Today, I was working in costume at a recreation of a Confederation-era town. I had to convince a visitor that it's not, in fact, an Amish village, and we do actually leave after five. 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, one of my coworkers called to remind me about the annual costume day at work this morning. I dressed as Pocahontas. There is no annual costume day. I was fired for dressing inappropriately in front of customers. FML
Today, I went back to work after a vacation, only to find out I'll soon be forced to dress up as one of the princesses from Frozen to promote our store. FML
Today, I walked into our office and everyone started laughing. It turns out that I'd been the only one not in on the joke to come in dressed as a character from our favorite TV show. However, I'd dressed in normal work clothes. I’m the boss. FML
Today, I was all set to attend my first renaissance faire ever. I took forever customizing the perfect costume and I couldn’t wait. My boyfriend on the other hand was pissed that it was too revealing, so he left me standing at the front gate, refused to give me my ticket, and went in without me. FML
Today, I showed up to a meeting without my pants and had to pretend it was part of my outfit. FML
Today, students were permitted to wear costumes at my school, but only about half of us did. In 4th period a guy asked me, "What are you supposed to be?" I wasn’t wearing a costume. FML
Today, I had to walk through an extremely crowded pub wearing a dorky prisoner outfit to get to a dress-up party at the back. When we got there, I soon realised it wasn't fancy dress, but just black-and-white themed. FML
Today, at a science-fiction convention, a woman came up to me and told me that my white face paint was a mess, my contacts looked cheap, and my costume was an all-round failure. I wasn't wearing a costume, I'm an albino. FML
Today, I went to a friend's party, only to realize I was in the wrong apartment, after getting the address confused. Instead of awkwardly leaving, I stayed for a bit and pretended I was someone’s cousin. I was oddly suspicious that no one noticed me mingling, but then it turned out to be a shady MLM recruitment party for a leggings company. FML
Today, I was pretending to be a veteran for the US Navy at a local outlet, because I was desperate for cheap stuff. All was going well, until an actual vet pointed out that the ship I had on my naval hat was a fictitious one. Shit. FML
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x_KL_x 7
GET OFF THE INTERNET! oh... your not Amish... my bad.
Gigglebear 9
Sounds like you did an awesome job then!
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Jacobt24 19
You guys must get really into character then.
StopDropNRoll 11
Reminds me of that south park episode. ^_^
genesisnirvana 11
Or the visitor must be really dense
ktateprado 0
He deserved it for not being Amish.
Keyman1212 14
Yeah see I mean you ******* pay to look at shit like that. You'd think the little insipid shit would get that a 'recreation' is, in-*******-fact, a recreation. Damn, people are dumb.
ladiesman219 4
#9 haha the episode of super fun time,and they never break out of character no matter what lmao.
chell1894 13
you must live in lancaster, Pa.
scrapmetal58 9
43 - Confederation most likely refers to a Canadian site.
chell1894 13
46, noo sh*t. it's called sarcasm darling cause Lancaster, PA is the number 1 area for Amish tourism. but thanks for trying. :)
Eaglestrike117 29
You broke character? Good god, man!
Gigglebear 9
Sounds like you did an awesome job then!
genesisnirvana 11
Too much of an awesome job maybe?
CryMoreFMLs 15
Sometimes, it's amazing at how well the human race can work together. Then I get on FML and read about near-divorces over stupid shit like Yahtzee.
x_KL_x 7
GET OFF THE INTERNET! oh... your not Amish... my bad.
ktateprado 0
Hey! I saw you die and come back to life in that new Harry Poop movie!
yomommma 6
you're*
joanjett 0
You damn confederates.
ktateprado 0
You don't look like Joan Jett. You look like a scary-ass puppet.
airforce987 20
OP said Confederation, as in the Articles of Confederation, not Confederates. Normally I'd say something like "go retake US History" or another arrogant line like that, but its a common mistake, even I had to think a second. If you think about it, a recreation of 1780 America is more likely than a 1860 America, and more likely to look like an Amish Village.
joanjett 0
I feel stupid. :D I fell on my head when I was a baby though so that explains.
airforce987 20
Don't worry about it, like I said, common mistake. The Confederacy is far more well known that the Confederation. I'm a history nerd, so I just happen to know about these things :)
joanjett 0
My dad is a high school history teacher so I think I should know this lol.
Play2much 0
Well.. Great costume.? Heh.. «:)
dyble95 0
Can some one explain this fml to me?
sxe_beast 11
-Recreation as defined: The action or process of creating something again -Confederation era was a time period in the late 18th century (like the 1780's) when the US Government was led by The Articles of Confederation. -A visitor believed that the historical reenactment wasn't an act. He/she believed that it was actually an Amish town. -Amish are Anabaptist (Protestants/Radical Reformation of 16th century). They live a simple life abstaining from the use of modern conveniences like electricity, automobiles, etc. There are 1-2 million of them spread out mostly in North Eastern US (Ohio, Pennsylvania, New York, etc.) and Ontario of Canada. -The person didn't understand that this was their day job, but instead actually believed that this is their actual day-to-day life. They believe that they actually wear the plain old fashioned garb and have barn raises. The FML here is that the OP has a shitty job and has to often deal with morons.
dyble95 0
Thanks. :D makes sense now.
jedielf 23
The job might or might not be all THAT shitty, but I agree about the morons.
sxe_beast 11
Yeah, I think it may actually be a fun job. History is awshum! The bad thing would be having to put up with the morons.
ktateprado 0
Imam moron! I didn't read anything you wrote :D
Arch27 27
I want a job like that!
jennyc246 8
this FML reminds me of that old south park episode where the class takes a fieldtrip to an old-time themed village and cartman and butters escape to an arcade called super fun time. does anyone remember it?
Ev_fan11 1
I was thinking the same thing!!!! :D
StopDropNRoll 11
Of course that was an awesome episode! :D
mavstrr1764847 1
Loved it!
iatejesus 2
i was waiting for someone to say something about it xD HE SHOULDNT HAVE BROKEN CHARACTER!!!
chengy4191 7
No
Legendslayer222 26
At least you have a perfect second personality to assume if you need to go undercover.
perdix 31
What you failed to mention is that, while you dress in modern clothes after hours, you do still keep slaves at home. That's the secret to the aunthenticity of your work.
Mirorbo 27
It's amazing how stupid people can be...
ktateprado 0
Hey you are a person too!
catnip1997 0
don't you have anything else better to do?
ReynshineCutting 10
Like what? Sitting behind a desk all day?