Today, I went into work and noticed one of my fellow colleagues had a large bunch of flowers on her desk. As soon as I saw her, I immediately said, "Happy Birthday!" Everyone went quiet. It wasn't her birthday; her father had died. 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 was texting a friend of mine. She mentioned it was her dad's birthday. I typed, "Tell him 'Happy Birthday' from me!" and as I pressed send, I remembered her dad was dead. FML
Today, I asked a coworker what she'd bought her dad for father's day. She said that she got him some flowers, and I laughed because I thought it was a rather feminine gift for a man. I later found out that the flowers were for his grave. FML
Today, at work, our team started a new sales strategy of selling flowers to men by asking them to buy one for their lovely ladies. The first guy I ask ends up crying and telling me his wife passed away a week ago. The woman with him was actually his sister. FML
Today, I finally got the courage to ask my boss why the flowers I got her for her birthday the other day were in the conference room and not her office. She told me she was allergic to them and she had such a bad reaction that it made her go home early. I made my boss sick on her birthday. FML
Today, I told a co-worker to "lighten up, and stop wearing black all the time, it makes you look depressed." I didn't know his father had died the week before. FML
Today, on the first occasion I've seen my boss since her brief leave, I brought up how I got to hear all our customers' heartwarming plans for their moms on Mother's Day. Her mother just died. That's why she was on leave. FML
Today, I told my new boss to wish his daughter a happy birthday on my behalf, as I overheard him saying it was today. Turns out she committed suicide three years ago. FML
Today, my coworker said that she suddenly got the shivers. I jokingly told her that it meant she must be being watched by a dead person and made stupid ghost noises. She then told me it was the anniversary of her dad's death and burst into tears. FML
Today, a guy from work that I barely know gave me sunflowers for my birthday. He told me, "You mentioned they were your favorite." I mentioned it to my family at home a few days ago. 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
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darkkefka 0
More like F you for making assumptions.
necromancerlord 0
Nothing says party like black tulips and red roses.
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planetearth 0
Why would flowers immediately indicate birthday? You're a ******* idiot. Maybe you'll learn human etiquette and stop making assumptions.
planetearth 0
#17 Where do you get balloon from? They were flowers. Flowers are used for almost anything... You don't get someone balloons when their dad dies. I hate dumb people.
mezentius 0
Flowers indicate something positive like 95% of the time. FYL for sure.
JessRab 0
Dumbass. That's why you ask before you open your stupid mouth. I hope your co-worker never forgets it.
JonReb 0
FYL, there was no way of knowing really. And at work?? Either way.. should probably be more careful in the future. And wtf #5, maybe you should die and see how it feels.
tangello 0
#89 is right. flowers usually mean something good, like birthdays for example, espically with a lot of people gathering around. i hate when people do that though, they act like you were supposed to know what happened. my ex did something like this recently. not your fault. unlike, for some reason, the majority think on here.
alyss531 0
And you would assume that it was her birthday...why? Because of the flowers? Flowers aren't usually used for birthdays. I mean cake and balloons would have been a lot more understandable, but flowers? They could mean anything. Ydi Lol at spillproof #27 one of my teachers always used to say that :)
fmlalltheway101 0
wow that sucks for you hopefully you made up for that.
anniesaysbueno 0
#27 you are amazing (:
kewlz323 0
#27 that was what my grade 8 math teacher said all the time.