Today, one of the Haitians that works in the kitchen at my restaurant said something to me. Usually I can't understand them and I just smile and laugh, so that's what I did this time. Later, I found out he was trying to tell me his father had passed away. 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, at work, I misheard a customer telling me a story. To be polite, I did a slight laugh and nodded my head. She actually told me her mum had died. FML
Today, at work, I asked a lady how she was doing. When she replied, I didn't understand her, and instead of asking her what she'd said, I just replied with, "Oh, that's good." What she'd said that I didn't understand was that her husband had just died. FML
Today, while serving a rather large party at the restaurant where I work, I mentioned that the soup of the day was "to die for". After the hosts gave me weird looks, it dawned on me that the reason they were wearing all black is because they've just come back from a funeral. FML
Today, the really hot guy that works in the same building as me came to work after being away for the past two days. I said, "Look who finally decided to come to work!" His response was, "I had a death in the family, thanks." FML
Today, I told a co-worker to "lighten up, and stop wearing black all the time, it makes you look depressed." I didn't know his father had died the week before. FML
Today, while I was on a date, I noticed my ex-boyfriend in the restaurant, and he looked sad. So I walked over to see him and jokingly said, "You look like your mom died or something!" She had. FML
Today, at the hospital, I had to tell someone he was going to die because I was the only one to speak his language. FML
Today, I was at work. I work at a grocery store and a woman pulls a cart to me filled with chips, breads, lunch meats, and sodas. I said to her "Looks like you are going to have a fun party" she then looks at me and says "My mother just died, this is for after the funeral. FML
Today, I work at a hospice center. At 3AM, a call just went out to a man's family to come because he was dying. I didn't realize that this man was my old friend's grandpa. When I saw her, I smiled really big and said, "Hey! Great to see you!" Her grandpa was ACTIVELY DYING. Stupid stupid stupid. FML
Today, I was messaging a new friend when she mentioned her dad was cooking dinner that night. I jokingly texted, “Oh no! I’m sorry!” Turns out her dad is a professional chef. FML
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AMelodyofJuly 0
Bummer. Maybe you should try to understand them better or just be honest and say, "I'm sorry but I just can't understand you; I'm so bad with accents."
mf_fml 0
i don't care how many times i gotta look stupid repeatedly going "pardon? pardon?" i still gotta know EXACTLY what someone is trying to tell me.
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Comments (102)
omfgglol 0
I know what you mean, there's a Haitian kid on my soccer team and I have such a hard time understanding him.
ducklamp 0
who hasn't done that???
louisianagrrrrl 0
this is why you should tell people when you can't understand them
mastershake 0
that sucks!! yeah i worked in restraunts where i couldnt understand ANY of the people in the kitchen and you cant just always ****** say you cant understand them cuase they get pissed at you and **** up your orders so i always would laugh and nod too. it sucks thats what he was talking about though!
dudemitch 0
they click when they talk. fyl.
FMLaddictaylor 0
Hahahahah, that blows. I've done something similar before when I was in Costa Rica. After that, I stuck with "no comprende", or whatever to say that I didn't understand. Fyl.
balanceMMX 0
I'm annoyed by people who assume they won't ever be able to understand someone and therefore make no attempt to really listen.
Whispy 0
Man thats definately a FML. I do the same thing too all the time.. i feel embarrassed saying "what" more than a few times, and it usually IS something funny theyre trying to say =(
xVictorx_fml 0
I also do the same when I can't understand people. And you can't just keep asking them to repeat because they'll think you're dumb asking the same question over and over again.
no_mad 0
#48, co-signed