Today, I was working as a nurse, and an elderly man had just passed away. As the patient's wife was leaving she said, "Thank you for taking such good care of my husband." Then I, intending to say "Sorry for your loss," said "Thank you for your loss." FML
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Fall
Dead leaves, the first cold of the season and an umbrella flipped inside out: fall, the season of grace.
Today, I attended an elderly man's funeral. As I approached the casket his wife said, "Thank you for coming." I replied with, "No, thank you." FML
Today, a man I once worked with passed away. He was a lovely, caring, and inspirational person whom I looked up to. My husband's form of consolation? "Old people die. Get over it." FML
Today, at work, I asked a lady how she was doing. When she replied, I didn't understand her, and instead of asking her what she'd said, I just replied with, "Oh, that's good." What she'd said that I didn't understand was that her husband had just died. FML
Today, while at work, I asked an older customer how he was doing. He told me that he'd just lost his wife. I gave my condolences before he clarified that his wife was not dead, but was lost in Walmart. FML
Today, I work at a hospice center. At 3AM, a call just went out to a man's family to come because he was dying. I didn't realize that this man was my old friend's grandpa. When I saw her, I smiled really big and said, "Hey! Great to see you!" Her grandpa was ACTIVELY DYING. Stupid stupid stupid. FML
Today, my friend had to leave work early for a funeral. As he was on his way out, I wanted to say something. All I could think of was, "Have fun!" FML
Today, I told someone “You too” when they'd said “Sorry for your loss” after I'd mentioned that I recently lost my dog to cancer. I realized what I'd said immediately and tried to fix it by talking more, which somehow made it worse. FML
Today, I lost my job. Why? Because I'm taking care of my dying mother. My boss actually said, "Well, if she dies today, we can hold your job." FML
Today, the really hot guy that works in the same building as me came to work after being away for the past two days. I said, "Look who finally decided to come to work!" His response was, "I had a death in the family, thanks." FML
Today, I went to the funeral of my friend's brother. It was the first funeral I'd gone to, and I was really nervous. When the service finished, everyone went to pay their respects to the family. After I paid mine, they said, "Thank you for coming." I instictively replied, "My pleasure." FML
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sumbum95 15
That's okay Op everyone has brain fats just explain what you meant & call it a day :)
shaww 28
It's even worse for me. I tried saying, while babysitting, "I'll also put your son to sleep" and was thinking to myself, "I'll do the dishes as well" and ended up saying "I'll do your son to sleep"
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Comments (74)
thedictator_fml 12
That's what they call a "Freudian slip"...Maybe something in you knows that people like that make your living...lol jkjkjkjk...relax ppl...but yea, OP, FYL, but shit happens ;)
worldclassrager 41
I hope you corrected yourself...slips if the tongue happens...
guci101 14
She sounds like a nice lady... I hope she understood what you meant, OP :)
IndridWarm 23
"I collect souls."
an3ph 20
I'm a funeral director and found this post hi-LAR-i-ous. I've made a few of these blunders, but hopefully I'll be able to avoid this particular one.
tenac71 6
honest mistake
thundercloud363 10
Haha something like this happened to me, I am Persian, and I was at a furniture store talking to another persian sales person, and we were in a long conversation, when all of a sudden an American family walked up and acknowledged that they were leaving and the sales person accidentally said you're welcome in Farsi (Persian) and started laughing
KirstenZ 6
That stare you would've gotten from her. Gosh.
threer 30
Reaper of Souls, Nurse of Death. >::::) I like it.
SinfulEnd 20
Thank you for your loss, Please come again!