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

I agree, your life sucks 18 206

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

I agree, your life sucks 944

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

I agree, your life sucks 9 409

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

I agree, your life sucks 1 299

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

K8Y09 8

Friday 15 May 2015 3:27

That's really cute

janfleury 19

Friday 15 May 2015 3:48

I'm sorry that's funny.

BergerL 13

Friday 15 May 2015 4:02

Is that ok ? I think it made students knew you more .

vikky538 28

Friday 15 May 2015 4:09

Halfway reading through FML I thought it gonna go wrong but its not as bad as i think.

wingL 11

Friday 15 May 2015 4:11

i dont see anything wrong.... unless ur mom said something or looked embarrassing..? I think we need another button of "nothing wrong"

doodlecloud 26

Friday 15 May 2015 19:10

Nope, we're not even allowed to comment that it's not an FML. The mods get annoyed

worldclassrager 39

Friday 15 May 2015 4:18

Well next time have your skype on do not disturb or away or better yet log out

gc327072 30

Friday 15 May 2015 4:24

That's actually pretty comical, you should be thankful it wasn't something way worse. At my old high school, a teacher was trying to show something on his iPad, and accidentally opened a cache of dick pics; fired on the spot!