Miscellaneous: Today, I was playing my bass clarinet around the house. I asked...

By Anonymous - 03/11/2010 01:49 - United States

Today, I was playing my bass clarinet around the house. I asked my dad if he would be at my concert on December 16th. His response was, "No, I'm working that day." My dad is a plumber, and gets called to work completely at random; he has no schedule. FML

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By holly - 18/07/2010 14:18 - Germany

Today, I was practising the violin in my apartment. A man knocked on the door and introduced himself with a smile, saying he wanted to know my "schedule." I replied, "I'm pretty busy but maybe we could get a drink sometime." To which he replied, "No, I just want to know when you'll stop." FML

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By jtaylor94 - 21/07/2009 21:54 - Canada

Today, my dad's boss called our house and I answered. He said, "Is your dad home?" I replied, "I'll go check." I put the phone on mute and asked my dad if he wanted to talk to his boss. My dad says, "Does that asshole not have a life?" Turns out the phone wasn't on mute, it was on speaker. FML

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ambowew 7

Wednesday 3 November 2010 9:09

Time to crack that bass out and practice in the middle of the night. He might learn to appreciate it then.

El_Mero_Mero 0

Wednesday 3 November 2010 9:14

cut him some slack. he says he's a plumber but when bowser comes and kidnaps princess peach. he has to go recuse her. tell your uncle he never does anything anyways but pretend to do something.

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glupingane 0

Wednesday 3 November 2010 9:42

i only see this as a good reason to practice more than you already do. I've been in that situation myself, except not using work as an apology.

Lizza330 28

Wednesday 3 November 2010 9:47

It's okay, my dad never really went to my band concerts either.

tigercoon 12

Wednesday 3 November 2010 18:37

Same here. 7 years of middle and high school band and I'm pretty sure he only attended 1. I'm not even going to try to invite him to my recitals :c

splinteredApple 36

Sunday 5 June 2016 20:52

I burden my mom because I'm in both band and orchestra, so she has double the concerts to attend.

KatieKhaos 0

Wednesday 3 November 2010 9:54

you're lucky that you even have a dad. do what 2 said! FYL

Mierda2k 1

Wednesday 3 November 2010 10:06

wow ur dad cnt earn much. he shud get a real job. and if he does earn it's cos he always has a job to do so he must roughly know his schedule so u shud shut up.

redbluegreen 40

Wednesday 3 November 2010 10:18

Maybe you should use your education. Are you proud of your atrocious spelling? Are you actually proud of what you have to say? Being a plumber can be an excellent way to earn a living. It's a very real, important job, so I don't know what you mean by your statement 'he should get a real job'. What will you do if a pipe bursts in your house and suddenly you're flooded? Someone's got to know what to do. The job isn't for everyone, sure, but that can be said for any job. Yeah, the OP's dad could be a little considerate with what they said, but the dad may also have some very good reasons for saying no.