Kids: Today, while waiting in line with my 4-year-old son, I had to...

By BenFiggy - 21/04/2016 13:28 - United States - Brick

Today, while waiting in line with my 4-year-old son, I had to awkwardly apologize to an African-American gentleman and explain to my son that the man was not made out of chocolate. FML

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By Meryem - 19/01/2024 12:00 - United States - Tucson

Today, I was out with my niece at the store. Where we live there aren't many people of color, so it's surprising when you do see someone like that. Anyway, we were shopping and my niece just hysterically screamed, "IT'S A CHOCOLATE MAN EATING CHOCOLATE!" while pointing at a black man eating chocolate. FML

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By Anonymous - 03/07/2015 20:51 - United States

Today, I had to profusely apologize to a woman after my six year old son decided to crawl between her legs at the supermarket, then look up her skirt and loudly ask why she didn't have any panties on. FML

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By Anonymous - This FML is from back in 2017 but it's good stuff - United States

Today, while I was working at Starbucks, a customer dumped a hot chocolate on me and yelled, saying it wasn't his order. The order actually belonged to a 4-year-old boy with the same name, who started screaming when he didn't get his chocolate. FML

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By ravenskater - 04/04/2011 02:47

Today, I was at a grocery store with my 3 year old son. As I was picking a cereal out, an older man comes over and says, "You should have used condoms. What an ugly boy." FML

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By ilovekids? - 12/12/2015 02:05 - United States - Commack

Today, while I was working at a supermarket, a kid started to cry in line because he couldn't get candy. Since we have free lollipops behind the desk, I gave him one. His mom complained to my manager and said I was grooming her child. FML

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Overcompensating

By daddy's girl - 22/01/2013 04:08 - United States - Springfield

Today, I had to drag my grandmother out of a store because she went up to a black family and started apologizing for slavery. FML

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By Anonymous - 18/02/2014 16:31 - United States

Today, while waiting in line at a store, a toddler behind me was throwing a major meltdown while his father yelled at him, giving me a migraine. I turned to the woman behind me and said, "Can you believe this kid? I feel sorry for his mother." Turns out the woman was his mother. FML

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By lordoftheweird - 29/07/2021 10:59

Today, because no one else was willing to, I had to explain to my uncle that he's white, that I'm not his grandfather, and that he's mentally challenged. FML

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By UFVKNP - 10/03/2017 16:00

Today, my coworker and I were swamped with coffee orders. I told him I would "take care of the blacks", and a customer who only heard that sentence screamed at me for several minutes about racism. FML

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The devil

By nichaneely - 10/02/2010 03:32 - United States

Today, I was working when an older lady came up to buy a coffee. Her son cried for a cup of whipped cream to snack on. She shook her head, silently telling me to say no. I said we were out. The mother took her drink and said, "I'm sorry honey, but the mean man said you couldn't have any." FML

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walker9879 25

Friday 22 April 2016 3:03

I mean, your son is 4. Has he been so sheltered that he has never seen an African American or is it just rare or something? But hopefully the guy didn't think too much of it since your son is little.

imcornelious 15

Friday 22 April 2016 2:59

Life is like a box of chocolates, you never know what you're gonna get.

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SixthSinEnvy 39

Friday 22 April 2016 3:16

I'm black and I find that FREAKING hilarious. Hell, some rap songs talk about themselves being "sexy chocolate". So what if the kid thought he saw an actual chocolate man? Worse words could have occured and there's nothing wrong with the thought of being created from the only substance that makes PMS bearable. This will make an awesome story to tell at his wedding someday.

pink_raindrops 26

Friday 22 April 2016 3:32

I said that when I was about 3 too. A man came to the door and I yelled to my dad 'there's a chocolate man at the door'. We still laugh about it, the guy wasn't upset at me when I said it either. Chocolate is amazing, why would it be offensive? Lol

infamousq 13

Monday 25 April 2016 4:49

Same here I have had this happy to me before lol l

fuckfuckityfuck 16

Friday 22 April 2016 3:20

It was probably awkward for both of you and atleast he didn't make any comparisons to monkeys like my neighbor's kid did when he saw me in a tree at the place I used to live at.

Sir_Cow 17

Friday 22 April 2016 3:22

Why would you ever get mad because of that? Everyone loves chocolate.

hershelLayton 13

Friday 22 April 2016 3:26

Wait a second OP, I thought Black people were made out of chocolate this whole time. My life is a lie.

BananaPeel_John 3

Friday 22 April 2016 3:54

When I was about that age I did the same thing to an old black man at a dmv...

OrganicSistah 17

Friday 22 April 2016 4:08

I'll tell people that I'm made of hot fudge.

ThrottleJockey 35

Friday 22 April 2016 4:25

We used to have this guy from South Africa working with us. His nickname was dark chocolate. As in, he was the same shade of brown as someone's 96% cocoa dark chocolate bar.

Spark_Slicker 19

Friday 22 April 2016 4:26

Holy shit, my mom told me my older brother used to think the exact same thing when he was really little. Kids have wild imaginations.

PowerOfDin 15

Friday 22 April 2016 4:31

A similar experience happened to me. A little child came up to me asking how I got my skin that tan and that it looks great. The mom tried to make the child apologize, but I found it rather amusing. It was so cute.