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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Xx_Dakota_xX 1
like a good neighbor state farm is there...with a air conditioner!
fuzzyllama7 0
lol quit the job.
vettle 6
you're making more than minimum wage. flaggers make a lot if money cause it is brutal. I knee someone that did this.
sskarma23 9
even before I saw this I knew the op was from Ontario... that sucks though I hate when people rub it in inadvertently or not
notthechosen 6
I can't get over the people who refuse to do the math or clue in that when Canadians mention temperature of 48 degrees that is about twenty degrees hotter than the 100 you are complaining of, not to mention the humidity is deathly. Sorry OP I feel your pain :( I spent 5 minutes outside to get the mail and due to pre-existing medical problems I passed out. I couldn't begin to imagine how hard it was to be out there all day. On the good news side if it ever rains here again; it will cool off
ursistersbf 0
I do ur job for living also.. and the dumb questions you can be asked. like "there's a twenty foot hole behind me and always get the same dumb question why do I have to stop"
trainor 1
lol sarah, i feel your pain on that one, i'm on ceremonial guard in ottawa(guys in bear skin hats and red wool full length tunics) and stand sentry for a few hiours a day and all i hear is people walk by bitching about the heat lol. maybe some of the trolls around here should try it, or be fully suited up in combat gear for the military like ive been. 40 pounds of gear gets awfully hot too.
MMachina1 0
Next time you should make those assholes stay stopped for a very long time.
omlmarie 0
suck it up
CrazyShae 0
Annoying question yes! but there is no way you should be making minimum wage for a hazardous job like that!!