Awkward, Teachers and Work: Surveillance

Surveillance

By HiddlePuff - This FML is from back in 2015 but it's good stuff - Australia

Today, while teaching my class, I hooked my laptop up to the projector and put on a documentary. I left it playing and went to the toilet. When I came back, the whole class was talking to my mother. She must've Skyped me while I was gone and someone answered the call. FML

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You deserved it 8 349

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By emkaycutie - 29/03/2009 18:41 - United States

Today, I was giving a lecture to my class I heard a phone go off. Aggravated and exhausted, I asked everyone to turn their phones off. Then the phone rang again. I lost my shit and spent the next half hour calling my students a bunch of "technology whores". Then I realized the phone was mine. FML

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You deserved it 200 039

By Anonymous - 27/01/2010 19:51 - Canada

Today, while my teacher was in the middle of a lecture, I accidentally made it so my laptop would display everything upside down. It took me the rest of class to get it right side up again. FML

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You deserved it 30 991

Live dumping

By Anonymous - 22/05/2020 02:00

Today, I was having a mass lecture, for 3 classes combined, all microphones muted. I wanted to go to the toilet, so I connected my headphones, and I did my job massively while listening to the teacher. Suddenly, the teacher said, "Oh, close your mic for the love of god." 85 students heard me taking a shit. FML

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You deserved it 2 095

By anonymous - 22/04/2011 05:20

Today, I watched a YouTube video at work because I was bored. I forgot I was on a conference call and my computer's desktop was shared with 15 other people. No one said anything till it ended. FML

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You deserved it 44 373

Privacy violation

By privacy! - 02/05/2021 08:02

Today, I asked my mom to help my daughter with Zoom school while I handled an emergency. When I got back, I found out my mom went through my laptop containing all my documents, my emails and even the journal my therapist suggested I keep. She says she was looking for a Zoom link. Yeah right. FML

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You deserved it 177

By Anonymous - 06/01/2011 21:56 - Isle of Man

Today, I went to the toilet during drama class, not because I had to actually go, but because I wanted to play Monopoly on my iPod. I lost track of time and came back twenty minutes later. My whole class listened while I was forced to tell my teacher I'd been really constipated. FML

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You deserved it 47 621

By Arrgh - 27/05/2009 07:11 - United Kingdom

Today, I was on webcam with someone and the conversation died so I said "brb". I sat there for five minutes not realising I had left my webcam on. FML

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You deserved it 79 950

By noway6000 - 03/03/2009 16:49 - United States

Today, my parents left for work before I had to leave for school and I decided to skip. I stayed by the phone, expecting the school to call so I could pose as my parent and excuse my absence. The phone rings and I pick up. It's my Mom, calling to leave my dad a message on the machine. FML

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You deserved it 94 757

By FUUUUCK - 11/02/2014 20:00 - United Kingdom

Today, I was Skyping with a guy I'm really into. I'm not supposed to Skype at night, so when I heard my mum coming, I minimized the window. She walked in before I could mute my mic and started bitching me out for flushing my tampons down the toilet. FML

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You deserved it 26 066

By hardlyworking - 04/03/2011 00:39 - United States

Today, I was on a conference call and digital meeting at work when I got bored and started surfing the Internet. Little did I know that my desktop was being shared. My boss was on the call and saw everything. FML

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You deserved it 37 785

Awesomeaxel 24

Friday 15 May 2015 0:08

Oh come on. Thats pretty freakin awesome

cutycat136 28

Friday 15 May 2015 0:09

Maybe give your mom a schedule of when you are teaching and tell her not to try and Skype you between those times

Comments

myanichole 22

Friday 15 May 2015 0:48

When I came into the comments I figured some would be like "you shouldn't leave the class ydi" tbh. But really that'd be pretty funny for the students, and it shouldn't have been harmful.

Eleora 19

Friday 15 May 2015 0:56

At least it was your mom, and not someone from kik or tinder... I mean if you're into that kinda stuff, that is... lol

never_alone 10

Friday 15 May 2015 1:03

so... what were they talking about?

airbear18 15

Friday 15 May 2015 1:03

hey it could've been worse. that's pretty funny

interesting33 36

Friday 15 May 2015 1:05

Ok I REALLY want to know what was said - blow by blow account OP? :D

saffy66 34

Friday 15 May 2015 1:09

That's pretty funny and kind of cool. And your mother is pretty cool. A lot of people would have just become flustered and disconnected the call.

Cyrus00 41

Friday 15 May 2015 1:27

Even when your teaching, your mum will not fail to embarass you at school!

MrConcise 34

Friday 15 May 2015 1:29

This reminds me of the episode of Malcolm in the Middle where Lois crashes Malcolm's first visit at college and ends up coming off as the cool, knowledgeable parent.