Today, while filling out paperwork at the dermatologist's, it asked what color I would use to describe my skin tone. When the nurse saw that I chose fair, she mumbled, "Ghost is more like it." I have a severe sun allergy. 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, I was told to rub in my sunscreen because I looked like a ghost. I wasn't wearing any. I'm just that white. FML
Today, I went to get a double conch piercing. Afterwards, the lady asked me whether I was feeling well, because I was looking so pale. I had to explain that it's my normal skin tone. I'm just pale as fuck. FML
Today, I used sunscreen on my face. Said sunscreen was expired and I had an allergic reaction. FML
Today, I went to the store and bought some cream to help with a sunburn I'd gotten a few days ago. What's worse than having red, peeling, and painful skin? An allergic reaction on top of it. FML
Today, I'm so pale, my boss asked me whether I light up in the dark. FML
Today, I got a spray tan. The lady asked what shade I wanted to be, and joking, I said the darkest. She took it seriously. Now no one can recognize me, and I have work tomorrow. FML
Today, I discovered that when my doctor said my new medication "may cause sensitivity to sunlight" what he meant was "sit in total darkness during the day or your skin will feel like its burning off." FML
Today, I was called a wimp for getting a sunburn. FML
Today, after years of difficulty, I finally found the perfect shade of foundation that matches my ultra-pale complexion. It's called "Death Flesh." FML
Today, I went to the beach. After applying sunscreen liberally and doing my best to stay out of the sun, I came home with the worst sunburn I have ever had. I almost needed to go to the hospital. I am officially too pale to be allowed outside in summer. FML
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flashback.miss 28
so much for being professional. Hopefully you told her and she apologized.
lolmigosh 15
that's just really unprofessional and rude of her. some people just don't know when to shut up.
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Comments (137)
Tootsieroll0505 19
You should go get her fired.
pcgwm 13
ermahgerd... vampire. Lmfao, ******. :p
locustbb 9
Pale is hot
Pussycat86 18
Anyone else thought of Laverne Roberts, the black nurse from scrubs, while reading this? So typically her!!!
kaybee41906 13
I've been called a ghost before and I don't even have an allergy...
deadprettysoon 1
OP, I can totally commiserate. I am extremely fair-skinned, and today I somehow managed to get a sunburn while waiting tables in an outdoor section of a restaurant. Not only was I outside for just two minutes at a time, but there are huge umbrellas over the tables and it was overcast and raining for much of my shift. Also remember: if it was still the 17th or 18th century, our complexions would be prized instead of mocked! The current obsession with tan skin is still a fairly new development in the grand scheme of things.
clue_me_in 20
ALL skin shades a beautiful, and it sucks that in 2013 we still have people shaming each other over something so trivial. I guess now you know how other people feel.
cherryllollo 7
Embrace the paste.
someteenager 13
So you're a vampire then?
sassy2085 16
Well there is such a thing as fake tan.