Today, I went to a café and got some soup. When I was done, a nice waiter came over and offered to take my mostly empty soup bowl. I quickly ate the last of it, looked up smiling and said, "Thanks!" The soup dribbled out of my mouth and onto his hand. 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 went to my fiancé's house to have dinner with his family for the first time. Trying to be polite at the end of the meal I went to take the plates in to the kitchen. I overestimated how heavy the half-finished soup pot was, and threw soup all over myself and future mother-in-law. FML
Today, a waiter came up and and put out his hand so I gave him a high five and pounded it. He then says, "Um, that was a nice high five but I wanted your plate." FML
Today, I tried to be nice to a cute girl at the café by holding the door open for her. I smiled, leaned on the door frame, and poured my entire cup of coffee down my leg. She still said thanks before walking away. FML
Today, I went out for dinner with some friends to a new restaurant. As I was finishing the soup, I noticed a small curly hair at the bottom of the soup. The chef is bald. FML
Today, I was eating chicken noodle soup for my lunch. It was perfect until the last bite when it went down the wrong pipe. Choking, I coughed up what I'd already eaten. In front of my coworkers, and all over myself. FML
Today, I was working as a waitress at a wedding. I was trying to clear the tables as quickly as possible and decided to place a half bowl of soup on top of the pile of plates I was carrying. As I was hurrying back to the kitchen I tripped and spilt the soup all over the bride's ivory dress. FML
Today, I was sick and laid up in bed, and my boyfriend decided to bring me some soup. Just as he reached the bed, he tripped over his own feet and spilled the soup all over me. FML
Today, I was at a fancy restaurant. I was drinking some water when I noticed a hot guy eating alone at another table waving at me. I smiled back, but had forgotten to swallow the water so it dribbled out of my mouth all over my shirt. FML
Today, I was bringing a table a bowl of soup at my waitressing job. A new customer taking off his coat threw his elbow out, violently knocking the soup out of my hands and onto his baby in a highchair. The baby screamed; I had a panic attack. FML
Today, I was eager to learn how to use chopsticks, as I was in a nice Chinese restaurant and had ordered noodles. As I was visibly struggling to eat, the server brought me a fork. When I reached for it, I flicked a noodle into a lady's soup at the next table. FML
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Top comments
Xquisite1 28
Did he offer you a tip? Such as letting you know that you should consider wearing a bib perhaps.
chelsearenaeee 16
You just had to have that last drop.
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Comments (50)
cjwayy 22
HAHAHAHAHA oh god, that's gotta be a social low point.
SillyBeanie 8
Should of just told him you wanted to finish it, he would have come back or a bus boy after you left would have cleaned it, but a wash of the hands it's gone so not too big of a deal
andyeatsworld 10
Could have been his face so maybe he'll see the humor in it lol. If not leave a super nice tip!
worldclassrager 41
Drooling over him eh?
askullnamedbilly 33
I'm curious, is that normal behavior for waiting staff in the US? I've been told that you usually leave quite a bit quicker (as in, you usually don't linger after you've paid) but here, it would be considered to be incredibly rude for a waiter to try to take a dish that someone's not finished eating yet.
cryssycakesx3 23
usually, they ask first before just taking it. or, you put your napkin on it so they know.
xxrogerthatxx 19
Long as it looks empty or finished with it, yeah; it is normal. The higher class restaurant the more sophisticated the waiters/waitresses.
PaigeLeeAnn11 23
Leave a generous tip and an apologetic letter. I'm sure the money will make up for a little spit.
temporalranger 14
Swallowing: not just for ********.
Aero_x 21
this fml made me laugh so hard! I hope you tipped him very well.
Maycontainnuts 17
We've all been there.
RastaZebra 8
"No thanks."