Today, a kid got his hand stuck inside my store's giant gumball machine. He started crying, and his negligent trainwreck of a mom bitched me out for being "unobservant." I'd been mopping up the mess she'd made after she'd spilled an open can of beer all over the floor. 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 my job working retail, I had just finished cleaning and straightening a whole aisle. This kid watched me do the whole thing. When I was done, he stuck his arm out, and ran it down the whole shelf, knocking everything off it. His mother just grabbed his hand and walked away. FML
Today, I slipped on a crayon a little girl threw on the floor, causing me to drop the tray of water I was carrying, making me spill it all over her. After getting cussed out by her mom, I was fired for making a customer unhappy. FML
Today, a little girl wandered into the glass-cleaning area of the pub I work at. It's a dangerous place for a little kid, so I took her hand and asked where her mum was. The kid starts screaming and the mother appears in the doorway shouting "GET AWAY FROM MY BABY!" FML
Today, as I was bagging groceries, I looked down to see a 6-year-old urinating on my shoes and the floor next to me. I told his mother that he should take her kid to the restroom, only to be told to "mind my own goddamn business." I was later fired for arguing with the customer. FML
Today, a child was choking in the store I work at. He was alone in the aisle, so I started the Heimlich without his parents' permission. After dislodging what was caught, his mother turned the corner and went screaming to my manager for touching her kid. I got a write up. FML
Today, I spent an hour setting up a delicate display stand at work. Not five minutes later, a woman barged in with her little kid, who immediately went up to the display and tipped the whole thing over. When I called attention to the mother, she just scoffed, "Isn't this your job?" and left. FML
Today, I stopped two little boys from spitting over a railing at the piano player two floors below in the department store I work at. Their mom complained to my boss about me. FML
Today, while I was working at a supermarket, a kid started to cry in line because he couldn't get candy. Since we have free lollipops behind the desk, I gave him one. His mom complained to my manager and said I was grooming her child. FML
Today, I was at the mall, I saw a girl crying that her ice cream had fallen on the floor. Feeling generous, I bought her a new one. She threw it on the ground, laughed, and came over to her mom and told that I was bothering her, so the mom called security. FML
Today, I tripped over a kid at work. She was sitting on the floor with her legs sticking out into the walkway. Her mom caused a scene, accusing me of doing it on purpose. FML
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Top comments
TheVelocirabbit 10
"You have now been banished from the kingdom of this store. Be gone, troll!"
Christina6 11
The mom was unobservant her self for not noticing you were cleaning up her mess.
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Comments (136)
TheVelocirabbit 10
"You have now been banished from the kingdom of this store. Be gone, troll!"
twofirstnames 12
What?
iStrukk 7
Should've spanked him and then bitched her out for not stopping you.
TheVelocirabbit 10
Thanks for posting a comment that doesn't involve a thing I said, even though it was a reply.
pastywhitekid 10
If only it were that easy to banish trolls... People are such asshats.
xoconnie 8
I feel pretty bad for the kid. His mother is obviously a fail. FYL for having to deal with her, but F the kids life even more for being stuck with her 24/7 :(
Oreohugzpenny 4
17 The child was not raised right hit the mother and bitch her out at the same time;)
Oreohugzpenny 4
1# Just out of curiousity is your photo a Dino with bunny ears on??
chemchic 7
Retail sucks. The customer is NEVER right.
TheVelocirabbit 10
Yes. It is a Velociraptor mixed with a rabbit. Thus my username, TheVelocirabbit.
ugwmii 0
you tried morons will be morons.
TheVelocirabbit 10
Yes, they will, but there's a difference between morons and plain old oblivious.
rcgirl2 11
*in the voice of Odin from Thor* I CAST YOU OUT!
iStrukk 7
Velocirabbit, do yo by chance own a ps3?
TheVelocirabbit 10
No, why?
Zeppelin1969 5
Once, I was riding a bicycle. I fell off and skinned my knee and cried.
nerdstuck101 8
yeah cool story okay
tsent8 15
You shall not pass! (Through These doors ever again you little troll)
twofirstnames 12
That mom should be awarded the 'parent of the year award'...
syley 5
Your sarcasm isn't being gotten, judging from your - votes.
chetchatter 5
i got it but it wasnt funny
twofirstnames 12
Thats ok, I must have a different sense of humor then.
Tempest559 12
If only we had more parents like here out there the world would be a better place.
mikeylindo 0
Hey if people cant get a joke then maybe they should get a life!
egc573 40
I don't know about parent of the year, but this would definitely fit in on Not Always Right. And in the spirit of that website, I really hope that the OP didn't back down.
MURIKKA 11
I didn't get it! Can someone explain it to me?
MDTeddy 13
Some moms just don't understand how dumb they really are.
Pewdiepiebro 4
That's like giving Michael Lohan that award.
Pewdiepiebro 4
That's like giving Michael Lohan that award.
Alphakhiash 13
I would have just left her kid there. FYL.
drewnewton 0
just smile and nod
igive 29
"not my kid, not my problem."
klovemachine 24
Take that mop, OP, and shove it up her butt. She definitely deserves it. Poor kid :(
EnzaiFreak 1
#63-Unless, you know, she's into things like that....
bubbly31 0
You know 3 the kid might be better of living in the store stuck forever than at home being raised by a women who takes a can of beer on her shopping trip
alicexo_fml 8
F the kids life for having to put up with her
CoconutOil 7
It's not the poor's kid's fault! I think kids shouldn't be mixed in adult's pathetic problem! The mom however, she deserve a nice smack in the face with a dust pan!
Christina6 11
The mom was unobservant her self for not noticing you were cleaning up her mess.
Dadothy 8
Hey! Don't make fun of the captain, Lt. Sarcasm
Mommyof2_91 10
I can't stand when parents blame their shitty parenting on other people. Since your grown up enough to bring a child into the world, take responsibly when you f*** up.
Mommyof2_91 10
Meant to type "can't stand it" *
emmama19 15
Ouch, **** the kids life even though he deserved it. I feel for you OP, the child is her responsibility not yours, looks like you had two kids in the store to look after... Only one should be big enough to handle herself before handling a kid.
rdrr 2
Yeah the kid deserves an alcoholic inattentive mother.
nevershoutkendal_fml 11
No, they're saying he deserved to get his hand stuck because he had no business sticking it in there.
mmmPoptarts 6
How could it be your fault her kid got his hand stuck in a gumball machine? She's the one who clearly wasn't paying enough attention to him to stop him.
egc573 40
It isn't her (OP's) fault at all. The mother's just one of those people who thinks she can treat employees anyway she wants because she's a customer.
trollolol95 4
That's pretty much what they just said.
Aug1508 9
Bad parents always look for some other fool to blame for their own mistakes.
brackaman 18
Believe me I know. I work in an airport and got yelled at by a kids mom for touching her kid. I pulled her 3 year old out of an active xray machine because she was too busy talking on her phone to notice her child leaving.
DoubleBlumpkin 4
Hillbillys are a breed of their own..
Aug1508 9
I love your comment! Those damn hillbillies!
nadnerbz 6
They have hillbillies in Norway?
EnterSandman_fml 20
It's where Seasick Steve lives. As awesome as he is, he still counts as a hillbilly (by his own admission) in Norway.
shrimpygymnast 9
What a beyaaatch. Sorry that happened :(
a563 3
Your creative diction makes your comment so amazingly insightful!
brackaman 18
Wow.. For about three seconds I genuinely thought you wrote “what a baywatch”. Then I reread it and it still sounded stupid.
SamanthaCassieL 10
Sorry OP. but that's how some people are. It's sad the world we live in