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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Dead leaves, the first cold of the season and an umbrella flipped inside out: fall, the season of grace.
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)
linnie_wesker 20
So... OP is more concerned about losing his/her job than about the fact that a baby was injured as a result of OP's own stupidity? Nice.
catsaregreatmeow 10
I'm guessing it isn't your first time photographing a baby, you should know they can't balance very well, they're babies! Their head is the heaviest part of their bodies. And not to mention you should always listen to your clients, especially if is the mother, YDI for not listening to the mother, they always know best.
kpn23 2
As a photographer, this is a big mistake! Always have the parents there to secure, if you're good you can photoshop them. Hope you have public liability insurance, if it breaks something, you will pay!
theflyingellis 26
When I trained as a photographer for my first studio, that's one of the first rules they teach you about working with young kids or babies: never put them in a possibly dangerous pose. And, if the parent was uncomfortable enough to even ask if they should be helping to support their child, you should have listened to them. I understand sometimes mistakes happen, but even as a novice photographer, you should have known better and been more careful.
fantasyworld 39
You should listen to the mother, she knows where her child is regarding how well he can hold himself up.
ilanie04 16
His mom knew better then you geez. stupid