Today, I was at work, photographing a baby boy. I grabbed a bench for him to use to hold himself upright. His mom asked if she should hold him instead, but I told her he'd be fine. Two seconds later, he fell backwards and brought the bench down on top of him. There goes my job. FML
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Halloween
A failed costume, stolen candy and a very real scare: Halloween, the one night when fear is allowed.
Today, my coworker brought her 3-year-old son to work with her. When introducing him to me, she dropped her bag and bent over to pick it up, knocking him over with her butt in the process. When she stood up, she noticed he was sitting on the ground crying. She then accused me of pushing him over. FML
Today, I went to see my banker. As we were finishing everything up, I leaned forward to sign something. As I went back to sit down, my two year-old pulled the chair out from under me, and I crashed down to the floor. FML
Today, I tripped getting on an escalator and instinctively grabbed the nearest person to steady myself. That person was a toddler. The mom screamed, I fell anyway, and the toddler just stared at me like I’d ruined his whole week. FML
Today, I was bringing a table a bowl of soup at my waitressing job. A new customer taking off his coat threw his elbow out, violently knocking the soup out of my hands and onto his baby in a highchair. The baby screamed; I had a panic attack. FML
Today, I was at work, when a co-worker began to shake a near empty box. Without thinking, I shouted "What if there was a baby in there? You just killed it!" I then remembered she recently suffered a miscarriage. FML
Today, I was at the park with my friends. We were all having fun on the swings, when out of nowhere I heard a thud, followed by a child crying. Turns out I accidentally kicked him in the head. FML
Today, I was taking a selfie in a café because the lighting was perfect. As I leaned back for the perfect angle, my chair tipped over, and I fell to the ground in front of a bunch of people. The barista was so concerned, he came over with a first aid kit, while I just wanted to disappear. FML
Today, at work, we were gathered to be told some bad news. One of our colleagues would be taking indefinite leave because his wife had dropped their newborn baby. I accidentally laughed at the image. FML
Today, I was babysitting my co-worker's son. He was eating Jell-o and spilled it on his top, so I pulled off his PJ's, and went in his room to grab a new pair. I heard a thunk and ran to find him out cold on the floor. His parents walked in on me trying to wake up their naked 3 year-old. FML
Today, I tripped over a kid at work. She was sitting on the floor with her legs sticking out into the walkway. Her mom caused a scene, accusing me of doing it on purpose. FML
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itsa_maddy 19
You obviously don't know anything about kids, and gravity.
99megster 15
Well if he was a fairly new baby you shouldnt have expected him to be able to hold his own weight up
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Comments (115)
shayshayshazam 14
Murphy's law
justin_noble 6
The mom should take your job.
lenluigi 6
did you at least get a good photo?
flutter4 7
Was the baby ok?
minus20 4
You cum guzzling **** *****
SqueakyChipmunk 22
What the sincere, actual ****!?
josiemorehouse 12
This almost exact thing happened to my son when he was about a year old. The photographer was my friend, and she told me she would be there to support him while I turned around to pick out a different background. My son luckily didn't get hurt, and I hope this baby was okay. Shame on you for not paying attention when you should have. If by some miracle you DON'T get fired, you need to post signs up stating that parents are responsible for the well-being of their children and are required to keep close to their children during photography sessions. PS: I have never trusted another person to watch my children in situations where they could fall or become injured.
jizzwold 21
And that, kids, is how overprotective moms are made.
Dallasluver19 14
29 non posted FMLs? Your desperate..
b0ngs 7
...her desperate what?? alpaca? gnome? DON'T LEAVE US HANGING, man!! still can't believe people are making the you're mistake still
botanistjessica 24
Holy shit 18. I accidentally clicked your profile and noticed you tried posting 29 FMLs? I sense desperation.
Fmlsea 28
that's a bit of a contradiction don't you think you say you don't trust anyone to watch your baby , but yet you let your friend support your baby and somehow end up with a similar incident to what happened with this FML .
SqueakyChipmunk 22
I hope you got a good picture of that. Since you lost you job, you may as well post it on the internet!
whosindahouse 9
Posting it on the internet will make him look like a pedophile. Unless the baby had his clothes on but I've never seen a picture of a baby with his clothes on. ;)
bobgooeyflonder 6
What kind of sick bastard are you...
bobgooeyflonder 6
What kind of sick bastard are you...
courtz94 24
I'm sorry but you deserve this. You shouldn't have denied the mom of what she wanted. It is her baby and not yours.
courtz94 24
I see what you're saying. But the mother had concern and OP blew it off by saying he'd be fine, so yes the is a you deserve it FML.
DanielleinDC 34
And if the mother--who presumably knows her child better than a store photographer--thinks that her kid needs to be held, the photographer should let the mother hold the kid.
Casteels 0
Thinking a baby boy can hold himself up? YDI, OP.
perdix 31
There are plenty of jobs available in the dog nail-clipping industry!
Anonymous900 4
Poor baby boy!