Today, at work, a customer told me how unprofessional my piercing made me look, and insisted that someone else wait on his table. It's not a piercing, it's a mole. FML
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Fall
Dead leaves, the first cold of the season and an umbrella flipped inside out: fall, the season of grace.
Today, I was at a job interview at McDonalds. All was going well until the manager told me that I'd have to remove the piercing that I have on my eyebrow. I didn't think that my mole would be so confusing. FML
Today, I went in to see my piercer. He took one look at my piercing I got a few months ago and laughed saying "What a shit job, I'm sorry but that's pretty crappy because it's not even straight!" I then had to awkwardly explain it was indeed him who had pierced me. FML
Today, I was working customer service at a large grocery store. I recently got a small, tasteful septum piercing that is barely visible. As I greeted a customer, she began to gag, held out her hand as though she was fending me off, and said, "I can't. Your nose ring makes me sick." FML
Today, at work, a customer told me that my teeth would make a very pretty necklace. FML
Today, I was excited about showing everyone at work my new piercing. It's in an interesting place in my ear, and it's not that common. Before I had the chance to tell anyone about it, someone asked, "Are you wearing a hearing aid?" FML
Today, I was told I can’t wear a nose ring at my new job because several customers "don’t like it." It’s a very small nose ring and the job is a shack that serves food through a window. FML
Today, I got into trouble at work because a customer complained about my face tattoo, I don't have a face tattoo but I do have one behind my ear. Nonetheless, I still got written up and had to cover it with a band-aid, which ripped out hair when I took it off. FML
Today, I had a woman throw a clipboard and yell at me to then storm off, still yelling in the mall where I work, all because I'd told her it was too late to do a piercing tonight. FML
Today, my boss berated me in front of 2 other coworkers about how unprofessional it was for me to show up to work with a clearly visible hickey. I had to explain to him that my "hickey" was actually a huge pimple that had bruised up after I popped it. FML
Today, I went on a job interview. The interviewer said it all went well, but he can't hire me because I've got a nose piercing, and that type of "image" isn't the kind they're looking for in their employees. This is the guy who had a full sleeve tattoo. FML
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Top comments
Welshite 40
This is why animals don't make great jewelry. Just think of the poor little mole family left without their father.
qdawg06 23
Honestly, it's a new day and age, I still don't know why tattoos and piercings are deemed inappropriate, offensive. Or unprofessional. They don't affect the quality of your work. But how did he mistake a mole for a piercing?
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Comments (62)
Welshite 40
This is why animals don't make great jewelry. Just think of the poor little mole family left without their father.
Stillo 25
Wait, what?
wow_very_doge 10
Nice pun!
Pixiemels 19
You honestly won the golden award of awesome comments!
EclipseCandy6 24
Nice to mole you.. MEET you
Smooth_Criminal 24
"Nice to meet your mole."
rockyhorrorQT 12
"don't say mole"
mrlawlor7777 26
Slice it up and make guacamole out of it.
iseebearbears 27
Molely molely molely.
EclipseCandy6 24
Haha you guys are awesome ??
qdawg06 23
Honestly, it's a new day and age, I still don't know why tattoos and piercings are deemed inappropriate, offensive. Or unprofessional. They don't affect the quality of your work. But how did he mistake a mole for a piercing?
Anony2014 10
OP lives in Florida. Lots of elderly people live there. I'm guessing this was an elderly man who can't see for shit.
Megatron_Griffin 25
I moved to Florida recently...no one in New York really cared about the tattoos or piercings..I haven't been able to find a job here because of my tattoos. I got denied a job at steak n shake because the elderly will be offended. Last time I went there...my waitress had no idea what she was doing ans was incredibly rude. Being incompetent is completely acceptable in this state as long as you don't have a tattoo..at least that's how it seems.. OP do you work near the villages? All those old, rich, and retired people are so rude and nasty sometimes
buddy_J 16
Extreme cases can be very unprofessional and or plain disturbing to people. Like large gauges in certain areas
SouthernSmartass 5
A lot of people see tattoos and piercings as impulsive. Rarely do you want somebody impulsive enough to do something near permanant to them working for you.
Vlen_fml 20
I think it really comes down to what the tattoo is depicting and where the piercing is placed. i mean sure i don't want some guy with a forehead swastika and a bull ring bringing me my burger or filing my taxes, but a heart or tribal or just some correctly spelled writing, etc. and earrings/eyebrow piercings i'm not gonna think two ways about it.
ciammmm 11
I will ways stare at misspelled tattoos. ;)
ChopSuey444 20
#40, I don't think anyone's personal beliefs (regarding the swastika tattoo) really affects their ability to bring me a burger. If they refuse to serve a certain table based on their beliefs, that's one thing.But as long as you're polite and doing your job right, there's no reason for ANY tattoo or piercing to matter.
Ali_Br_fml 33
But #52, I'm sure an offensive tattoo would affect the customers. A Jewish customer wouldn't want to be served by a person with a swastika tattoo on their forehead, and I wouldn't want to be served by someone with a "KKK" tattoo on their forehead either. It's racist, offensive and downright rude. You may not be offended by anything, but it's like a slap in the face to see someone bringing my food knowing that they hate my kind, and that they could possibly do something to my food because of that hate. They hate my kind enough to get a tattoo depicting that hate, so what's stopping them from tampering with my food. They branded themselves with that sign of hate for me to see it and to know that my kind isn't accepted there. Yes, there are some things that are unacceptable. Just because you've never experienced it doesn't mean that it doesn't exist. Some things are just mean for no reason. I wouldn't feel inclined to tip a person with those kinds of tattoos which are meant to make other people feel bad. I wouldn't want to be served by those racist people either.
greeneyedx 23
And that's exactly why when I get my tats soon I'm planning on a place where I can cover them easily
Emmamazing 26
Change it to a mole stud. They're way more classy.
megansheeran 21
Some people are so inconsiderate. It's a shame.
rileyrae0000 23
Seriously, how are nose piercings even unprofessional??
tantanpanda 26
It might seem unhygenic. If I were a boss, I wouldn't hire someone with giant gauges in their ears nor someone with offensive tattoos. I think it really depends on what the tattoo content is, where the piercing is and what type it is.
ChopSuey444 20
You can normally tell someone's personal hygein habits pretty easily just by looking at their hair, skin and nails. It's not difficult. Someone with good everyday hygein habits will keep their piercings just as clean as the rest of their body. I don't see hygein as a valid argument, because nasty skin and hair is way worse when it comes to a food chain.
CitricAcid 21
Chop it off and make some guacaMOLE.
Xandrick 22
Wow, absolutely NO jerks pressing the YDI button on this one? Color me surprised. o.O
meg13rocks 26
Jinxed it.
cksmith51 14
The trolls were waiting for you to say this
Angelrose2004 17
Even the most undeserving FML out there has YDI's. Either because people accidentally hit the button or don't care about anything but earning a badge. Don't ever expect to find one without YDI's. Otherwise, you will forever be sadly disappointed.
JustinJK 21
Yeah the fml team asked for trolling when they starter badges.
Xandrick 22
I spoke WAY too soon...
jimmer23 21
Exhibit A: Why the customer is not always right.
olpally 33
He's a dumb ass customer. Just ignore him.
Kevinmeowbeanz 22
Holy guacamole!