Today, I made a positive remark to the owner of my local groceries store for employing a special needs girl. Not only is the girl not mentally handicapped, she's also the owner's daughter. 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 work handling the cash register. It wasn't working correctly, so I apologized to the woman I was waiting on for the delay and explained, "The cash register's being a little retarded today." Then I noticed her clearly "special" adult son standing behind her. FML
Today, I was at work at a local hot dog chain. A child (about 10, who I've seen there before) came in to order food for his Dad. He orders very excitedly, and I told him he'd be a great worker here when he gets older. He said "oh no, my Dad says I'm too smart to work in a place like this." FML
Today, my 17-year-old employee accidentally called me "Dad". We all got a good laugh from it and went on with our days. Later, after getting her some coins for her cash drawer, she playfully said, "Thanks, Daddy." The customer she was serving? My wife. FML
Today, I went grocery shopping with my grandmother. Our bagger offered to help load our groceries, to which my grandmother replied, "Oh, what a nice young colored boy." FML
Today, I made brownies for my co-workers. My boss called me into his office, and I though he was going to compliment me on the baking. Instead, he talked about how his 5-year-old daughter can make brownies better than me. FML
Today, I was working at my job as a cashier, checking out an elderly woman's groceries. She was very nice, and we chatted for a couple minutes. Once she had paid, she leaned close to me and said, very politely, "I'm so so sorry that I mistook you for a girl at first, young man." I AM a girl. FML
Today, I brought my daughter to work with me. When we walked in, a client was blowing up at my boss, all because as my boss was walking past his storage unit, he glanced in and was about to compliment how neat it was. After my boss left, I had to deal with the aftermath, which left my daughter terrified of this man. FML
Today, I was at the fish store asking if they were hiring. My stepdad decided to humiliate me by screaming at them repeatedly that I'm a good person and that I deserve the job. FML
Today, the girl who works at the liquor store came to where I work. She recognized me. FML
Today, during my shift at a restaurant, my boss's daughter came in. I couldn't help but notice that she was almost popping out of her low-cut top. After having a private chat with her, my boss took me aside and said, "My daughter's got eyes you know, not just a pair of tits". FML
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Top comments
NickKuiper 8
It's just so hard to tell with some people...
Pleonasm 36
"Your daughter is pretty handicapped around the store. Shit, I meant HANDY. You GOTTA believe me!"
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Comments (152)
Dawnxxoo 11
epic fail
unknown_user5566 27
Hopefully they understand that you didn't mean it maliciously, OP.
unknown_user5566 27
This comment was supposed to be a reply to another comment. Not sure how it ended up here. My apologies.
Dracoboxer357 36
40- Booooo!!! Unforgivable!!! *Lobs rotten tomatoes while sobbing!* ;)
gracehi 33
Every once in a while I try to make an original comment and it somehow ends up as a reply to another comment.
unknown_user5566 27
Draco- I hate tomatoes, and on top of that, they're rotten?! Oh, the humanity! :P Grace, I think I figured out what happened in my case. I hit reply on the comment I wanted to say something on, but when I submitted it, I received the notice saying I had to wait a little longer (anti flood protection). When I hit submit again, I noticed that the text saying "Reply to #___" was gone from the comment box; the website must have disassociated my reply because of the anti-flood protection, and created it as a new comment. *shrugs* Super weird.
dan_in_wi 12
haha, bet u feel retarded!
Dracoboxer357 36
41- *Face palm.* Horrible choice of words. Just horrible. :p
laden_swallow09 35
Before you try to defend yourself with, "Jeez, chill out. It was a joke!" It wasn't funny, but thoughtless and douche-y.
Shenannigoats 16
Way to be an ableist pillock, #41.
dan_in_wi 12
coming from the guy who's 32 and taking pics of himself... yea ok
dan_in_wi 12
I'm not going to try to defend myself, get a sense of humor or delete your app... f-ing douche....
nnnope 26
That wasn't necessary no matter how you look at it. YDI.
SadGirl18 16
It's not your fault. You didn't know. :) I hope you apologized though!
courtjester86 8
I don't think it was mean at all; you legit made an honest mistake and was trying to pay a complement. It's like mistaking a larger woman for being pregnant.
spoilt_ 15
That's why you shouldn't ever say anything unless you're 100% certain
perdix 31
Looks like you're the one with the "special need:" A new grocery store!
doodlecloud 27
If you really thought she was handicapped and you were happy that it wasn't affecting her ability to work and live a 'normal' life, why would you want to bring up the fact that it was unusual rather than letting her live that 'normal' life and getting on with your own?
broncofan1 3
lmmfao!!! thats sooooo funny