Today, I was supposed to see an apartment. Thirty minutes after I was to meet the owner, she still hadn't shown. I called her. When I got no response, I was annoyed and kept calling. Finally, she answered, said, "I'm in the hospital with my father. He just died. Please stop calling me," and hung up. 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, my roommate called me, but she's a cunt so I ignored her. A few hours later, I found out her mom and dad were in a serious car accident and she needed a ride to go see them at the hospital. FML
Today, I was hit by a car. I called my girlfriend from the hospital and asked her if she could pick me up. She responded by saying "Fuck you, you aways tell me what to do!" and hung up. FML
Today, it was my dad's 60th. I was planning on calling him early, but due to a client (I'm a social worker) ending up in hospital because her husband beat her up, I couldn't call him until 2:30. My mum phoned me in tears, yelling that I was a bad daughter and obviously didn't care about my dad. FML
Today, I checked my inbox and realized I got an email from a potential employer, saying they were having trouble getting a hold of me by phone. They called while my mom was using my phone to look up directions to a place, and she answered, kindly hanging up when they asked for me. FML
Today, I'm terminally ill, in a foreign country for treatment, and I was feeling hurt and sad inside, so I rang my parents to just talk, to feel warm and protected. My father told me on the phone with an indifferent tone, "Son, we're out for some shopping and getting groceries, Mom will call you back." They never did. FML
Today, I got a call from my optometrist. I ignored the call, because I already knew I had my appointment tomorrow. When I listened to my messages later, I found out it was from his secretary, saying all of his appointments have been canceled due to him passing away last night. FML
Today, while out to lunch, my sister called me and asked me to pick her up from the mall. I told her she'd have to wait. She got pissed off and started cursing at me, so I hung up on her. She called me back 37 times until I answered and yelled "WILL YOU LEAVE ME THE FUCK ALONE?" It was my boss. FML
Today, I received a random phone call from an unknown number. Three times. After the third time, the person started yelling at me viciously. Then I suddenly heard a different voice, saying, "Terribly sorry, sir. My poor sister has dementia and thinks you're her husband. Her dead husband, I might add." FML
Today, as a CNA, I had to go through the belongings of a patient. His phone rang and I answered - it was his boss. As I explained, he cut me off and said to "drop the act" and "he better be there now or he's fired". He was pronounced dead-on-arrival. FML
Today, I took a day off from work for a doctor's appointment. It ended up taking a lot longer than I expected, because while I was on my way, my mom called to inform me that my great aunt passed away this morning. As a result, I showed up extremely late and was berated. And the worst part? It's my birthday. FML
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IndigoKitty 3
thats not really a fml, how were you supposed to know? most people would do the same if someone didn't show when they were supposed to. Don't feel bad!
chibinezu 0
She was very rude considering you had no idea what had happened and she was still the one breaking her appointment without notification.
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IndigoKitty 3
thats not really a fml, how were you supposed to know? most people would do the same if someone didn't show when they were supposed to. Don't feel bad!
RyGan 0
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YDI for being on time
soccerchick800 10
I can see why she'd be upset, but the least she could've done is call u and let u know she couldn't make it today... That sucks OP
adamo_erebus 26
Yeah, exactly. The owner of the house should've contacted OP to tell him that she couldn't make it.
jc10x 8
Not your fault OP, even though death is tragic. She could have at least texted you, if not call.
Jimboom 12
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Yikes. But that is more of a FHL than anything else. Still.. not cool. Even if you got the apartment she will always remember you as the guy who constantly phoned her when her father died. And it might make for awkward flat inspections down the line.
Sinamoi 18
OP is female.
Vball6 19
She didn't know he died.
chibinezu 0
She was very rude considering you had no idea what had happened and she was still the one breaking her appointment without notification.
poorjudgement 26
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Honestly, did any of you saying that the owner should had taken the time to cancell appointment with the OP, went through major loss in life? It is easy possible that his passing was unexpected, that she was in shock and pain and completely forgot about OP. And further to that, alhough OP did not know what happen, she should had tought about the owner as responsible person and presume that she got held up, so after she didn't answer just text her and ask about possuble rescheduling.
grajax 24
You presume that every adult you meet is rational? What world do you live in?
last_fml 0
I wonder if he had a nice apartment...
bleedingglitter 24
That's hilarious. But then again that's probably why all of my comments get thumbed down.
apastry 6
So, are you rescheduling!
TryToBeKind 0
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You call ONCE, you leave a detailed message and then you hang up and leave it alone. Consider yourself lucky she didn't report you for harrassment.
Kitten_Marie_220 0
Please, how was he to know? She should have rescheduled if her father was THAT ill
juliarsch 0
Plus, a lot of people don't like to leave messages, because a lot of people don't listen to them/answer them.
akeller3298 1
Who wouldn't be annoyed if this happened ?! When you've been waiting somewhere for over 30 minutes you call ONCE and leave a "Detailed Message" I think not . you call mutiple times cause your so pissed .
codylicious6 0
Dumbass.
twilight_lupus 13
Right. You call once. Then wait there for god knows how long until they finally listen to the message, if they even do that and call you back. That leaves you waiting there because you don't know where they are, and are afraid that if you get too fed up and leave they will show up. Yeah no. You keep calling until they answer and you know what the heck is going on. And the person should of called the OP to tell them that their father had died and told them they needed to reschedule.
camis 0
I agree that it's an embarassing situation for you, but there really was no way that you could know...
texta 0
What a bitch.
toddlesscott 0
OP? yeah. she is a one.
mlowy 17
It's not OPs fault, how was she supposed to know the father died?
Emika_fml 0
That's terrible for her, but still... if she KNEW that she had an appointment with you, why would she ignore your calls? It would have saved you time and saved her the irritation if she'd just picked up the phone the first time and said, "Sorry, not today."
musu_fml 0
#6 It's not harrassment; the OP did have an appointment with her. Are you honestly telling me you'd only leave ONE message and then just sit there waiting? FHL...she's at her father's deathbed and she doesn't turn off her phone? I can only guess that maybe she had some other relatives needing to get in touch.