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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Halloween
A failed costume, stolen candy and a very real scare: Halloween, the one night when fear is allowed.
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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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)
nevershoutkendal_fml 11
I kinda feel bad for the kid. He didn't ask for a shitty mom. Hope this kid turns out okay.
bmkc4 1
It's a sad situation for the poor kid
nevershoutkendal_fml 11
I'd agree. Some people don't deserve the joy of having kids.
spuzak 0
It's the mother's responsibility to watch her son not you. The mom sounds horrible.
ohmandapants 17
I hate when people come into stores and expect the people who work there to take care of their kids. Take care of your own ******* kids. I'm not your babysitter, this isn't a daycare. And then kids get lost or kidnapped or an accident happens and parents decide it's our fault. Watch your kid or gtfo of my store.
goose12321 11
Amen to that!
TheIchiban 11
People like that mother should just disappear. I see things similar to this happen ALL THE TIME. It happens so often, I stare down the idiotic parents and usually comment on their stupidity. I've gotten yelled at by them, but I shrug and say, "Hey, at least I'm not the stupid one."
nancyfantastic 3
I see a visit from CPS in her future.
unknown_user5566 27
I could see this being a new reality show: "When White-Trash Mamas Attack".
Oreohugzpenny 4
That mom was doing some hard coke before she came. ( Or she was a red neck!)
bmkc4 1
It's ok to be a redneck just not trashy lol
gars56 5
Hahaha kids these days. Anyone got any lube?!
LuckyLynx7732 5
Nothing will make you lose faith in humanity quite like working in a grocery store.
bmkc4 1
Some parents are just unfit. It seems like its those kinds of people who have a million kids and are too drunk and stupid to care for them.