Today, at work, I was talking to a customer. She kept shaking her head "no" at everything I said. I asked what she was disagreeing with. She told me she has Parkinson's Disease, teared up, and asked to speak to my manager. FML
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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 was reprimanded for not engaging with customers enough. In an effort to be more friendly, I complimented the next customer on her interesting accent. Turns out it was from a stroke she had last year. FML
Today, I was waiting for my girlfriend, I wanted to have a serious talk about her hypochondria. She called to cancel because she was (self) diagnosed with some sort of 'neurological disorder'. FML
Today, at work, my phone kept crashing. Without thinking, I announced that it was having a seizure. Who did I announce this to? My boss. Who also happens to have epilepsy. FML
Today, in front of a hospital, I noticed that an old lady was having trouble lighting her cigarette because she had Parkison's. So I went to help her to light it up and she then started chatting with me and told me she had lung cancer. FML
Today, while at work, a customer refused to speak louder, despite me asking her to do it several times. As a result, I took her order incorrectly. The customer then finally decided to raise her voice, but only to yell at me about my poor listening skills. FML
Today, my manager cussed me out for being unable to keep a customer happy. That "customer" was a senile old twit who had wandered away from his carer, thought our shop was his living room, and demanded to know who replaced all his furniture. FML
Today, a customer at work was having hiccups, so I suggested she should try to hold her breath for a while. Ten minutes later, she's talking to my manager about how I wanted her to "kill herself because of her severe medical condition." FML
Today, I was working at a hospital-level rest home. I was making the rounds when I noticed a woman was sitting in her (electric) wheelchair in the middle of the hall. Going closer, I saw her battery was flat so I said, "Uh-oh! Looks like you've died." She bawled her eyes out and said, "Not yet." FML
Today, I reduced a customer to tears and she had a tantrum, saying that nobody loves her, her life is a joke, and she’d be better off dead. This ordeal happened to grab the attention of my manager who was nearby. All I did was tell her that an item she wanted was sold out and offered to help her order it online. FML
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Top comments
DeathShad0 1
Inconsiderate? How the hell was he supposed to know?
SamBoDeanxyz 0
Ouch, sucks fo' you. My great-grandma had that terrible, but it never caused her to shake her head that way. Oh well, you didn't know! I understand her being a bit hurt for the misunderstanding, but no need in talking to the manager about that.
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Comments (170)
hedgehogs 0
There was no way for you to know this. I think she should have mentioned this at the beginning of the interaction. That's someone who's looking to lash out at other people, and you were closest because you're in a service position. There is a big problem here. But it's not you. Please try to let this one roll off of you.
FMLephant 2
it comes with a lifetime warranty. "No." yes it does. "No" yes it certainly does, it says so right on the box "No" will you buy it if I give you a puppy? "No, where's your manager?"
Erh96 0
FYL indeed!!!
Janedoe6 0
parkinsons is where they r all shaky.. my middle school lunch lady had it and would always glob all the food together in my plate.. ughh nothin like peachy chicken nuggets :/ eww lol
Janedoe6 0
hahaha. I think 5t3ff1k4h and Sarah_Louise should ge out the boxing gloves.. they have argued on like 3 fml's but I'm on 5t3ff1k4h's side :)
5t3ff1k4h 45
Boxing gloves? Oh honey... she'd be down with one punch. What's the point of a match? :)
5t3ff1k4h 45
Dowwwwwwwwn an' dirteh!
Son_of_Helghan 0
mud wrestling time
misfitSuperStar 0
Sorry, op....how could you have known? As long as you weren't rude, I'd try to forget about it.
kaileigh10 2
LMMFAO!!!
shuttershades11 0
20 - no 13 was trying to get 6 to look it up insted of being stupid and posting it sarcasm!! :)
Steve95401 49
My mother had Parkinson's. Unless you have been around someone with Parkinson's, you're not likely to know what the symptoms look like.
MitchellK 3
20s a ******* idiot