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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Dead leaves, the first cold of the season and an umbrella flipped inside out: fall, the season of grace.
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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SHN_fml 0
WOW, you should be on a billboard for natural selection.....
lemony_music_grl 0
screw u 4 dissing mentally challenged ppl
LordOfTheHobos 0
Maybe he was the Rain Man of hooking DVD players up?
coggs 0
I'm usually pretty good with that kind of stuff, but its still a pain in the ass to try and hook everything up
bubblekat9 0
unless the kid had a really bad learning disorder, you had no reason to expect the kid wasn't capable of doing that.. just because someone has a learning disorder, it doesn't mean they aren't capable of doing things themselves. Closed minded people are such a shame
davidomke 0
I ADD and I really hard time at learning, but I am good with computer and other devices. I set up my ipod to play wirelessly with a bluetooth speaker for my grandma and she enjoys it. I also set up a record player to record songs and convert them to MP3s for my dad i get poor grades, I might not 'fit' into a place where you work but I know what I'm doing.
pat_mac 0
That's mostly just good that the patient has a talent, don't be down on yourself.
SaintDemon 0
Learning Disability does not mean incompetent, maybe you shouldn't work in the field if you are going to stereotype and judge those you work with. - from a person with a Learning Disability who just graduated with their Masters
Uhhhhhhuh 0
Many people with mental disabilities have uncanny abilities. Have you not heard of people with ausbergers (sp?), or savants? Clearly, if you are working in this field regularly, you must brush up on your knowledge. And yes, I'm rather understanding in this subject, as I have a brother with autism.
simplewhimsy 0
That's not a FYL. Oftentimes people with disabilities have other areas that they excel in. For example, this kid who is my age with the mentality of a 7 year old whom I know. He can't read or write, and he has a short attention span, but he is a trivia maniac when it comes to movies and music. He can remember actors' names, repeat scenes word for word, and can remember lyrics without ever being able to read. He remembers more about movies than I could ever hope to. Heck, he even works ipods and other devices better than I. Rather than despair of yourself, you should be glad that these people have things that they can be great at. They aren't stupid, not by a long shot. Nor are they incompetent. I hope that you praised this patient when you got back. They need that. . .it's a hard world they live in.