Arachnofail
Goussainville, France
Today, while driving, a spider crawled onto my gearstick. Not being afraid of them, I casually flicked it off. Onto the person sitting next to me. The person evaluating me for my driving test at the time, who happened to be arachnophobic. FML
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mrlucky22 18
Oddly enough, we are reading about this on the web.
marcranger 29
If the evaluator merely failed you without also setting the car on fire, you got off lightly.
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marcranger 29
If the evaluator merely failed you without also setting the car on fire, you got off lightly.
marko1596 24
Wow so original man keep it up
saifnaqvi11 21
But did you pass ?
UserError94 18
But did you smash? Like, smash the spider?
ohSNAPyall 27
Def passed the spider.
blazerman_fml 17
looking at the username..I'm gonna guess no. :(
mrlucky22 18
Oddly enough, we are reading about this on the web.
Abidawe 15
You slick mofo
TheSignOfLibra 11
That's actually kinda funny and not very cheesy actually.... ? A huge spider just dropped onto my bed..... ?? ??? I'm outta here.
Clanesda 14
Well i guess you're in a sticky situation
Skycop_S 23
leave.
extrasnipes 22
I could spidy horrible pun coming this was from a mile away
extrasnipes 22
Daria did I just say?
CliffyB03 28
Honestly. This is the first FML to actually make me laugh. I can just hear the girly shriek now lol
Skycop_S 23
F the drivers life. Spiders are scary as hell.
Mathalamus 25
no they arent. only to people with an irrational fear of spiders that they, for some reason, cannot get rid of.
marcranger 29
Nothing irrational about it. Before humans could type "is this spider that's dangling three inches above my face poisonous" into Google, we had little way of knowing which ones were poisonous and which weren't just by looking. And while people can survive bites from venomous spiders with proper treatment, I've heard being bitten is still something to be avoided. There are still solid reasons to avoid the eight-legged demons, in other words.
Senseless_487 29
That would be the definition of a phobia there, 18. And I agree. Spiders are scary as hell!
TheMathMajor 26
To add to what #20 said, it's a part of our biology to be afraid of certain things. People can inherent a fear of things that scurry and make sudden movements, or things with a lot of little legs. That trait evolved because many spiders are venomous, so that instinctive fear kept our ancestors alive. It can be an irrational fear if you live in a place where most spiders are harmless, but it goes deep in our evolutionary history, and it's there for a good reason. It's the same reason people are afraid of heights, and some things smell bad.
thatsjustgreat1 16
You're right except the definition of Phobia is an irrational fear.
Senseless_487 29
Exactly. So when 18 said "an IRRATIONAL fear," he was saying the definition of a phobia.
andrmac 25
Did they say, "Nope nope nope you fail!" Then get out of the moving car?
phantomxbg 17
That sucks, I hope he didn't fail you, if he did just complain that he's not doing his job right.
george_s_4 32
I know you couldn't have known but you should always be careful just in case. You could have grabbed the spider and thrown it out the window or something other than flicking it
DraconicFeline 31
Probably not the best option while driving.
cats1234 15
G