Today, I was stage-managing a school show. Some kids were goofing off backstage, so I yelled at them that they could hurt themselves. While walking back to my chair, I tripped over my own feet and fell 5 feet off the stage, shattering my cheekbone. 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 in a play and had a battle scene. I got a little too into it and wound up twisting my ankle. The audience was treated to me screaming like a little girl before face-planting the stage a moment later. FML
Today, during dress rehearsal before the show, I came in with crutches pretending I broke my leg as a joke. I then threw away the crutches, laughed and then fell down some stairs. I am now in crutches with a broken leg. I was the lead. FML
Today, I performed a piano piece at a school play. Everything went well until I got up and accidentally smashed my shin against one of the piano legs. Before I could bite my tongue, I'd already yelled "Fucking hell!" in front of about 50 second graders. FML
Today, I went to see a musical that some school friends had put on. At some point in the show, the main character kicked her leg up in the air, and her high heel flew off of her foot and into the audience. The shoe hit me square in the face. FML
Today, I was rehearsing for a school play. My drama teacher keeps criticising the part where I fake-trip, saying I make it look terribly fake. During today's rehearsal, I actually tripped for real, and smashed my kneecaps against the floor with a scream. He still said my "acting" sucked. FML
Today, I had my first concert and was really anxious about screwing up my performance. Good news: I played fine. Bad news: as I walked off the stage, I tripped over my own feet, face-planted the floor, and busted my nose open. FML
Today, I was performing for a fairly large crowd with my band. I decided it would look cool to stand on one of the speakers and sing from there. It did look pretty cool for a bit until I tried to step off and fell face-first on the floor mid-song. FML
Today, I was late to a lecture when I tripped up the stairs. With a few hundred people already staring and laughing at me, I started to curtsy to my "adoring fans" but instead fell backwards down the massive flight of stairs. FML
Today, my mom told me to break a leg before performing in my dancing school's show. I really did break part of my leg while performing. FML
Today, I was awarding medals to finalists in a school club. While putting one around someone's neck, I ended up poking a girl in the eye. She tried to be a trooper by continuing to walk across stage, but I guess her eyes got really watery because she missed the step and fell, breaking her ankle. FML
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Top comments
catiedid 0
stage managing is hard shit, been there. during a show I tripped trying to run off the stage, slid head first into a fridge door. you got my sympathy.
I_Hate_Cars 0
at least you didn't break your leg
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Comments (78)
talz222 0
haha you suck.. btw FIRST
YouCanCallMeBo 0
You're not very intelligent.
TTGseans 0
she isn't stupid shes clumsy :P
catiedid 0
stage managing is hard shit, been there. during a show I tripped trying to run off the stage, slid head first into a fridge door. you got my sympathy.
brodizzle 0
YDI for being an asshole to kids being kids.
falloutboy97 16
TF2!
MaydayParadexx 18
That's part of the stage manager's job. If you went to a show and couldn't hear it because people were too loud goofing off backstage, you'd be mad. So the stage manager keeps them quiet.
Julian_is_FML 0
lol sick story did this actully happen because this is my favorite i am going to comment and put this as my favorite. oh by the way check out my stories kk :P
blue_bunnie 0
stage managing is definitely an easy way to get hurt. it's even worse when you have to keep an eye out for kids too. i once worked an orchestral show and somehow a music stand got caught on the scrim and was hanging above the students for half of the show before anyone saw it. that could've ended so badly
I_Hate_Cars 0
at least you didn't break your leg
jessssxo 0
that sucks. but props for stage managing...it's extremely hard.
emuhleah92 0
Ouch... I can't believe people are complaining about you yelling at the kids. You shattered your cheekbone, that's a definite FYL.
ohhhhshizzz 0
#2: how is the OP not smart. #4: you have obviously have never been in a production, it is really hard and hectic so you this isn't a YDI. FML, yeah I can imagine the hurt too. Damnnn. And one, its not funny to say first. No one cares, besides you are the worst!