Work: Confusion

Confusion

By oh god. - 14/05/2014 23:16 - Canada - Sherwood Park

Today, while at work, I asked an older customer how he was doing. He told me that he'd just lost his wife. I gave my condolences before he clarified that his wife was not dead, but was lost in Walmart. FML

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By fistpumpin4life - 10/10/2010 00:51 - France

Today, at work, I asked a lady how she was doing. When she replied, I didn't understand her, and instead of asking her what she'd said, I just replied with, "Oh, that's good." What she'd said that I didn't understand was that her husband had just died. FML

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You deserved it 33 424

By derbyboy - 19/10/2011 05:38 - United Kingdom

Today, at work, I misheard a customer telling me a story. To be polite, I did a slight laugh and nodded my head. She actually told me her mum had died. FML

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You deserved it 22 100

You're back!

By Anonymous - 05/04/2011 00:17 - Ireland

Today, I heard that one of our customers had passed away. Saddened, I told everyone who came into our shop about his death. Understandably, some customers got very upset and one even fainted. Suddenly, the "dead" man walked into the shop. Turns out I got the name wrong. FML

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You deserved it 42 231

Freaked out

By bby - 16/02/2022 14:00

Today, I was at Walmart and I asked an employee for help. She turned around with tears streaming down her face and said, “I'm kind of in the middle of an emergency right now!” FML

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You deserved it 233

By Anonymous - 01/07/2013 20:35 - United States - Tunkhannock

Today, I was working as a nurse, and an elderly man had just passed away. As the patient's wife was leaving she said, "Thank you for taking such good care of my husband." Then I, intending to say "Sorry for your loss," said "Thank you for your loss." FML

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You deserved it 9 340

By Anonymous - 11/03/2013 02:47 - United States - Louisville

Today, a man I once worked with passed away. He was a lovely, caring, and inspirational person whom I looked up to. My husband's form of consolation? "Old people die. Get over it." FML

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You deserved it 4 062

By myanmarkaviar - 27/08/2015 16:34 - Norway - Fl?

Today, at work, I served a customer who looked so much like my grandma that I thought it actually was her. Then I remembered she died 6 months ago. I had to serve customers with a smile on my face while choking back tears for the rest of the day. FML

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You deserved it 2 203

Nice try

By Anonymous - 20/03/2023 23:00 - United States - New York

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

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You deserved it 1 954

By Anonymous - 15/05/2015 20:58 - United States - Evanston

Today, at work, I was about to close a big sale, when a coworker rushed over and said there was a call for me in the office. He heavily implied my mom had died, and I rushed out. After I figured out there was no call and that my mom was fine, he'd already stolen my sale and the commission. FML

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You deserved it 2 391

By KMKWEEN - 16/02/2009 14:37 - United States

Today, I was at work. I work at a grocery store and a woman pulls a cart to me filled with chips, breads, lunch meats, and sodas. I said to her "Looks like you are going to have a fun party" she then looks at me and says "My mother just died, this is for after the funeral. FML

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Coryj1220 15

Thursday 15 May 2014 12:49

Lost in Walmart? That poor old woman is as good as dead.

abzray123 7

Thursday 15 May 2014 12:47

Haha, old people and their forgetfulness! So cute

Comments

Norja 33

Thursday 15 May 2014 13:24

We all would have made that mistake, no harm done. Hope he found her though.

shudson186 17

Thursday 15 May 2014 13:29

Well that is quite the awkward situation OP. Hopefully things smoothed over afterwards.

chickenfeet223 11

Thursday 15 May 2014 13:35

Haha that's funny. Got to love older people :)

BootheGhost 6

Thursday 15 May 2014 13:48

"On the next episode of *insert survival show here* we explore the hard to survive in conditions and dangerous wildlife of, Wal-mart! ...Right after this commercial break."

cakefete2 30

Thursday 15 May 2014 15:26

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junkman6 22

Thursday 15 May 2014 19:45

Walmart on Black Friday. I don't care what survival expert you drop in, the poor bastard won't make it out alive.

vikky538 28

Thursday 15 May 2014 13:56

send the search squad ...right now... if this would have happened in Texas Walmart then it would have taken days to find out..

rockhead1270 5

Thursday 15 May 2014 16:23

Yea too many messcans

9echo 17

Thursday 15 May 2014 16:32

Is a messcan slang for a trash can? Yeah, there are lots of those in Wal-mart to get lost behind. -_-

AUShano 15

Thursday 15 May 2014 14:25

Tough one there. I wouldn't feel bad. Miscommunication like that happens all the time - at least this one had a happy ending!! :)

sunnysideup25 7

Thursday 15 May 2014 14:39

Maybe he was trying to lose her, and was about get away with it until you came along ... Tsk tsk....

SS 31

Thursday 15 May 2014 14:39

Better than it being the other way round! Now THAT would have been awkward. Anyway, it sounds like the sort of thing I would have a good laugh about ;)

Xeebar 28

Thursday 15 May 2014 14:41

You couldn't have possibly known that's what he meant. Way to be considerate though.

DotDootyDot 17

Thursday 15 May 2014 14:56

Ooooh I hate when that happens! It's so embarrassing! A few months ago, when I announced on facebook that I was on a relationship (I know that nobody really cares about that kind of stuff, but I was much too excited to not do it), a guy I knew sent me a message saying "new relationships bloom, while others mourn. The loss of my child's mother is something that plagues me tonight". Touched by this man's message, I did my best to write him a sincere response to present my condolences. Turns out the "loss" was merely their break-up that happened three years ago.