By BowlofCherries - 22/05/2012 02:48 - Australia - Sydney

Today, I was in a café when a construction worker asked to borrow a pen. The only pen I had on me was my brand new Parker, which I reluctantly loaned him. As he was writing, he stopped to think, and happily chewed on the end of the pen, which he later returned to me, glistening in saliva. FML
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lalalanono 8

Sanatize it and move on with your life.

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GrossedOut12 2

Does it matter that it was a construction worker? I think no matter what "type" of person it was, it would still be gross!

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ImaginaryFoe 0

Yeah, that was odd, wasn't it? I was waiting for that to be relevant to the story somehow - he stepped on it with his steel toes or he drove a steam roller over it. In light of what could've happened, you got off lightly, OP. Parkers are well made so it shouldn't be mangled or anything. Here's a tip: Never loan something you can't bear to lose or have damaged.

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KatKat23 9

I would've said no. What a disgusting guy

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auzz1_pride 9

Unfortunately OP didn't know that the construction worker would chew his pen, he was just being a good citizen and lent the guy his pen, surely he would have said no if he knew he was going to try chewing on it.

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MerrikBarbarian 9

This is why I'm glad I'm an artist. No stress over expensive pens since I can't afford them. I just go with cheapy dollar store pens unless I'm using them for art... Even those can be used for art actually :p

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kevinn95 0

Dude its a pen FYL for caring so much and going off to buy a "Parker" pen which im sure is over priced and really unnecessary..

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DooleyFTW 17

Well for all you know the op could have a job which requires a lot of writing, so spending a lot of money on a quality pen that will last a long time makes sense. My dads had the same Parker pen for like 15 years that he uses almost every day

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kateindeed 5

Sometimes I wonder if FML has sponsors and they pay for FMLs like this to be published. I've never heard of Parker pens until today.

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kateindeed 5

Sometimes I wonder if FML gets paid to post FMLs like these. Never heard of Parker pens until today.

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hecallsmedarlin 7

You are a part of the team?! Well I am wondering, when is my FML ever going to be posted? ^.^

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Sirin_fml 46

Can I get tickets to whatever planet you live on? It sounds pleasantly isolated, though the cultural awareness seems lacking. - Sent from my iPhone 4S, stocked in all good stores. Buy now!

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GDIalex 11

I'd like a ticket to your planet, too. Parker is known by almost everybody, it's like Coca-Cola, or Apple - doesn't really need much advertising in terms of acquiring the brand. Moreover, this FML would actually demotivate me from buying Parker pen - dafuq, it's going to be chewed by somebody anyway! (even the fact that the pen is made of stainless steel doesn't scare these pen-chewers away!) yeah, I prefer having a lot of pens and sheets almost everywhere, so that I can write anything anytime, and keep my head clean of unnecessary thoughts. For that I need cheap pens, of course. Or pens like "scientific conference 2011" or "Moscow business-summer 2010". It's just way cooler to write with these, than with Parker :)

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rubberduckie94 13

I had never heard of Parker pens either. On the bright side my new couch fits nicely beneath the rock that I live under.

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koolkat27 13

67- I don't know how they do it in Russia, but I've never heard of a Parker pen in my life. Seems like a complete waste of money though.

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FalconWhitaker 20

GAAAAAH! Not the nice pen! D: That really sucks, OP. People should learn not to chew on other people's property.

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catanita 18

For the #50 post. Parker is known world wide , maybe one of the best.

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doodlecloud 26

I had this happen on the first day of school a couple of years back. A brand new pack of my favourite pens and the girl chewed it so much it wouldn't even pop up and down and I had to throw it away before I ever got to use it myself. Some people are so rude.

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