Today, I had to do community service work, so I helped out at a senior center. One of the confused elderly patients, who believed the Cold War was still on, thought I was a Soviet and started screaming about how I was going to nuke his country. FML
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Dead leaves, the first cold of the season and an umbrella flipped inside out: fall, the season of grace.
Today, in history class I was called "ignorant" and "inconsiderate" because I referred to Stalin as a "he". FML
Today, while volunteering at a local museum, I politely told an elderly gentleman to have a nice day. He responded by yelling "NO" and storming off. Everyone looked at me like I was some sort of monster. FML
Today, I went to visit my senile grandma, since she's ill and nobody else in the family visits her. I ended up having to sit through a long rant about the Illuminati, black people, and how we'd have a cure for the common cold already if it weren't for "those god damned foreigners". FML
Today, my grandfather asked me why the broccoli I served for dinner was white. I told him it was cauliflower. He would't believe me, accused me of being a Russian spy, and stormed out. FML
Today, I was at work as a cashier. An old lady unbagged everything I had, and angrily "taught" me how to bag. She put potatoes on her eggs and broke them. She then screamed that I was useless and retarded in front of all my other customers and manager. FML
Today, I had to explain to my teacher that Czechoslovakia is no longer a country. She kicked me out of class when she found out I was right. FML
Today, the elderly lady I work for got mad at me, all because I wouldn't feed her imaginary friend. FML
Today, I was at the mall, when I saw an elderly lady drop her groceries, so I rushed over to help her pick them up. She took one look at me, called me a "Liberal bastard," and shouted for me to get away from her before she called the cops. FML
Today, my elderly neighbor had asked me to take her to her early morning doctor's appointment. I arrived at her house at 7:30 as agreed, and she appeared to have forgotten who I was. She started lobbing eggs out of her window at me, telling me she wasn't interested in what I was selling. FML
Today, I went to a veterans' reunion party with my grandpa. While there, a guy started yelling at me for having an unapproved haircut. It was my grandpa's old drill sergeant, and he thought I was in the army too. Everyone just smirked as he forced me to drop and do push-ups. FML
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Nanner789 0
Play along.
airforce987 20
USA! USA! U! S! A!!!!!! Did he try to radio General Patton with his shoe?
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Comments (164)
Sinforme17 0
Sounds like he's been watching too much Red Dawn.
Give_Linux_A_Go 28
Just to mess with him, tell him that the war has ended, but also say that the Soviets won ;) (and no I did not change my picture just for this FML)
booboo1997 3
That happens a lot. It's probably a mixture of memory loss & Post Traumatic Stress Disorder
perdix 31
Just before you leave, switch his anti-psychotics with Viagra and run like hell. Let the next shift deal with him and his ready-to-launch ICBM.
OfficeNinja 5
Welcome to reality. Dementia is a terrible disease that robs families of loved ones, leaving a body that is alive - but the person is gone. It is truly horrible. Not everyone is cut out for dealing with dementia patients - if you are one of those people there is no shame. Volunteer in another capacity. It is very hard to do.
Hakan1218 5
Well, did you nuke his country?
kylewyote13 1
I work in a nursing home, it's imperative that you preserve his dignity by allowing him to continue his belief, but you could play along with him and tell him that you're secretly an American spy trying to stop the communists. that could help you....or just talk to the DCMs and get them to help you. Personally, I transferred to kitchen work to get away from this, but that's because I prefer the pay grade in the kitchen over the pay grade for "care giver" at my work.
EduJav321 24
Tell him you are Hitler to see how many chairs he throws around
docscientist 10
Yeah, such a traumatic cold war we had with the soviets...
hateevryone 15
lol that's why he's in a nursing home