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By apaterra - 07/11/2015 14:14 - United States - Washington

Today, I had to come up with a new rule for my library's patrons: If you, your child, or your dog has thrown up on our books, we DON'T WANT THEM BACK. FML

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By alwaysxgettingxshitxon - 03/07/2009 00:18 - United States

Today, I was working at the library. Some punks thought it would be funny to shit in a book, close it and return it in the drop box. The fact that it was sitting outside in the ninety degree heat for a couple hours did not help the stench; it was everywhere and I had to clean the mess. FML

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By iet_Wyrda - 04/10/2013 23:00 - France - Verneuil-sur-seine

Today, my dog tore up a single book from the dozens within his reach. That book was titled "How to Train Your Dog". FML

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By cherokeems - 20/10/2015 18:28 - United States - Harriman

Today, my 8-month-old dog decided to decorate the living room by tearing apart a rented college textbook, the reference guide that went with it, and part of a color therapy book. FML

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Hush!

By Anonymous - 07/07/2023 06:00 - United Kingdom - Leicester

Today, I went to my local library to study. As I settled in, I dropped my water bottle, causing a mini flood. Panicked, I tried to clean it up with paper towels, only to knock over a stack of books, creating a domino effect of chaos. The librarian gave me the dirtiest look. FML

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By Anonymous - 29/06/2014 04:16 - United States

Today, I had to go pick up my kid, because he threw up while playing at his friend's house. The boy's mother bitched me out for not keeping my son at home while he was "ill". Her breath was unspeakably foul. So foul that it caused me to throw up too. FML

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By Livingthedream - 12/08/2018 06:00

Today, I got home from a long day of work and saw a pile of dog puke on the kitchen floor. I went to get paper towels and found a pile of dog shit. With my foot. Both of my kids were home all day and left the piles for me to clean because "that's gross". FML

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By Anonymous - 18/09/2015 21:14 - United States - Jonesboro

Today, at the small daycare I run, I turned around to put something away. I heard a splashing sound and then saw one of my kids vomiting. He puked several times, and managed to hit the only rug in the entire house. FML

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When you lie on your resume to get the job

By Anonymous - This FML is from back in 2018 but it's good stuff

Today, my boyfriend and I are devastated to return our newly adopted "cat friendly" dog to the shelter. He's perfect, other than the fact that he clearly wants to eat our cats. FML

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By bookbroke - 26/04/2016 04:27 - Canada - Regina

Today, I found out that someone found my lost library card, and instead of returning it, took out multiple items. If they don't return them, I'm on the hook to paying over $100 for them. FML

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By Anonymous - 26/09/2014 19:44 - United States - Saint Louis

Today, my dog got so excited about a new toy that she vomited all over it. I had to clean up the vomit, throw away the toy, and now have a very sad dog. FML

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Sunday 8 November 2015 11:46

You would think that something like that would be self explanatory... People no longer speak up when things go wrong or not as expected. They just shove things aside and hope the next person to encounter the problem doesn't notice it... Like vomit in a book. No one will notice that.

lexiieeex3 32

Sunday 8 November 2015 13:29

Isn't the general rule that if a book is damaged in any way you replace it?

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gamermonster 34

Sunday 8 November 2015 19:14

What if a cat vomits on it though?

Teamk09 13

Sunday 8 November 2015 22:36

Cats:*heavy breathing*

militarybrat 21

Monday 9 November 2015 5:13

Ugh that and bringing your kids sick was the worst. No if books were damaged they had to buy us a new one or their spouse couldnt pcs (move from the base). Which will get them in BIG trouble. Needless to say we got a lot of new books lol.

worldclassrager 39

Monday 9 November 2015 8:48

Why I don't use library books... I guarantee OP that if this happens the books will be just cleaned off and returned anyway

Rosebudx 32

Monday 9 November 2015 9:06

I have yet to have the puke experience (at least on my materials...bathroom and the kids' section is a whole 'nother story...), but I did get an entire stack of DVDs with melted butter all over the cases thrown into my bookdrop one time. Inside, outside, under the plastic film, inside the associated booklets...some of them still have butter residue, because no matter what we do we just cannot clean them off. The bookdrop itself had to be dismantled to clean it because it was in the triple digits that week and butter had melted all down inside the box. It was awful. Some library patrons are wonderful and treat everything that they check out with respect, care, and love. Other library patrons think that, since their specific tax money pays for a) our jobs, b) every single item in our library or any other in the state, and c) the physical buildings (either these patrons have the worst income tax ever or they have no idea how taxes actually work), they can do whatever they want in the library and with library materials and not have to face any consequences.