Today, my crew and I were berated by a client for not installing her new hardwood floor on time. We were only halfway through the day, but apparently it should have only taken "like, an hour?" because "The guys on the TV shows do it that fast." 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, a coworker sent a last-minute request for a highly complex custom report based on a spreadsheet. It took most of the weekend and Monday to get right because he'd screwed up most of the calculations. The client was pissed; they'd wanted it done by 5PM GMT that Friday. He'd sat on the request until 5 EST Friday. FML
Today, I got some lumber delivered to site and that shit was so bent and warped I could've cut it into foot long pieces and sold them as boomerangs. My boss is breathing down my neck about finishing on time to a high standard of work, yet he keeps buying subpar materials on the cheap. Tosser. FML
Today, a customer filed a complaint against me because my coworker took too long to do a price check. I hate my job. FML
Today, we're in the middle of remodeling our bathroom and the hallway of our apartment. We hired a great guy and he does a really good job, but there's a lot of dust and no way to clean properly until everything is done. My wife is pissed with me because I work from home and don't clean everything every day. FML
Today, I had a huge amount of work to get through. Two colleagues offered to help, because one had nothing else to do, and the other couldn't work until I was done. My boss got really pissed at me for "making" them do my job and wasting their time. FML
Today, I attempted to assemble a piece of furniture that claimed to be "easy to build in minutes." Four hours and multiple arguments later, I realized I had misread the instructions, and half the parts were upside down. I'm pretty sure the furniture won this round. FML
Today, my wife got home from a 8 day vacation with our daughter. She was instantly angry and yelling at me for not setting the new lights she asked me to install to the correct settings; mad at the paint job I spent hours on in our shower being “not professional enough”; irate that I got a Roomba. One hour down. FML
Today, after days of my wife nagging me, I started working on the flat pack furniture she ordered. Every twenty minutes, she interrupted me to demand I stop and help her with something trivial and irrelevant. Now I remember why I postpone projects as long as possible. FML
Today, my crew was called out to do some house maintenance. We were nearly done, when someone had the goddamned fucking brilliant idea of washing plaster off their hands in the kitchen sink, which clogged the pipes. Instead of getting paid, we now owe for damages. FML
Today, I was scolded by my boss, all because I can finish most tasks in a quarter of the time it takes him, and he doesn't want to be shown up. FML
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tiernang 21
some people need to do research before they do shit like this.
Nolimit2217 32
You can't fix stupid!
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ViviMage 40
The magic if television is turning off the camera during the boring parts. She didn't know that? Better pack up the good stuff and install laminate!
perdix 31
Yes, but your crew didn't stop every six minutes to talk to her about beer, cars and erectile dysfunction. The poor lady is not going to know what to do in case she has an erection lasting more than four hours!
Jseldi 10
Doesn't sound like a berating
Brandon2916 9
Come on op, it should've been faster cause you guys didn't even have commercials, right? *facepalm*
Chumsword 8
Every 9 minutes they all stopped to seriously talk about depression medication and "Low T". Thats what always takes so damn long.
Chumsword 8
*why it.... damn autocorrect and every other excuse other than me not paying attention.
Dracoboxer357 36
15- Well, depending on the movie, she could just have sex with the whole construction team too, since That obviously happens just as often as the finished floor being examined by the cookie wielding client, barely an hour into the job. ;)
Larry01_fml 19
makes sure you take an extra long lunch
blvcklvnd69 14
also takes like half a day to dry
CrazyManNo9 29
LMFAO!!! Thanks for this. It started my day with a good chuckle. As has been said, you can't fix stupid!
worldclassrager 41
Maybe an hour for trim work or something...but apparently they don't know about sped up tapes...either way I would take it as business...
Ibeatmyself 3
People like that need to wear a sign