Today, while blissfully unaware that it was the anniversary of the 9/11 attacks, I was making paper airplanes during my free period in school. Next thing I know, I was reported for, "making jokes about the 9/11 attacks." FML
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Today, my extremely racist coworker was doing his usual thing. Since it was 9/11 he went absolutely hardcore on his "jokes" so I reported it to my supervisor. She asked what did he say specifically and I recited it to her. She decided to write me up for "making inappropriate comments at work". FML
Today, I found out that my coworker shared a laugh with the boss about setting the office desk on fire (which he actually did), while ten minutes later I was threatened with being fired because I made paper snowflakes and hung a few of them next to the computer. FML
Today, at school, I got in trouble for plagiarizing on a paper. The subject of said paper was where I see myself in ten years. FML
Today, I got into trouble for moving my chair around in class, which went on my permanent record, while other people were literally throwing things across the room and being loud but they didn't get in trouble. Tomorrow's my birthday and now my parents won't let me go out, even after I told them what happened. FML
Today, I was carrying a stack of paperwork at work, when my pen rolled off and onto the floor. As soon as I bent down to pick it up, a nearby co-worker, who's always hated me, accused me of putting on a show and sexually harassing him. He actually followed up by reporting me to HR. FML
Today, I purposely set my phone off in class to make it seem like I had friends. FML
Today, I got paper thrown at me because I didn't agree with my classmate's conspiracy theory that Brian Griffin's death was planned by the illuminati. FML
Today, during a class, I noticed some racist statements and symbols on a table. While erasing them, I bent down to pick up my dropped pencil. I look back up to see a teacher, and got a suspension. FML
Today, I accidentally farted in the middle of class. Thinking I got away with it, I just kept doing my work until some kid across the room says, "I could have done better." FML
Today, in science class, I was bored and playing with a paper towel, dipping it into a container of water. When my teacher caught me and asked what I was doing, I panicked and said I was "drying the water." FML
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Top comments
lchollett 22
It's only making fun of 9/11 if OP purposefully crashed the paper planes. If they got upset just for him flying them, I'd say they're being a bit over sensitive. 9/11 was a tragedy, but it doesn't make such simple activities suddenly taboo.
FlyingLeumer 19
My gosh everybody on top is getting down voted. Regardless of what they say OP, that is an exceedingly stupid thing to get in trouble for. It is a paper airplane. People are getting way to sensitive. I understand that 9/11 affected thousands and thousands of people, but it is a freaking paper airplane.
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Comments (192)
kbecks87 16
I think, like anything, this day means more to people who were alive/old enough to remember the event than to people who have only seen it on television/hear about it from older relatives. It sounds like OP was, at least, not old enough to really remember the day or the feelings that accompanied it. The teacher, however, will vividly remember what happened and could have even lost someone.
asdadfhowrh 23
9/11 jokes are just plane wrong.
JustCallMeMoss 5
Thats not a fair assumption to make, not all teachers put the date up, and you can go days at a time without hearing someone say what the date is.
Perry85 42
While I do agree this is an FML, how do you live in New York and not know it's the anniversary of 9/11?
tismejofes 5
Nothing wrong with that, your principle is a *******
Lalala579121 28
Who the **** cares? It was 14 years ago. Sure it's a tragedy and all that blah blah blah, but there have been way worse acts throughout history and I don't see anybody making such a big deal about those anymore. People just need to get the **** over it, unless they enjoy killing their fellow Americans by sending them off to pointless wars and keeping the cycle of violence going.
Taurus_ChicKa 37
Um...you're in New York and you don't know when the 9/11 anniversary is? How could you not know? It's been all over the news all over the country for days; surely you'd heard something about it. YDI
slackerjoe 22
it was a question. I wasn't saying you didn't care. I did however say that if you were at school, I'm sure the school or at least teachers would do something for the memory. like maybe a moment of silence or maybe discussions of the same topic. the ''never forget'' was the saying that went and goes around after 9/11. don't know why she got down voted. maybe everyone on this site is too young to actually remember?