Today, a friend asked me to cover his shift at work because his grandmother died. Like any decent friend, I obliged. Later, after leaving, I walked by a bar and saw him inside, laughing and doing shots with all of our friends. 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, my friend had to leave work early for a funeral. As he was on his way out, I wanted to say something. All I could think of was, "Have fun!" FML
Today, I work at a hospice center. At 3AM, a call just went out to a man's family to come because he was dying. I didn't realize that this man was my old friend's grandpa. When I saw her, I smiled really big and said, "Hey! Great to see you!" Her grandpa was ACTIVELY DYING. Stupid stupid stupid. FML
Today, I texted a friend offering my condolences over the death of his grandfather. He hadn't been told his grandfather had died yet. FML
Today, my boss is such an unfeeling asshole that he seriously thought he could demand I only stay at my best friend's funeral for 45 minutes then return to work, because it was “just a friend, not a relative', and that when his mother died he "took a whole 2 hours off and was back at work by 11:45.” FML
Today, I attended the funeral of a close friend. Most of the other guests were openly grinning and joking around, and the guy in front of me kept muttering, "That's what she said!" during the eulogy. FML
Today, I was bored out of my mind at work. I told my coworker he was lucky to be leaving early. I forgot the reason of his early departure was to go to his grandfather's funeral. FML
Today, I covered for my friend at work because he said he was having car troubles and was going to be late. Two hours into the shift, I got a call from my roommate asking why my girlfriend had moved out. Turns out, I'd covered my friend's shift so he could help my girlfriend move out behind my back. FML
Today, I told my boss that my grandma died to get a day off work, but then my grandma showed up at the office looking for me because she wanted to go shopping. FML
Today, one of my friends made it to school. He has been sick recently, missing days out of the week. When I saw him, I greeted him with, "Were you dying yesterday?" Apparently he wasn't, but his grandmother really did. FML
Today, I saw an old friend while out and about. Since I don't leave the house very often, my friend was surprised to see me in person. He jokingly asked if someone was dying, and I cried in response. I was in fact going to the hospital to say goodbye to my grandma. FML
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smartjaguargurl 17
Hope you “just happened” to wander in
lovelyhippos 15
Every time they ask you to cover a shift just be like "Sorry, my grandmother just died"
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Comments (10)
RichardPencil 32
Maybe she was a horrible bitch! Some people are so nasty and miserable, their death causes glee in their surviving relatives.
jbuckets_404 39
Yea, I think they call those "wakes."
RichardPencil 32
I haven't been to many wakes, but it's never been for someone so horrible that the mood is jubilant.
lovelyhippos 15
Every time they ask you to cover a shift just be like "Sorry, my grandmother just died"
smartjaguargurl 17
Hope you “just happened” to wander in
ahabsfan 17
We all grieve in different ways.
WistayShlaio82 13
Maybe they’re Irish and that was the wake
mccuish 25
I would’ve taken a picture and sent it to his boss. He lied about the death and had you cover the shift.
Tiffani Carter 6
Devils advocate here, maybe the friends took him out to help get his mind off of what happened? Pretty sure my husband tried to cheer my up after my grandma passed last year.
Yolanda Patrice Evans 17
Eh.. this is hard to speak on. We all grieve differently