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)
fyl7899 12
It's better than condemning the owner for employing a special needs girl. At least it was a compliment.
FelicityWishes 32
I feel your pain, OP. It can be very hard to tell if someone is "special needs" or not. People are far too complex for that simple judgement to be made and there have been people who I thought were handicapped when turns out they aren't... And vice versa.
jnazzty 4
Why would you feel that it's necessary to make a remark at all..you deserve it
ryan1268 18
Ouch.... At least u made a positive remark :).
DJKushmaster 0
Lol stupid shit happens and shit gets said that shouldnt...it happens to the best of us
skysull19 4
Nice try.
o_uhu_intrstng 4
maybe It's one of those things where we know, but he doesn't know...yet
Dusty_Busters 15
You're an idiot haha
caitiebug1119 15
I think you deserve it just because you pointed it out. Even if she was special needs and not the owner's daughter, you just don't point stuff like that out.
tiffi_is_spiffi 1
why even compliment them? even if they did hire a special needs girl maybe it would be because she could actually do the job instead of just being special needs. My sons autistic and I would never want someone to choose him for something just because of that but because he can actually do the job