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By Kate - 17/10/2011 02:50 - United States

Today, I was chatting with a customer who comes regularly to my job. He sticks his hand out and I put my hand on his, thinking he's giving me a high five. He was just waiting for his receipt. FML

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By Clueless - 24/05/2009 05:01 - United States

Today, a waiter came up and and put out his hand so I gave him a high five and pounded it. He then says, "Um, that was a nice high five but I wanted your plate." FML

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By milkshake - 23/01/2013 00:29 - United States - Pasadena

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By Nish - 03/07/2013 08:11 - United States - Kent

Today while at my job as a store clerk, I walked by a family. I smiled at their little boy, who responded by flipping me off. As I was walking away, I looked back in time to catch his dad give him a high-five. FML

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By KN - 25/06/2009 14:13 - United States

Today, I went to go give my boss a high five for a job well done. I missed his hand and accidentally slapped his ass on the way down. FML

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By hushnow - 07/02/2011 18:04 - United States

Today, I had no choice but to shake the hand of a customer, who just moments before, had the aforementioned hand down the front of his pants, scratching his snowglobes. FML

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thwei 0

Monday 17 October 2011 8:28

Awkward

ajmacrae 5

Monday 17 October 2011 8:35

Who the hell "puts" their hand on a high five? You gotta slap that. The way you described it made it sound like a conjugal visit at a state penitentiary. No wonder it would have been awkward.

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YurTriniFantasy 1

Monday 17 October 2011 11:51

That would have been awkward, but what if the reciept got stuck?

frank678 7

Monday 17 October 2011 13:42

I can relate ; once when I was over a friend's house, we were eating dinner and we were going to pray. his grandma stuck his hand out and I have her a high five. -___- so awkward.

torijeanne198705 4

Monday 17 October 2011 13:52

Take it as going over and beyond in customer service! going that extra effort (even if was by mistake) can make a difference in someone's day

Nickel05 15

Monday 17 October 2011 14:47

just laugh it off. this is a funny story, and you should tell it to everyone. my friends would get a kick out of it if this happened to me.

PeppaParis 14

Monday 17 October 2011 15:01

It's like that awkward moment where one person wants to give u a kiss and u want to give them a hug and you get stuck somewhere in between :S

kris2335 0

Monday 17 October 2011 15:24

dummb ass;) haha

BigGrouchy 0

Monday 17 October 2011 15:36

Wow never seen anyone put their hand above their head in the high five position to get a receipt.

perdix 29

Monday 17 October 2011 15:37

Why was his hand so high that you confused it with high-five position? Do you work at a grocery store and he was expecting one of those mile-long ticker tape receipts?

perdix 29

Monday 17 October 2011 16:59

Hey, where's my steenkeeng badge! I comment on a work fml at 8:37 and I didn't get my Hard At Work badge. WTF? I need my steenkeeng badges! Btw, go Badgers!

clementine00 1

Monday 17 October 2011 16:19

You should have tried to play it off as a joke. And if you thought he wanted a high five in the first place, then I doubt he's the kind of person who'd be annoyed about it...amused by it maybe.