Today, not only do I work as a garbage man, but I had to pick up a used, bloody tampon that someone decided to throw on the ground rather than in a garbage can. 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, someone at work put their used, bloodied tampon applicator back in its wrapper, and into the free tampon bin for some sucker to grab. That sucker was me. FML
Today, I had to clean up human poop that someone trailed through the store. Then, as I was cleaning up all the shelves at the end of the day, I saw that someone had changed their sanitary pad, took a new one out of the packed and used it, then left the used one on the shelf. FML
Today, while working in a dark nightclub, I dropped a red charger. Retracing my steps, I found it, or so I thought until I picked up a used tampon. FML
Today, my neighbor's dog decided to knock over our trash cans, which were full of my bathroom trash. I had to pick up tampon and maxi pad wrappers from all over the neighborhood. FML
Today, at work, I went to fold a pair of pants that was left in a changing room to find out that someone had taken a dump in them. FML
Today, I was driving home from work when I saw the woman in the car in front of me throw something out the window. Only when it landed on my windshield did I realize what it was. A bloody tampon. FML
Today, I was literally taking care of my coworker's garbage. Piss was dumped on me as I lifted the Herbie Kirby to the larger dumpster. What the fuck, people? Don’t literally leave your waste for others to take care of. FML
Today, I went to drop the garbage in the compactor as I left to do some shopping. I quickly put my handbag down on the side, threw the 'garbage' in the machine, watched it do its thing, and then turned round to find... the bag of garbage on the side. FML
Today, at work, a lady approached me asking if I'd found a used cloth diaper on a table, and I told her it was probably in the trash. She said "That's okay, I can wash it." So I searched through several bags of trash, and when I couldn't find it, she said "Oh never mind! It's in my bag." FML
Today, I was in a bathroom stall and someone had left their dirty tampon rolled up in toilet paper on the top of the paper dispenser. I felt obligated to dispose of it, so the next person didn't think I left it, because there was a line for the stalls. Fuck you, asshole. FML
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olpally 33
Bloody hell!!! Definitely **** your life!! :/
lilhellian 27
You couldn't grab something from the trash? Like maybe a napkin?
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Comments (151)
tgagliano95 15
Don't you have plastic gloves or something?
cuppycakeslove 20
I don't know about you but I would not pick up a used tampon even with plastic gloves.
snugglesMcGee199 23
I don't understand this overwhelming disgust for all things period-related. I mean, I understand being a little grossed out but not to the point where you feel you can't even go near the things.
AngrySailor 17
Of course you wouldn't 40, you'd use your duck bill.
sammyjanette 17
113, I think it has to do with it being someone else's period mess. I wouldn't have a problem touching my own period products, but I would have an extreme problem touching someone else's.
snugglesMcGee199 23
It's still not that bad. Like people have said before, garbage truck workers wear thick gloves, so it's not like the residual blood will get on you. It probably wasn't even done on purpose, it may have accidentally fallen out. Menstruation is a normal thing (if you're a woman) and it isn't something to make giant deal out of. I feel like a lot of people make a mountain out of a molehill, and it's just not worth it.
natester42 13
They have thick gloves so they can pick up glass shards.
Icejza_DaChilla 7
Personally I would have just left it there.
Enslaved 38
My garbage guys don't pick up anything unless it's properly placed in a trash can. If it's overflowing a little, same thing.
SpriteAndBananas 14
It's your job, suck it up and find some ingenuity to not have to touch it.
PimpdaddyCJT 13
This is NO ONES job. That female should have put it into the garbage. He is a garbage man not a tampon disposer.
SpriteAndBananas 14
It could have fallen out but seriously it's not that hard to find *something* to pick it up with.
Treveyon56 14
So you mean to say you would gladly pick up something like that without question?
AngrySailor 17
79- fallen from....? Nasty.
SpriteAndBananas 14
I would do my job. I would find a bag or napkin or something to pick it up with if I were in that situation. It's called ingenuity people... it probably fell out of a bag that wasn't tied properly.
superminty 18
I live in a neighbourhood of primarily student houses and the idiot girls down the street always put their garbage out the night before when the raccoons can tear it open. I've seen bloody pads and other personal effects strewn all over the ground, the garbage men just leave them there. I certainly wouldn't touch them...ugh.
graceinsheepwear 34
You are right. I have seen dogs take tampons out of the trash and eat them, even when wrapped up.
cuppycakeslove 20
I've never understood how some women can be so inconsiderate and disgusting by not throwing away their feminine things into their proper disposal place. Ugh.
graceinsheepwear 34
My all-time favorite women's room sign is: Ladies, please wrap your rags.
Danielle7994 18
I totally agree with you 17. One time when I was a senior in high school, I went into one stall and saw a bloody pad fricken stuck on one of the walls. And I looked at the door and saw blood smeared on it. I just don't know what's wrong with girls these days, not giving a **** about other people having to clean up after them.
svalaedgren 18
At least you're getting paid.
cottoncandymango 17
This is disgusting on so many levels. Some people are so nasty.
KiddoKS 19
Get it tested for DNA and then mail it back to the culprit.
SMHsohard 22
Right, like everyone in the country has their DNA on file. I truly hope you were just being a smart ass.
KiddoKS 19
This is the fml site, correct? Did I get lost and go somewhere where people aren't smart asses? ;)
Rainbow_sparkles 7
bloody hell
ZeFluffy 2
'Murica?