Today, at my hotel, I spent over an hour dumpster diving trying to locate a pair of shorts for a spoiled brat that one of the cleaning staff accidentally threw away. When I finally found and returned them to the family, the father insisted they weren't the right ones. Spent all day smelling of trash. 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, it was an unusually hot day and I saw one of my friends walking down the street carrying a large bag. I stopped and asked if he needed a ride. When he got in, I noticed a horrible stench. He then told me he'd just been dumpster diving. FML
Today, I went to donate some of my old underwear that I never wear and were in too nice a condition to throw in a dumpster. I was given the runaround by two different people who had no clue where the clothes donation box was, until I gave up and finally found it in the opposite direction. That took me an hour and a half. FML
Today, at work, I went to fold a pair of pants that was left in a changing room to find out that someone had taken a dump in them. FML
Today, I went to retrieve my sneakers that my wife made me leave outside the door of our hotel room. Somebody had shat in one of them. FML
Today, at work, a lady approached me asking if I'd found a used cloth diaper on a table, and I told her it was probably in the trash. She said "That's okay, I can wash it." So I searched through several bags of trash, and when I couldn't find it, she said "Oh never mind! It's in my bag." FML
Today, I couldn't find my phone. Worried that I'd accidentally thrown it in the trash, I emptied out all the bins and searched the garbage. An hour later, my daughter said she'd found it by the bathroom sink. FML
Today, I was doing laundry and realized that my father had left dirty underwear soaking in a bucket outside for the last two weeks. I informed him that they needed to be thrown out, and they smelled like sewage. It's been over 95 degrees outside lately here. He then yelled and sweared at me. FML
Today, I went to the dry-cleaner's and went to get my bag of laundry from my trunk, but I ended up dropping the bag. My dirty underwear blew around the parking lot. I had to chase it all down as a bunch of people looked on. FML
Today, I went to a thrift store and found heaps of clothes that I loved that fit me perfectly. Then I found a special distinctive dress. My dress. My dad had thrown away heaps of my clothes and I had to buy them all back. FML
Today, after putting a bag of dirty laundry in the laundry room to wait for an open washer, I came back to find a "free stuff" sign on all of my expensive jeans, new towels, and favorite sweatshirts. The bag was over half empty. FML
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Bismuth92 11
So, let me get this straight: the cleaning staff threw out this kid's shorts, which sucks, but I guess accidents happen? I can't really picture how one can "accidentally" throw out something as large as a pair of shorts, but whatever. The kid, understandably, wants their shorts back. Somehow, this makes them a spoiled brat? It sucks that you have to fix someone else's mistake, but I don't see why the kid or the Dad are the villians here.
Magnoxidans 19
Surely you could have asked your boss if you could have showered? Logically if you're gross and smell you aren't making a good impression for the hotel...
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Magnoxidans 19
Surely you could have asked your boss if you could have showered? Logically if you're gross and smell you aren't making a good impression for the hotel...
jrdxix 7
Hopefully at the end of your stay they'll give you a nice tip for being so helpful!! That sucks though.
TheHcwalker 20
Why is this downvoted so much
kibawolf1237 17
How many pairs of little girls' shorts wind up in that dumpster?
superjewguy 19
that was a really trashy thing for the father to do
ham814 8
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you should have snuck into their room, and stashed your clothes in there. that way they get to enjoy the smell too
ruudseriesx 25
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Some people just like to watch the world burn. Sorry OP. Hopefully you'll have better customers in the future.
Bismuth92 11
So, let me get this straight: the cleaning staff threw out this kid's shorts, which sucks, but I guess accidents happen? I can't really picture how one can "accidentally" throw out something as large as a pair of shorts, but whatever. The kid, understandably, wants their shorts back. Somehow, this makes them a spoiled brat? It sucks that you have to fix someone else's mistake, but I don't see why the kid or the Dad are the villians here.
potatoe_barf 13
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Cuz you can't expect someone to go root through the trash for a pair of God fanned shorts. the kid probably threw a fit at his parents until they complained.
deathstroke990 22
they're his shorts? he's allowed to want them back after someone threw them out
MikaykayUnicorn 36
They're a spoiled brat because OP doesn't like what they had to do. You've never called someone a name when they didn't deserve it because something they wanted/needed caused you to have to do something undesirable, or just called someone a name for something they didn't deserve in general? You do it because you're mad. You know they aren't REALLY whatever name you called them, but you're pissed, so for that moment, you call them a name. You know the OP doesn't really think the person is spoiled for wanting their possessions back, it's just a heat of the moment thing.
pjsr 33
I applaud you for excellent customer service. The employee that threw away the shorts should have been the one to retrieve them-not you. In addition, because you were serving the customer on behalf of the hotel, you should have been allowed to go home to shower and change, on the clock.
neuronerd 29
I mean, if cleaning staff threw away my clothes, I'd be upset too, so I don't think that makes her a spoiled brat for wanting something done about it. However, I'd be much more inclined to ask for financial compensation to replace the article of clothing, rather than want something back that's been in a dumpster.
Catdragon 40
Well you never know who those shorts could have belonged to or what special meaning it had. Say if the grandpa bought it for his birthday or something and then his grandpa died, those shorts would have meaning to the kid. It's most likely just a pair of shorts, but then again we don't know. I would be upset if someone threw out my items and I was staying at their hotel. Aren't they supposed to avoid touching things that don't belong to the hotel and just clean the room?
BiGTiMeNeRD 29
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All this over a pair of shorts? I can understand if it was a diamond ring. I don't see the big deal. Kids will cry. Oh well. Buy another pair of shorts. But you can't really buy back the dignity you lost dumpster diving.
smallandroid 26
If I'm paying for a room at a hotel and they go in and throw away something that belongs to me, I'm absolutely going to want it back, get monetary compensation for it, and/or be heavily discounted on my hotel bill. Sure, it was just a pair of probably $20 shorts, but it could have just as easily been something more expensive.