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By RWW - 28/07/2010 17:38 - United States

Today, at work, I was talking to a customer. She kept shaking her head "no" at everything I said. I asked what she was disagreeing with. She told me she has Parkinson's Disease, teared up, and asked to speak to my manager. FML

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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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By Flippy - 29/08/2010 00:05 - United States

Today, at work, I was reprimanded for not engaging with customers enough. In an effort to be more friendly, I complimented the next customer on her interesting accent. Turns out it was from a stroke she had last year. FML

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By Anonymous - 25/01/2011 07:19 - Korea Republic of

Today, I was waiting for my girlfriend, I wanted to have a serious talk about her hypochondria. She called to cancel because she was (self) diagnosed with some sort of 'neurological disorder'. FML

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By xxccruzxx - 29/06/2012 13:30 - United States

Today, at work, my phone kept crashing. Without thinking, I announced that it was having a seizure. Who did I announce this to? My boss. Who also happens to have epilepsy. FML

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By Anto - 03/12/2008 06:11 - France

Today, in front of a hospital, I noticed that an old lady was having trouble lighting her cigarette because she had Parkison's. So I went to help her to light it up and she then started chatting with me and told me she had lung cancer. FML

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Working here sucks

By people suck - 28/03/2015 04:16 - United States - Oakland

Today, while at work, a customer refused to speak louder, despite me asking her to do it several times. As a result, I took her order incorrectly. The customer then finally decided to raise her voice, but only to yell at me about my poor listening skills. FML

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By Anonymous - 11/03/2018 01:30

Today, my manager cussed me out for being unable to keep a customer happy. That "customer" was a senile old twit who had wandered away from his carer, thought our shop was his living room, and demanded to know who replaced all his furniture. FML

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You deserved it 395

Slight hiccup

By really - 05/06/2016 21:40 - Canada - Ottawa

Today, a customer at work was having hiccups, so I suggested she should try to hold her breath for a while. Ten minutes later, she's talking to my manager about how I wanted her to "kill herself because of her severe medical condition." FML

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You deserved it 1 037

Bigmouth strikes again

By Anonymous - 09/09/2009 09:58 - New Zealand

Today, I was working at a hospital-level rest home. I was making the rounds when I noticed a woman was sitting in her (electric) wheelchair in the middle of the hall. Going closer, I saw her battery was flat so I said, "Uh-oh! Looks like you've died." She bawled her eyes out and said, "Not yet." FML

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You deserved it 54 642

Customers from hell

By GirlWhyyyy - 09/08/2023 14:00

Today, I reduced a customer to tears and she had a tantrum, saying that nobody loves her, her life is a joke, and she’d be better off dead. This ordeal happened to grab the attention of my manager who was nearby. All I did was tell her that an item she wanted was sold out and offered to help her order it online. FML

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DeathShad0 1

Thursday 29 July 2010 1:24

Inconsiderate? How the hell was he supposed to know?

SamBoDeanxyz 0

Thursday 29 July 2010 1:23

Ouch, sucks fo' you. My great-grandma had that terrible, but it never caused her to shake her head that way. Oh well, you didn't know! I understand her being a bit hurt for the misunderstanding, but no need in talking to the manager about that.

Comments

mike12345678 0

Thursday 29 July 2010 10:22

Nice going you ******* retard.

Elfyy 0

Thursday 29 July 2010 10:35

I'm not for nor against this FML. There's two sides to every story. And without the customer's side, or even being there at all, you won't know what actually went down or what tones were used.

LilaBear 1

Friday 30 July 2010 14:45

the customer could have actually verbally replied, that might have helped avoid confusion??

meneedlove 0

Thursday 29 July 2010 10:53

If she was nodding yes you could have sold her everything in the store! that was just bad luck bro

Jsalcedo23 0

Thursday 29 July 2010 11:03

24 I'm sure 20 was being sarcastic though that doesn't eorknover yhe internet

RatTatTat 0

Thursday 29 July 2010 18:09

it's funny how people are flaming 20 for missing a joke when they missed an obvious joke themselves.

katelyn61 0

Thursday 29 July 2010 19:48

don't beat yourself up over it. how were you supposed to know?

imsogangster13 0

Thursday 29 July 2010 20:17

idgi ... what ' s parkinsons>? don ' t make fun of me i ' m 12.

Ahhh_DTG 3

Friday 30 July 2010 7:22

lol, that's golden.

soccergal670 0

Friday 30 July 2010 8:25

wow some of the comments on here are really rude and disrespectful to people with parkinsons. and im really sorry that happened but it isnt your fault. people shouldnt make fun of people with parkinsons either because they cant help it. my papaw had it for 18 years and its was really had for our family. sadly he passed away last month but now he isnt in pain anymore. but i think some people on here should think about what they are saying before they post it

Elenachka 0

Friday 30 July 2010 11:56

im sorry for your loss :( it really is a terrible disease, it's just completely debillitating and very hard for families to watch a loved one go through that. some people are just ignorant, or completely lacking empathy and understanding :/

LilaBear 1

Friday 30 July 2010 14:42

Aw, that sucks. That wasn't your fault at all. She should have answered you when you asked her questions - surely she'd have realised by now that people might mistake her tics for disagreeable head-shaking? I don't want to make her out to be purposely deceptive because I'm sure she wasn't, and Parkinson's is a terrible disease to have, but she was kind of rude by asking to speak to your manager when you asked a totally innocent question that she could have prevented by actually answering you.