Today, I arrived at work at 8, and business was abnormally slow, but we assumed it would pick up. Few hours later, we had not had a single customer. As I walk out of the restaurant, I realize the open sign has been off all day. 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, at the supermarket where I work, we had at least 40 people waiting outside for us to open our doors at 7:00 a.m. FML
Today, it was my first day of work at my new job. I got dressed and arrived early, only to find out that the store had closed due to a power outage. Then I found out that the person who'd hired me had totally forgotten about hiring me anyway. FML
Today, while working at my job at a lumber/hardware store, my coworker told me he was taking an hour break instead of the usual half-hour. Not only did he leave me with a store packed with customers on Customer Appreciation Day, but he never came back until closing time. FML
Today, I came in to work early at a restaurant to help out. I stocked, baked pies for the next day, cleaned and set over 50 tables, and vacuumed the entire two stories. When I went to send an order for the first customer of mine, I realized I hadn't even clocked on. Four and half hours of work wasted. FML
Today, after working all day and putting in hours of overtime, I realized I never clocked in. FML
Today, my boss told me I could do my university work as long as I served customers when they came in. No customers came in all day, then I realised I’d been so focused on my laptop, I'd never noticed I’d left the bolt on the door, so customers couldn’t get in. My boss sacked me. FML
Today, at the job I've had for eight years, I finally got the raise I was supposed to get a year ago. One hour later I found out the store was closing and we were all out of a job in two weeks. FML
Today, the train to work was both late and almost empty. The city deserted with barely a soul in sight. It wasn’t until arriving at the office that I realised everything is closed due to a Public Holiday. I’m new to this state and not one colleague or acquaintance mentioned it. FML
Today, 30 minutes before I was supposed to quit work at 6pm, my boss showed up. After telling him how the day went, he asked why I was still there. Apparently, for the holiday, we close early. 4 hours earlier. FML
Today, I showed up to work at 6am, only to find out the schedule was changed. I wasn't actually supposed to be there until 9:15. My boss never told me this. I didn't get to go home either, he just said, "Oh well. Get to work." FML
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Quinnjamin 0
Was the cashier out running "those errands"?
WonderBlunder 0
Not a single customer?? I bet your restaurant sucks. Usually people will try their luck even if the "open" sign is not on during normal business hour.. And don't you have regular customers??
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Comments (103)
cucuto89 0
Ya big Dummy!!!
sublime93 0
Aaah Ms. Swan Anyway this fml sounds like an episode of Spongebob
sobe23 0
Nah, I don't think the OP is dumb, at my old work I would always forget to flip the sign. I mean, if you think about it when you go to work (I work in the food industry too) you have a check list in your head and the little things get forgotten about. But, weirdly enough everyone used to always walk in anyway! Haha.
IFUCKINLOVETEA 0
i was just gonna say that
blacksunshine 0
I was thinking the same thing!
EmoLittleBish 0
30 - I was thinking the same thing!!
teentee401 37
Reminds me of that episode of Spongebob
Intoxicunt 6
Yeah right, you were scarfing down all the food and watching **** before the customers got there. "Forgot" to turn the sign on. Right.
palleas_fml 0
that's the obvious reason, riiiiight :p
Intoxicunt 6
Heh, it's what I'd be doing. ****, I'm hungry. I should watch Food Network to torture myself. Food ****!
palleas_fml 0
Maybe that's why you'll never work in a restaurant ;) wait, wouldn't foodporn be like bees humming in flowers and stuff?
Intoxicunt 6
Nah, I'd rather babysit. *WINK WINK* Haha, no. My mom call all things that are desirable ****. Like when you look at really good food on TV it's like the food version of ****. Same with when she and I went house hunting: house ****.
palleas_fml 0
lol, your mum looks like fun, I'm not surprised you're what you are ^^ house ****... could be something totally different. so is you contemplating the idea of having plexi's baby be like... child ****? oO
Intoxicunt 6
Yep, my mom is hilarious. My whole family is a little whacky. Ha, no, it has to be watching something similar to **** only instead of sexual, it's exciting in some other way. I miss my plexi. :(
palleas_fml 0
well, that's how I had understood it... Anyway. Plexi was here not that long ago, wasn't he? Maybe you need de-plexitoxication ;)
Intoxicunt 6
Noooo, I need MORE plexi. He went to bed a few hours ago. He probably won't be on for another couple hours. :( I wonder if I could (and better yet if I SHOULD) extort money out of him...
palleas_fml 0
well, THAT is something I'm not understanding. How/why would you extort money from him?
Intoxicunt 6
Habit. I have a thing, mildly similar to kleptomania, where I want to have people give me lots and lots of things. Every time I go into someone's house, I think, "Wow, what awesome stuff. I wonder if they'll give me any of it." When I befriend someone with a lot of money, I think, "Wow, I wonder if they like me enough to share that money." It's a terrible problem. I fight it for all I'm worth. I've yet to beg from him.
palleas_fml 0
lol, seems like a good time to ask indeed. So you reckon he's got lots of money?
Intoxicunt 6
I know he has enough to be able to afford giving me some. :) You forget, I stalked him relentlessly until I got a bunch of personal info out of him.
palleas_fml 0
well, I didn't know that, and, well, I'm not surprised ^^
plexico 4
You're not going to have to extort or steal anything from me, you're just going to have to earn it! (weenk!)
Intoxicunt 6
I can do that! Oh wow, if I'm getting paid for everything I'm going to do....you're going to need a second job.
fmlissoooooofked 0
your wack
22jrdn55 15
I've seen this happen before, but I dont know where! Oh wait, maybe on Spongebob SquarePants the show 7 years ago? THEIF
Nacirema20 0
Nice... Lmao. YDI. :)
tim0391 0
Liar no one can be that stupid.
SaintJimmy 0
Did anyone else think of Spongebob, or was that just me because I have 2 little siblings who watch it 24/7?
abbymybowl 0
ha, thats exactly what i thought of
riku3220 2
Guilty
Amy_10 0
yes i immediately thought of that! i hope people will say "Fake! i saw this on Spongebob!!!!!"
fmlfmlfml15 0
#18 SAME HERE!!! Props to all thought of spongebob when they read this!!!
InsanePPG 25
Oh, look, Squidward! We forgot to switch the closed sign to open! It's as if we could've taken the whole day off!
Sun_Kissed18 25
Yupp, thats what I thought as well
WonderBlunder 0
Not a single customer?? I bet your restaurant sucks. Usually people will try their luck even if the "open" sign is not on during normal business hour.. And don't you have regular customers??
King_of_Kings 3
well you just reached the all new level of being a dumb ******* shit
really_123 0
spongebob reference? hahah
kballa21 2
Was just thinking of that, original much?
iAndrea 0
Spongebob...