Today, I announced to my coworkers that I'd "fixed the massive problem" they'd all been complaining about. Eleven different people made guesses at what the problem had been, ranging from how bad I smell to if I had learned to brush my teeth. I just meant that I'd fixed the coffee machine. FML
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Halloween
A failed costume, stolen candy and a very real scare: Halloween, the one night when fear is allowed.
Today, at the coffee shop where I work, my supervisor smelled "something weird, like sulfur." I spent the next ten minutes pretending to look for the source of the smell with her, rather than admit that it had come from me. FML
Today, I found out that several coworkers had been complaining about me behind my back for a couple of weeks, including to my manager. When my manager finally brought the issue up to me, he realized that I hadn’t done anything wrong; there was an error in our computer system. Nobody has apologized. FML
Today, I found out about a mistake I made at work when the director brought it up in an all-staff meeting, including staff from a different office. It was the first I time I'd heard about it - along with everyone else. Not as fun as it sounds. FML
Today, I was fixing something for a guy at a steel manufacturing company. His employees told me that their boss can't hear properly, so I'd have to be loud when talking to him. When I'd finished, he asked me if I normally talked like that, or if there was something wrong with me. FML
Today, while giving a brief presentation at work, I blanked out on what I was going to say. I tried to make a joke and tell them I'd had a brain fart, but all I managed to say was, "I farted." Well, at least they all laughed. FML
Today, at work my boss called me into his office because he had received multiple complaints from coworkers about a prank sound machine I have been using to make inappropriate fart sounds at my desk. I wish it was a fart machine; I have a condition. FML
Today, I rushed to work after spilling coffee on my shirt and thought I’d dried it enough. Under the office lights, it looked like a giant brown stain. Three people asked if I was OK. I spent the whole day hunched over my desk pretending nothing was wrong. FML
Today, the massive bogey that had been dangling precariously from my manager's nose for half an hour finally detached itself. Into my coffee. FML
Today, I found out I’m the “smelly girl” in the office. Now I understand all those passive-aggressive subtle comments about hygiene and showering made by my coworkers, and why a bottle of Dial body wash randomly appeared on my desk one day. FML
Today, while at a work meeting, I finally summoned up the courage to share and express my opinions about unprofessionalism in the office. After the meeting, I went to clean up, only to notice in the bathroom mirror that I'd had a booger pasted across my forehead throughout the meeting. FML
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Top comments
Awsemogreeb 19
Now get to work on the other things.
Harpy20 24
Well now you can fix it all.
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Comments (38)
Scribe_fml 8
Shut up, Intern 2!
MR_RODSQUAD 11
Well now you need to fix the other problems by taking showers and brushing your teeth.
hewro_failure 11
Well that's your fault ... You should learn and practice personal hygiene
diohic 5
Bless your heart...
limitedition 25
Well.. Now you know. Make sure you take care of it unless you like being the stinky person in the office.
maz95 17
Well on the bright side, at least now you know what else needs fixing!
jarockstar27 10
Knowing is half the battle....
pnutbutternjelly 15
I'm sorry but if that many people think you're hygiene is that much of a problem then you deserve those comments. You have to know that you smell.
marsuveesblack 8
Wow that's just harsh. Sucks to be you. -__-
BobbieH 19
First, why would you announce that you've fixed a problem generically and not just say I fixed the coffee machine? Secondly, from everyone's guesses it seems you got a little insight into how you're perceived. Now start to make the changes needed in your hygiene so people won't have such a negative overview of you.