Miscellaneous: Today, I was cleaning my old neighbor's bathroom, because he...

By ughhh123456789 - 15/07/2009 22:23 - United States

Today, I was cleaning my old neighbor's bathroom, because he asked me to and I didn't want to be rude. Plus, I was getting paid. He told me to "get the floor pearly white." So I scrubbed, and scrubbed, and scrubbed. Turns out the floor tiles are naturally a dull yellowish. I didn't get paid. FML

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By sarad206 - 19/02/2014 21:09 - United States

Today, I was cleaning the bathrooms at work. An older gentlemen came in and needed to use it. He said to me "Oh no, PLEASE stay, just don't look." I don't get paid enough for this. FML

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Ain't it funky

By Anonymous - 05/12/2011 00:40 - United States

Today, I cleaned my toilet. I had forgotten it was white. FML

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By megamonster99 - 07/11/2016 15:06 - United States - Silver Spring

Today, I helped my hoarder grandfather clean out his garage. Not only did I step on a nail, I also slipped in a puddle of used oil that's been sitting out for two years, and broke my nose. He didn't pay me since I wasn't able to finish the job. FML

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Thanks, I think?

By Mad - 27/06/2011 01:14 - Australia

Today, after a weekend of helping my sister-in-law move out of our house, vacuuming and mopping her bedroom and bathroom for her, scrubbing her walls and cleaning her shower, transporting her furniture, and getting her carpet professionally cleaned, to cover costs she offered me $14. FML

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By gypsy - 24/06/2011 02:00 - Australia

Today, I hired a cleaner to clean my apartment so when my in-laws visited tonight, they wouldn't think I was lazy. I got home from work, the cleaner hadn't shown at all, and my in-laws had arrived early. My mother-in-law is now mopping the floors. FML

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By Anonymous - 07/09/2010 17:51 - Canada

Today, I was shopping in a store and an employee was mopping the floor. She mopped all around where I was standing then told me to wait until the floor dried to move. I had to go to the bathroom. FML

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People are jerks

By Anonymous - 09/07/2021 03:59

Today, I cleaned the two staircases at the hotel where I work. Five minutes later, someone complained they were dirty. Someone had dropped soda and got mud all over them. FML

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By Anonymous - 14/11/2010 01:39 - United States

Today, I came home to my family remodeling our (extremely) out of date bathroom. I was SUPER excited to help them get it done. I walked down the hallway and opened my bedroom door to find a huge, gaping hole in my wall and my room covered in dust. I had to sweep every surface in my room. FML

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Pissed

By fishbearpig - 27/01/2024 13:00 - Romania - Cluj-Napoca

Today, we're in the middle of remodeling our bathroom and the hallway of our apartment. We hired a great guy and he does a really good job, but there's a lot of dust and no way to clean properly until everything is done. My wife is pissed with me because I work from home and don't clean everything every day. FML

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By person - 10/06/2009 11:03 - United States

Today, I busted my ass to help this old lady move her stuff because she was going to a nursing home. I was told I would get paid. When I finished four hours later the lady took me to a room and told me to pick out anything in her little goody bag. I got a race car as payment. FML

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SeventhFonons 0

Thursday 16 July 2009 2:15

Wow, he's a prick

peter_man 0

Thursday 16 July 2009 2:17

lesson: don't trust people when they ask you to clean things to a specific color.

Comments

angorashi 0

Thursday 16 July 2009 2:28

Love it... "didn't want to be rude, and, oh, i'm getting paid for it!"

emzmcgee 0

Thursday 16 July 2009 4:51

Well yeah, no way I'd clean some strangers bathroom for free, gross enough as it is.

11bellacasey 0

Thursday 16 July 2009 2:32

Thats when u gotta crap/take a piss on his tiles

ilg4evr 0

Thursday 16 July 2009 2:35

I think you should have told him that they were yellowish to begin with. And if you did...wow...that is incredibly rude of him. If he knew they were yellow, that means he was just using you to clean his tiles. What a jerk

crookedteeth 0

Thursday 16 July 2009 2:38

What a little prick! that's very unfortunate. I hope that was a true honest mistake...

Zakky_Ketchup 0

Thursday 16 July 2009 2:44

YDI for not going back over there and cockwhipping him until you got your money.

EMR_fml 0

Thursday 16 July 2009 2:48

I would have just gotten a can of white paint and poured it on his bathroom floor. Sure it would have looked like crap but at least you could say it was the right color.

Caayouteepie 0

Thursday 16 July 2009 3:03

dont ever work for him again

darkmis1 17

Thursday 16 July 2009 3:07

thats why you never trust a neighbour, much less clean their bathroom. id go over there in the middle of the nite and trash it!

onwork 0

Thursday 16 July 2009 3:53

should have used some KABOOM!

ZuRG_fml 7

Thursday 16 July 2009 4:22

Making tiles white only works when the dirt/etc is yellow and it's white underneath. It can't make your tiles white if they're intended to be yellow...