Today, while on the train heading to my new job, my coat caught between two seats. I didn't notice until my stop. I whacked myself in the face in front of everyone trying to get it free, and ended up missing my stop. When I finally got to work, I was told not to bother coming in again. 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, I was on the train to work. I was up late the night before, causing me to doze off. When I woke up, I was at my station. I stood up, went to walk out of the door and fell flat on my face on a platform full of people. Someone had tied my shoelaces together. FML
Today, I was rushing to get on the train to work as I heard the "door closing" beeps. I was about to step onto the train when a man pushed me out of the way so that he could get on. My handbag fell out of my hand into the carriage. I stayed on the platform. FML
Today, while on the train to university, I realized it was my stop and quickly stood up to get off. Or I would have, if my leg hadn't gone to sleep and caused me to fall, landing face first into the crotch of the old guy in front of me. FML
Today, I wore a coat that was too tight. The button gave way and quickly flew about ten feet to hit my very attractive new coworker right in the ass. FML
Today, while commuting to work on a peak hour train, I lost my balance and accidentally grabbed a bald mans head to steady myself. To make matters worse, the words "oh gosh, I'm so sorry. I thought you were a knob" came out of my mouth before I could think about what I was saying. FML
Today, I ran to catch the train, but slipped on the stairs and fell on my shoulder. However, my effort was rendered useless; it wasn't even my train. FML
Today, I was sitting waiting for my train for a long while. When it finally came, I had pins and needles in my foot. When I got up, I fell and unsuccessfully stumbled towards the train. The doors closed and it left without me. FML
Today, I tried to jump through the closing train doors to make it in on time. I missed. FML
Today, as I was trying to get off a crowded train, some asshole pushed past me hard enough to nearly knock me over. My bag hit a preschool kid standing behind me, and I missed my stop trying to apologize to him. His mom yelled at me all the way to the next stop. FML
Today, I was running late for a train and bought a ticket in a hurry. I got on the wrong train, sat there for twenty minutes, and only realised my mistake when the scenery looked nothing like my stop. FML
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Top comments
vikky538 29
sorry to hear that OP.... hope you can find another one.
acommonman 23
Find another job. Everything happens for the best, ultimately.
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Comments (49)
ana_lee_bonde 17
Just one of those things where there's not a lot you could have done OP. Don't let it get you down and hopefully you'll find another job soon.
mclint_ 21
this is one fml, that truly deserves "i agree, your life sucks". sorry OP.
patrickalamo 48
F public transportation, too expensive (when you include the taxes). Get a car
superwhovian 16
Maybe they can't afford a car. They are expensive and gas and repair adds up
THERMALSCOPES13 3
It's cool to own your own car though.
EmoKami 21
Sounds like my life...OP you have my utmost empathy. I'm one transit related lateness away from termination; my job starts at 6 and transit starts at like 4:30, which gives me a 35min gap where I need to catch a bus and a Skytrain so if I miss one I'm done and the next bus is 30 mins wait. And the stop is 15 mins walk from home.
tehdarkness 21
Vancouver does need 24 hour transit.
Mungolikecandy 19
Sounds like they have breeched UK employment law if you were only late once, even if you were on a probationary period in a new job.
sp00derman 23
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tehdarkness 21
Always give yourself a ton of extra time on your first day. Anything can happen.
Weiss_Schnee 14
You live in Surrey, I mean you can't need work THAT badly...
Migole 36
I'm not sure how to decide on this one. Obviously you're not at fault for your coat catching the seats but on the other hand if this was your first day of work, why didn't you leave home extra early? If you only missed one stop, gotten on the next train back and continued along your way... You should always plan at least one train/bus ahead in case it's late/gets cancelled/whatever.
wiccaantje 21
You don't know at what time the earlier bus comes for OP. I always try to do what you suggest bus that's only possible if you are travelling short area's, then you have multiple possibilities. When I followed higher education in a city far far away (not that far) I had only one train, the earlier one would be 1,5 hours earlier. Being 1,5 hours early because something might go wrong with the train that drops you off 30 minutes (-15 minute walk) early is beyond the call of duty. Even if a 15 minute delay is normal for trains. That being said, for the first day of work I would also be on that 1,5 hour early train.
vlalam 24
Sorry to hear, hope everything works out soon