Today, I was directing traffic at work during one of the hottest days of the year. Not only do I have to stand in the heat and exhaust fumes for minimum wage, I also had to endure people asking me "Aren't you hot?" as they drove past me in their air conditioned cars. 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, I decided to stand up to my bosses for making me lose money and work with heat stroke... while my co worker got to go home early I had to work 2 hours later. Turns out I got a supervisor in trouble for making me work when there was help allocated. Now I have to walk on eggshells, FML
Today, the AC broke in the kitchen of the restaurant I work at. Temperatures reached over 100 degrees and one of my coworkers nearly passed out. Our boss accused us of being "dramatic" and only let us step out after I collapsed. I need this job too badly to quit. FML
Today, my mom called my workplace and told my boss to make sure I wear a hat so I didn't get heatstroke like I did on my last shift. I'm 25. FML
Today, I discovered that no matter how hot and exhausted you are, being blasted in the face with a high pressure hose is always more painful than refreshing. FML
Today, while walking around outside with my friends, I was told that I have no right to complain about the heat since I'm not fat. Thirty minutes later, I had sweat out all the liquid in my body and promptly passed out from heat stroke. FML
Today, I'm sitting in a disgustingly hot office with all the windows thrown open. There is no fan, and the owner won't let us use the air conditioner. The smell of mold permeates the room from the ceiling, giving me headaches by the end of the day. The owner refuses to get someone in to clean it. I can't quit. FML
Today, while driving on the tollway my car overheated and died a few yards from the toll booth. I then had to wait, crying, in my smoking car for a patrol guy while cars moved around me. He had to push me through the toll and the lady in the booth said she felt sorry for me but still took my $3. FML
Today, I'm driving cross-country with my parents. As if the stifling heat isn't bad enough, they keep stopping to admire, comment on, and practically do a photoshoot in every corn field we pass. FML
Today, I forced myself into work with severe laryngitis. Normally this wouldn't be an issue, except I work at candy and ice cream store at a major tourist destination. For seven hours I had to communicate with unsympathetic adults and screaming, bratty kids by miming and using a dry erase board. FML
Today, I walked to the grocery store despite being out of shape since it was typically only a 30 minute walk and gas prices are bad. The hourly temperature on my weather app was wrong as usual so by the time I got to the store, I was sweating buckets. By the time I got back home, I was so overheated I nearly threw up. FML
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Freeze_fml 17
On the bright side, you get to say, "No shit" all day.
flockz 20
dude op YOU LIVE IN CANADA! IT CANT BE THAT BAD! come down here to texas an i will ******* show you what heat is.
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Comments (176)
marmots 0
Well, you should've been like, I am SMOKING hot, thank you very much ;)
regsworld11 2
That really sucks, it was pretty hot today. Wear less clothes;)
HouseKeeping 0
Just say "No I'm just out
HouseKeeping 0
Sorry about that, my iPod app shuts down on me a lot, and honestly I can't remember what I was going to say.
iAmScrubs 19
The only thing worse than that is having to stand outside a fast food restaurant dancing around in a mascot costume.
hannahtaskey 9
assholes.
disturbedDRAGON6 4
minimum wage? Shouldn't you be getting danger pay and working out in the sun pay? My ex does that atm and she is earning a tidy sum in Australia
narrowords 18
A lot of people are earning a tidier sum for everything in Australia...
samsung420 0
OP if its a city employee job you should be making more like 20+ dollars an hour not minimum wage.
Lights_Out_fml 6
When they ask just reply "Yes I am" and start stripping
Livinia 11
Stand there naked. That'll get their mind off how hot or cold you are.
taytoc 10
no, I'm freezing thanks for asking
emodude44 0
I knew where OP lived the second I read this FML. I live in Ontario too and that day was hell.
hilariexcore 0
It's hot in a lot of places. It's been over 100 here for like 58 days in a row now. Even at night, it's still 90 most of the time.
PLPrincess 8
I think the hardest part was going from barely over twenty to almost hitting forty (before the humid ex) in like two weeks was what made it really hard.