpose?
PhoenixElite 0
I'm sorry, but who the hell says "you've died" when the battery's flat? YDI.
benhasmash 0
are you a moron?
kiwigirl45 0
The OP is probably a medical student- I'm in the same class, we do a placement at this time of year in rest homes. So yeah, this is where healthcare is headed! But on the other hand, I have so much sympathy, it's not an easy job to be chucked into, probably the only reason I didn't do anything similar was because all my residents had severe dementia... And yes, saying that a battery is dead is very common here.
likeomgwhat 0
you couldnt have said "looks like your battery died" you had to say "looks like you've died" chose you words more carefully ********