Today, I was helping some mental health patients at work, I spent 20 mins to fail to connect the DVD player to the TV and went back to make them something to eat. I came back into the room after 5 mins and one of the patients had connected it for himself. He has a profound learning disability. FML
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Today, while teaching my class, I hooked my laptop up to the projector and put on a documentary. I left it playing and went to the toilet. When I came back, the whole class was talking to my mother. She must've Skyped me while I was gone and someone answered the call. FML
Today, I was trying to turn on my computer and couldn't. I spent twenty minutes trying to figure out what was wrong when I finally called my husband for help and made him leave work. He came in, looked at the wall, and plugged it back in. The look on his face said it all. FML
Today, I'm self isolating with a mother who hogs the remote but doesn't know how to use it, and is so short-sighted she can barely see the TV. Every five minutes, I hear, "What have I done now?", "How have I got onto this then?" and she won't let me help her. FML
Today, I stood there for 10 minutes trying to fix the toaster, until I called my brother to help me. I'd forgotten that it wasn't plugged in. He now thinks I'm a complete idiot. FML
Today, a patient, who is normally pretty chill, was being quite difficult for my workmates. They were whinging about him and I defended him, he's normally a sweet guy so something must be upsetting him. I went to chat with him, he punched me and called a useless a**hole. FML
Today, I was working at the hospital and it was very busy. Unthinking, I told a patient in a wheelchair to "sit tight" while I checked on something. He mocked me for the rest of his stay. FML
Today, I was driving home from a long day at work fixing people's electronics. When I got home, I got a call from work saying I needed to go back and help a customer with their TV again. When I got there, after an hour of driving, I realized I'd accidentally kicked the power cord out. FML
Today, in Home Ec, I struggled to open the microwave for almost 10 minutes in front of the whole class. FML
Today, I was going to the bathroom at work. Since I knew it would take a while, I brought my iPod in for entertainment. To bad it disabled me from hearing the continuous knocks on the door as well as the manager eventually picking the lock and busting in. FML
Today, while working at a nursing home, I was alone in the station and figured I could sneak one out. It wound up being very loud, and I could hear the faint snickering of a patient in the next room. Every time he saw me for the rest of the day he would burst out laughing. FML
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Geist_fml 0
Your giving them way too little credit. They are humans like you and me after all.
Azurea_fml 0
You might be retarded.
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Comments (203)
Kyothine 0
uh huhhuhuhuhuh learning disability=retarded. NO. **** YOU. Not only are you incapable of connecting a DVD Player, but you think that every person with a mental disorder is a moron, like you. **** you, like #9 said, these people are humans.
samhat 0
As a special education teacher, im sick of people thinking that just becasue someone is labeled mentally handicap they cant do anything at all. Grow up and and stop stereotyping.
Always4tehlolz 0
I clicked YDI the moment I saw that it took you 20 minutes to fail at hooking up a DVD player. Honestly, it's three cables and you just have to match the colors. A freakin monkey could do it. And yea, like most others have said here, just because they have a mental disorder doesnt mean they're morons (ever watch Monk?). These people are humans too.
Sourcandy86 0
Everyone has some kind of skill, even people with mental health challenges. If you're a worker in the mental health field, you should know that.
coffeennicotine 0
Okay, well, you're a dumbass and a pompous one at that. Just because someone has a mental disability doesn't mean they can't figure out simple things, or can't be good at certain things. Supposedly everyone has something good about them, though I'm failing to see anything good about you.
arms_akimbo 0
red cable, red plug. I feel bad for you.
pyromcr 3
You do know that a braindead monkey can connect a DVD player. You my retarded friend need to go get help from the place you work at and tech help from that braindead monkey I mentioned...
Illustrator 0
Aw, look how open-minded everyone is about 'not making assumptions'. 1) Not every person with a learning disability is the one you read about in that inspirational chain letter who became a master artist or musician. Real life =/= Oprah 2) OP said 'profound' learning disability. As in severe. We don't know what this disability is, but we can assume it's bad. (Most disabilities are.) 3) OP works with this person, you don't. I'm much more trusting of his judgement than the mock indignation of some anonymous FML users. 4) Then again, OP couldn't work the red/white/yellow cables, so maybe his judgement is a bit off.
1799 4
Profound learning difficulty = IQ of less than 20/25, so if I was OP I would be bit worried too
thisishilarious 0
you officially suck at life