Work: Today, I spent an hour setting up a delicate display stand at...

By NoRespect - 22/05/2011 19:50 - United States

Today, I spent an hour setting up a delicate display stand at work. Not five minutes later, a woman barged in with her little kid, who immediately went up to the display and tipped the whole thing over. When I called attention to the mother, she just scoffed, "Isn't this your job?" and left. FML

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By RetailRage - 10/08/2015 12:23 - United States - San Francisco

Today, at my job working retail, I had just finished cleaning and straightening a whole aisle. This kid watched me do the whole thing. When I was done, he stuck his arm out, and ran it down the whole shelf, knocking everything off it. His mother just grabbed his hand and walked away. FML

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By Anonymous - 30/03/2015 05:56 - United States - Sacramento

Today, a teenage girl with a selfie stick came into my workplace. She knocked down multiple displays while trying to take pictures, before leaving without making a purchase. I had to clean it all up. FML

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By Anonymous - 09/06/2019 12:41

Today, I tripped over a kid at work. She was sitting on the floor with her legs sticking out into the walkway. Her mom caused a scene, accusing me of doing it on purpose. FML

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By Oihana - 01/08/2015 03:30 - United States - Greensboro

Today, at work, I saw a lady leave her infant in a display crib so she could go shopping. When I stopped her and told her she couldn't do that, she said, "Well, I do it all the time." FML

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By tired of my job - 29/10/2015 08:33 - Canada - Surrey

Today, I was at work, stocking shelves. A customer got mad because I was in the way of her "shopping time" and knocked down all the work I had done. FML

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By soldnone - 18/11/2012 10:02 - Canada - Toronto

Today, I had a booth at a very expensive craft show. My grandma came to show her support. While there, she managed to knock over my display, get in the way of potential buyers and take down a rather old lady when she supposedly stumbled. This all happened in the first five minutes she was there. FML

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By hannaslifesucks - 24/06/2012 18:41 - Norway - Kleppe

Today, a kid got his hand stuck inside my store's giant gumball machine. He started crying, and his negligent trainwreck of a mom bitched me out for being "unobservant." I'd been mopping up the mess she'd made after she'd spilled an open can of beer all over the floor. FML

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By ADayAtATime - 20/04/2024 06:00 - Australia - Wacol

Today, I brought my daughter to work with me. When we walked in, a client was blowing up at my boss, all because as my boss was walking past his storage unit, he glanced in and was about to compliment how neat it was. After my boss left, I had to deal with the aftermath, which left my daughter terrified of this man. FML

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By Notakidpusher - 24/11/2015 03:34 - United States - San Francisco

Today, my coworker brought her 3-year-old son to work with her. When introducing him to me, she dropped her bag and bent over to pick it up, knocking him over with her butt in the process. When she stood up, she noticed he was sitting on the ground crying. She then accused me of pushing him over. FML

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By spitstopper - 07/08/2014 02:22 - United States - Birmingham

Today, I stopped two little boys from spitting over a railing at the piano player two floors below in the department store I work at. Their mom complained to my boss about me. FML

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NaoPudding 8

Sunday 22 May 2011 23:49

Parents these days. And they wonder why their kids turn out the way they do...

mamaklm 0

Sunday 22 May 2011 23:51

that lady's a bitch. she could have apologized for her demented child. thats just rude regardless of OP's employment position.

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grdianknight 0

Monday 23 May 2011 3:45

sounds about right

OnlyAFeckWanker 0

Monday 23 May 2011 4:15

Kids are only feckwankers

aardvarkish 15

Monday 23 May 2011 4:57

THAT! is why I always carry a machete to work!

kinga08 0

Monday 23 May 2011 4:57

Similar thing happened at my job. A guy's son (around 3-4 years) was playing with a dangerous and heavy display and I told the father on several occasions to get his son away from it because he could really get hurt. He ignored me and his child until the display fell on the kid's face, cutting him above his eye and he started bleeding. The father felt really ******* stupid after that. Don't take children places if you will not be able to get your shit done and watch over them simultaneously.

helloello 2

Monday 23 May 2011 6:15

surprised he didn't try and blame you

tykiej 0

Monday 23 May 2011 5:05

******* stupid-ass parents. The kid doesnt know any better and the stupidass lazyass parent is just setting the kid up to fail at life

hoeski 0

Monday 23 May 2011 5:23

People are so rude D:<

scratchout13 0

Monday 23 May 2011 5:48

I think its ops job to make the display but its the parents job to watch their kid

scratchout13 0

Monday 23 May 2011 5:50

yes its ops job to make the display but its the mothers job to watch her kid

mikeyphelan 0

Monday 23 May 2011 6:05

sucks

DizzyDaydreams 1

Monday 23 May 2011 6:43

Happened at the store I used to work at. Some kid (4-5 years old) was running around in the cutlery area. I kept telling the mother that the shelves are quite delicate and some cutlery might fall onto him if he rams into it. The mother ignored me and kept telling the child to do what pleasures him. (I was stocking a brand new supply of soup spoons for my job) The kid rammed into the shelf and a huge bowl fell on him. Then the mother blamed me for "allowing children to play here" and "putting dangerous items where children could get hurt". What the ****. It's her responsibility to tell her kid that running around unsupervised where he could get hurt is potentially dangerous. It's only my job to tell the mother to stop her rascal from getting hurt. I almost got fired for that.

sonati 2

Monday 23 May 2011 8:08

Should have told her to gtfo

a_nutritionist 10

Monday 23 May 2011 19:33

depending on the economic condition and your age you should have left then and there. you have an employer who takes the word of the customer over yours and allows this kind of thing to happen, theres no point maintaining employment. if i were you id have started looking for other work or told them to shove it.

DizzyDaydreams 1

Saturday 28 May 2011 6:28

I actually did. I'm 19, and I stopped working there a few months ago. I'm rather focused on my studies now, I'll probably get a job during the summer.