kbug95
Avondale, United States
Today, while at work at a call center, I got a call from an elderly man who needed a new credit card because he'd accidentally cut up his own card instead of his wife's. Trying to be funny, I said "Trying to keep her in line, eh?" Turns out his wife had just died. FML
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unidentifieduser 23
It's not like you knew she had passed away. Don't beat yourself up about it.
Pleonasm 36
He was keeping her in line for the crematorium.
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wheresmymary 22
:(
coolman298 15
Well um at least you tried to be funny. Not your fault, right?
patrickalamo 48
I was dying to hear how this FML ended
1PersonIsMyWorld 22
Why else would a person cut up another loved ones credit card? my first thought is death.. u really should have kept it professional and not said anything.
AnalAssassin1 14
Not everybody's a psychic.
SpreadTHEKILLER 14
#40 Stop trying to thread jack.
unidentifieduser 23
It's not like you knew she had passed away. Don't beat yourself up about it.
Murilirum 23
My thoughts exactly. The joke wasn't in poor taste it was merely to make small talk. Complete coincidence and if the OP showed true sympathy for the caller once they found out, then the balance is restored and all is well.
iop330 22
That would have been dead awkward. Was that a pun too far?
False_Stupidity 42
I don't know about that being too far but I bet that after this revelation there was dead silence on the phone for a few moments.
kirbs19 37
Just a bit #3
saba_ajira 29
You couldn't have known OP, don't beat yourself up over it
xoxo_emma 10
I'm so sorry about that it must have been really awkward. Hopefully that customer is okay
DArthurVaderian 18
The customer is fine. His wife, on the other hand, is dead.
TheCookieComet 23
Run and hide or the elders will find you and make you become one of them
IAmzephyr 22
guess thats why it's sometimes better to say nothing.
19990231 29
Honest mistake, but maybe avoid jokes about abuse over the phone with strangers?
False_Stupidity 42
Keeping her in line does not necessarily equal abuse. The customers wife, had she been alive, may have been an excessive spender and needed her credit card rights taken away. This is not abuse.
19990231 29
Psychological abuse?? Jk, I should have reread the post before commenting. I realized that my previous comment made no sense at all as soon as I saw the time run out for my edit.
Pleonasm 36
He was keeping her in line for the crematorium.
Allison_leah23 17
I honestly can't decide if what you said is funny or not
WOTAN1488 24
Well he was elderly lol. FYL
deathstroke990 22
what