Embarrassing, Accident and Health: Sorry

Sorry

By Awkward - 01/02/2013 22:53 - United Kingdom - Wolverhampton

Today, I tripped while walking down a large flight of stairs. As I fell forward, I instinctively reached out and grabbed onto one of the guys walking up. I ended up taking him and two other people down with me, earning myself a great many disgusted glares as I dusted myself off. FML

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You deserved it 8 038

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By Anonymous - 25/03/2013 06:03 - Australia - Wantirna

Today, I was late to a lecture when I tripped up the stairs. With a few hundred people already staring and laughing at me, I started to curtsy to my "adoring fans" but instead fell backwards down the massive flight of stairs. FML

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You deserved it 12 690

By ValeyFallsAlot - 14/01/2011 14:18

Today, I fell down a flight of stairs. The guy behind me was kind enough to ask if I was okay. He then called his friends over so they could laugh at me. FML

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You deserved it 3 005

By taob - 20/05/2012 17:11 - China - Nanning

Today, I was walking up some stairs, and I told the guy in front of me to be careful, as the handrail was loose and well-worn. I then put my hand on it, and promptly fell backwards down the stairs with a piece of handrail still in my hand. FML

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You deserved it 6 462

By Anonymous - 13/08/2019 04:00

Today, I tripped and fell going up the stairs, not once, but twice at work as I was leading customers through our building. I actually got bruises. FML

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You deserved it 282

By shalara - 15/06/2012 20:23 - Netherlands - Amstelveen

Today, I was walking down the street, when I saw a guy in front of me trip and fall forwards, and I quickly jumped forward to steady him. Apparently he thought he was being mugged, and threw his head backwards into my face, leaving my nose a bloody mess. FML

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You deserved it 2 475

By ashamedklutz - 22/02/2014 00:20 - United Kingdom - Dunfermline

Today, with a single misstep, I managed to send myself and several others tumbling down a stairwell at work. An ambulance ended up having to be called for one lady. FML

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You deserved it 5 056

No control over my limbs

By Anonymous - 09/04/2023 18:00 - United States

Today, I was at the gym and I tripped on the treadmill. Not only did I fall off the machine, I also managed to knock over two other people's water bottles and send them flying across the room. FML

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You deserved it 186

By asshalf15 - 25/07/2014 20:19 - United States - Hacienda Heights

Today, I got expelled from school. I was walking down a flight of stairs when I tripped and bumped into a kid ahead of me by mistake. He fell forward and took half a dozen people down with him. The staff think I did it on purpose, and there's talk of charges being pressed. FML

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You deserved it 4 415

By clumsy - 07/05/2013 00:45 - United States - Murfreesboro

Today, I tried to "trip" and fall into this guy I've had a crush on. I missed and fell on my face. He stepped over me and kept walking. FML

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You deserved it 54 009

By Anonymous - 04/04/2015 14:35 - France - Melesse

Today, at work, I tripped and fell face-first into a food display. As I picked myself up, totally humiliated, I tripped again and fell right back into it, earning a bunch of pitying looks from nearby customers. FML

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pieman528 10

Saturday 2 February 2013 2:33

A pile of twigs breaks less easily than a single twig on its own. Great reflexes OP.

mkimbee 9

Saturday 2 February 2013 2:33

Well, I'm sorry nobody even asked if you or any of the other people were alright. People are rude, and it's not your fault you tripped. Shit happens, y'know?

Comments

curefantastic 11

Saturday 2 February 2013 3:40

Sounds like you need to invest in a Hurry Cane.

Turtle_Man 21

Saturday 2 February 2013 3:42

Collateral?

Dcm210 19

Saturday 2 February 2013 3:46

It happens, they'll get over it.

Jessj958 19

Saturday 2 February 2013 4:27

And if they don't...**** 'em!!! Haha just kidding. Kind of :)

alison98hp 8

Saturday 2 February 2013 4:34

I have to admit, when starting to read it, I thought the fml would end in " I accidentally grabbed lower than I intended"... I guess I'm just a perv though.

doodlecloud 26

Saturday 2 February 2013 12:23

I assumed he was gonna grab someone's pants and accidentally pull them off.

MazterK1268 1

Saturday 2 February 2013 4:51

Awesome

Feared 9

Sunday 3 February 2013 7:57

Not quite

abu4u 26

Saturday 2 February 2013 5:06

Don't get too excited! You'll probably be hearing from their lawyers!

dontpanic_fml 32

Saturday 2 February 2013 5:23

The "instinct" to place other people in the path of the harm you are causing by grabbing them to attempt to save yourself is actually one that's easily fought in adulthood, even in the heat of the moment. The FML is for the people you childishly brought down with you, without caring it seems (notice how the instinct to latch onto others during a fall goes away because it never works to save anyone?). Too bad you're not getting more YDIs for this.

Raesin 21

Saturday 2 February 2013 11:37

I'm going to assume OP didn't grab onto someone and take extra people down with him for ***** and giggles. There's nothing childish about the reaction to grab something and steady yourself, why risk broken limbs if you don't have to? ''Critics who treat 'adult' as a term of approval, instead of as a merely descriptive term, cannot be adult themselves. To be concerned about being grown up, to admire the grown up because it is grown up, to blush at the suspicion of being childish; these things are the marks of childhood and adolescence. When I became a man I put away childish things, including the fear of childishness and the desire to be very grown up.'' - C.S. Lewis

dontpanic_fml 32

Saturday 2 February 2013 18:36

I am a huge C.S. Lewis fan and that wasn't even close to the context that i used the word in. I knew I'd be in the minority here but oh well... I have never had the urge to grab onto someone when falling and I have been brought down by more than one person. The OP seems self absorbed as ****. He was so concerned about people not sympathizing with him and didn't say shit about the people he hurt. So yeah, YDI YDI YDI OP. I know he didn't mean to fall but he has to understand that people are gonna be pissed when some idiot grabs onto them to save themselves from falling.