Today, I was babysitting my boss's kids. I brought chocolate for them and the youngest said he had never had chocolate and didn't want any. I told him he should always try new things and should eat it. He did. He's allergic. FML
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Today, my aunt asked me to babysit my cousin. She gave me a warning that he says he's allergic to foods to get out of eating them. When I brought out my homemade cooking, he told me he was allergic, so I made him eat it anyway. Turns out he WAS allergic. FML
Today, I was babysitting a 7 year-old girl and we were eating chocolate covered nuts. She kept on chewing the nuts and wondered where the chocolate was. I told her to taste the chocolate you suck on the nuts. Then her parents came home and the first thing she said was, "I learned how to suck nuts!" FML
Today, one of the kids I was babysitting had a severe peanut allergy, and he looked me dead in the eye as he ate a peanut bar before I could stop him. His sister swore up and down that I made him eat it. Guess who the parents believed, even after I rushed him to the hospital. FML
Today, I found out that I'm not actually allergic to chocolate, when my mom freely admitted to me that she made it up when I was a child because she didn't want to share any cookies with me. FML
Today, a customer had an allergic reaction to the almonds in the sundae I made for her. We're supposed to put the almonds on unless the customer asks otherwise. She complained to my boss that I'd poisoned her. 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 gave my boyfriend a box of chocolates as a present. A few hours later, he texted me saying that the box of chocolates contained nuts. He's allergic to nuts and his mother now thinks I'm trying to kill him. FML
Today, my two year old daughter was playing in the kitchen. I went to go have a look and she was pretend cooking. When I asked what she was making she said "look mommy, chocolate!" and stuck her finger in my mouth. It wasn't chocolate. FML
Today, I went to the doctor, only to find out I can no longer eat chocolate, my favorite food. When I got home, my boyfriend took the chocolate cake I'd been eating from the fridge, sat down in front of me, and ate the whole thing without breaking eye contact. FML
Today, my mother in-law made dessert. It was a beautiful chocolate cake, chocolate cookies, and every other thing had chocolate in it. I'm deathly allergic to chocolate and she knows this. FML
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Hellsno 0
I call bullshit. Your boss didn't tell you his kid was allergic to chocolate?
Darthbane2007 19
YDI. He said he didn't want any..
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leksileks 0
Maybe there's a reason he didn't want it or never tried it? EVer consider that dumbass?
Synnie 0
He never tried it and magically knew he was allergic?
celtic420 0
If your boss did in fact know about the allergies, he CERTAINLY should have told you. Major fail on his part if that's the case, seeing as chocolate is such a common treat/"reward" for little ones. Nonetheless, you should honestly be more careful in the future. It's entirely possible the boss didn't know - after all, I know many people who won't allow their kids to have chocolate or nuts when they are young, because allergies can be more threatening at younger ages. ESPECIALLY with nuts and chocolate, always ask if they like it/eat it somewhat regularly. If they've never had it, then it is not your place to force it on them. Some people are being somewhat aggressive towards you, and unnecessarily so - you're not a bad person. But certainly you should learn from this mistake - food allergies are no joke.
danielw 0
why so many YDIs? i don't understand at all. How would the OP know that the kid is allergic?
srak 0
ydi for buying choclate....fatty
guitardedman 0
i gotta say...even if the kid wasn't allergic...dick move. knowing that most kids go ******* nuts for chocolate and his kids hadn't experienced it, and were content without it, you decide to introduce it to them. as someone who has grown up overweight and gotten healthy, i wouldn't give children that don't know how delicious something is the chance to eat it. they don't know chocolate, and ignorance is bliss sometimes. it is a fairly innocent mistake though, and im not saying you deserved that, or that the little kid deserved it, but try to think about the consequences of seemingly nice gestures.
Veroelectrobotic 0
the OP said the youngest hadn't tried it... I'm guessing the allergy was why... no mention of the oldest... so i'm guessing he/she did eat it
mc0carrie 0
the parents should of told you his allergies.
Erindub 0
YDI, no means no
musicninja 0
The parents should have informed you about all the allergies. It's their fault, not yours.
killerrr 0
FYL because your boss didn't tell you about the kid's allergies (assuming the boss knew of them). YDI for not stopping to think about the reason why the kid hadn't ever had chocolate and didn't want any. Even if the kid wasn't allergic, it could have been that his parents didn't want him eating "junk food" and therefore never had any. If this was the case, it wouldn't be your place to go against what the parents want. Next time, think before you act.
CandiT 0
I can't believe so many people said YDI. You weren't aware of the allergy, and you were just opening the kid's world up a bit. It's definitely the parent's responsibility to inform anyone looking after their children of medical conditions the kids may have. Terribly inconvenient that it also happened to be your boss's kids you were looking after. Hope the kid's ok!