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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Top comments
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)
emmaweeee 0
mothers always know best, should've listened to her suggestion op
rubberduckie94 13
Mom should have made it more than a suggestion and made it a demand. Mom did not know best she failed her child.
AaliyahMorgan143 5
Mama right. U wrong *Adam sandler voice*
Senseless_487 29
Well, we don't know how old the baby is, so we can't judge on that. My daughter was able to stand herself up at 5 months old, but she still took some pretty good tumbles. That being said, you really should've listened to the mother, and let her hold the baby up. You can't judge the baby's ability based on his age alone. I'm gonna rate this one both ways. FYL for having something like this happen, and YDI for making assumptions on a baby's ability when it isn't your child.
totalnewbeeee 1
Enough about your job, you should have been more invested in the saftey of the baby
flutter4 7
Hell ya
Arile 5
Ur such a f****in idiot
soulofnature 8
If you don't lose your job OP, I bet you'll be more careful from now on. I worked at a photography studio for several years and when I did that pose, I'd have the mom hold the baby until the last second, then pull her hands only about a foot away so she could still catch her baby if they started to lose their balance. And if the baby wasn't able to stand on their own for even a few seconds, I'd forget the pose. Safety is way more important than a cute picture.
winbot 2
Let's be rational. If OP said yes, it would have taken more than two seconds for the baby's mother to walk over and therefore, baby would be on the ground.
doodlecloud 27
How the **** is that rational? She grabbed the bench, then asked the mum, not grabbed bench, grabbed baby, posed baby THEN asked mum. Everything about your comment...just dumb...
laden_swallow09 35
OP grabbed the bench to put it in the scene. That doesn't mean they were all within 2 feet of each other. Your overreaction by needlessly using "****" is dumb.
KiddNYC1O 22
Aw, poor baby =[
CMooreButz 8
Never underestimate what a baby can and will do!
G1ZZY 0
Mother knows best.