Today, I dropped my trash into what I thought was a garbage can. My co-workers stared at me like I had just pissed myself. It was a toy collection box for children in foster care. FML
Collection
Fall
Dead leaves, the first cold of the season and an umbrella flipped inside out: fall, the season of grace.
Today, I had to take out the trash at work and I kept trying to throw it in the dumpster. After five tries I finally made it in. I was feeling pretty good since the bag was heavy. That was until I turned around and saw about 30 of my coworkers applauding and laughing at me. FML
Today, it was really windy and rainy causing me to trip and knock into a little kid. While still gathering myself, I apologized and patted the kid on its head. Then I see people around me starting to laugh. I turn and look at the kid, and discover I've been interacting with a trash can. FML
Today, I came home from work and went into the bathroom. I saw a poo on the toilet lid, and thinking it was a trick toy that my son had got to trick me, I picked it up. It wasn't a toy. FML
Today, I was hosting my kid's birthday party. I had a bunch of small trinkets, so I grabbed the first container I could find to put them in. It wasn’t until I went out and someone yelled, "I’ll take a heavy flow!" that I realized it was an empty tampon box. FML
Today, my manager told me to throw out some of the old toys at the daycare we work at. I can't because I've seen Toy Story 3, and thinking about them in a dump makes me cry. I'm 28. FML
Today, I was literally taking care of my coworker's garbage. Piss was dumped on me as I lifted the Herbie Kirby to the larger dumpster. What the fuck, people? Don’t literally leave your waste for others to take care of. FML
Today, a woman at work told me that her kid had puked into "a storage bin" in the office. It wasn't a storage bin, it was the outgoing mail tray on the side of my desk containing important contract documents that had to be posted by 5pm that day. FML
Today, a coworker threw my lunch in the trash. They'd just got back from holidays, and I use the same containers they do. My leftovers "looked like something they'd eat", so they thought it was something they'd forgotten before going on holidays. It was leftovers that I'd been spacing out, trying to make last till payday. FML
Today, I was taking a dump behind a dumpster. I suddenly heard a noise and a vibration against the dumpster. It was a garbage truck lifting it to collect the trash. The garbage men started laughing and took out their phones. FML
Today, I went to drop the garbage in the compactor as I left to do some shopping. I quickly put my handbag down on the side, threw the 'garbage' in the machine, watched it do its thing, and then turned round to find... the bag of garbage on the side. FML
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Top comments
MrConcise 35
One man's trash is a little orphan kid's treasure.
hard_candy 25
hopefully it wasn't your lunch, or anything wet and icky.
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Comments (37)
MrConcise 35
One man's trash is a little orphan kid's treasure.
MrConcise 35
@19 - Your comment reminded me of the Malcolm in the Middle episode where the boys find out they actually have shittier stuff than people donate to charity. I wonder if there's a grain of truth to that episode, and in reality orphans actually get really nice "used" stuff.
imsoeffingbored 13
I was going to post what you said #1 like word for word and then I clicked on comments and you had already thought of it.
Enslaved 38
One man's trash....
XPhoenixFire 17
Damn, tough luck #2. Same comment at the same time but #1 got all the glory.
Donutsarelife 12
ouch that's rough. honest mistake OP! FYL
katieemerr 15
#3 is right, honest mistake! If you want a good conscience maybe put some toys in tomorrow :)
CallMeWindSock 24
It's not that terrible if you can explain it was an accident
hard_candy 25
hopefully it wasn't your lunch, or anything wet and icky.
Soundslikeothers 15
Trash for Tots
Murilirum 23
They can't justifiably give you a hard time if it was an honest mistake.
tony1891 22
you ain't cool unless you pee your pants.
sweetbliss3 37
Hahaha love that movie.
Lizza330 28
This is why you pay attention. I'm sure there was at least one sign saying what it was. Hopefuly they understood that it was a mistake.
ElmoSaysSquishy 28
Maybe there was only a sign on the opposite side
Dreamsorrow93 24
Normally there is a sign posted "not trash" for that very reason.
may14th 26
Emphasis on "normally". In this case there may not have been. At my job there's donation boxes and no signs and people constantly mistake them for trash cans.
Dreamsorrow93 24
I've personally done it. It was a gum wrapper I then fetched out with a bright red face.