Today, at my job of two months, I'd taken it upon myself to water the plants around the office every day since they all looked a little sad. My boss then asked why so many of the fake plants were getting mouldy. My co-workers had watched me water plastic plants for two months and nobody bothered to tell me. FML
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Today, after my neighbor asked me to water her plants while she was away, and I carefully followed her instructions for 6 days, she came home. She stared at the living room and asked why I'd watered the fake plants but forgotten the real ones on the balcony. FML
Today, I found out that the plant in my kitchen that I have been watering for almost 2 years is fake. FML
Today, after I agreed to water my friend's plants while she was on vacation, she'd given me very specific instructions for each one, so I made a schedule and followed it carefully. When she came home, she stared at the plants and asked why her cactus was sitting in a bowl of water. I'd read the wrong line on the schedule all week. FML
Today, the plant I bought for my apartment a few weeks ago started looking worse. I'd followed the care instructions carefully, so I asked my neighbor for advice. She pointed out that the plastic pot was still inside the decorative pot, so the water had nowhere to drain. FML
Today, my boss came back from a two week vacation. I was the only one covering for him, and I did an excellent job. It was my chance to get a promotion. I actually improved his sales while he was gone, but the only thing he noticed was that I killed his plant. FML
Today, my mother insisted I thoroughly water all the plants in and around my house before some people turned up. This would be fine except 90% of them are fake. She is convinced it will make them look "realer." FML
Today, it's been a week since I bought a "self-watering" plant to make my life easier. Turns out the self-watering feature means the plant waters itself by leaking all over the floor when it's overfilled. Now my apartment is a mini wetland, and my carpet is fucked. FML
Today, I watered a dying communal plant. I was fined $250 for littering. FML
Today, three weeks after I finally tried my hand at gardening by planting a bunch of herbs and was so proud of my work, I found out that I had actually been watering weeds this whole time. My herbs were actually the things I was trying to eliminate. FML
Today, I wanted to surprise my roommate by cleaning the entire apartment while she was away. Three hours later, everything looked perfect. She came home, looked around, and immediately asked why her plant was missing. I had thrown it out because I thought it was dead. FML
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wanted_2_want 40
That's amazing. I mean you couldn't touch the stems or leaves since day one?
xMaeLA 24
I wonder which one of your coworkers won that bet. "Hey, how long d'you think the new girl will keep watering those plants till she realizes they're fake?" "$50 it takes her two weeks." :two months later: "Hasn't she noticed that horrible smell? ... Should we tell her?" *all coworkers are blown away by OPs obliviousness*
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tmj25789 23
I am surprised you never touched them to see if they were real or not. Maybe that's just me.
Saraishi 25
I think it's more amazing that you didn't notice that the plants were fake for two months.
bu1vetter 10
Im sorry, but are you that obtuse that you couldn't tell the difference between a fake plant and a real plant?!
Katiekat101 3
You spell it like moldy
awesomeamandas 37
different parts of the world spells words differently. both moldy and mouldy are correct.
flv88 14
I watered a cactus for 9 years before my boss told me that it was fake.
sarcasmismyno1 22
Always poke the dirt before you water. It should be dry to the touch 1/4-1/2" down into the soil. Since fake plants don't absorb moisture, you would probably have figured out pretty quickly that they were fake if you did that.
orangejubejube 20
No doubt they were betting on how long until you found out! Understandable though. And I can relate; I bought a plant, not realizing it was fake, and watered it for a few months, until my housemate pointed out that the plant hadn't changed at all since we got it.. Then I pulled off a leaf, it was plastic.
Kaylana_fml 31
So since there are other people with experience in this, please enlighten us...how did you water it for months without water spilling out of the pot?
kat2943 20
So if they were fake this whole time, how did they look droopy to you?
Bilbo47 5
Did the plants look any less sad from the watering?
devans00 14
Why were you watering plants without permission or asking anyone? That's very presumptuous of you.