Work: Today, I went to work as a home health-aid, and found out that... - FML

By melikeyturtles - 10/10/2011 04:13 - United States

Today, I went to work as a home health-aid, and found out that my client turns his hearing aid off on purpose because he can't stand my voice. FML

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By Anonymous - 11/09/2023 18:00 - Australia - Brisbane

Today, I had to listen to some old phone call recordings at work, in which a certain worker had the most annoying high-pitched voice. To my horror, I discovered that they were my call recordings, so the annoying voice was my own. My colleagues all concurred they cannot stand the sound of me talking. FML

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By Anonymous - 19/04/2022 00:01

Today, I was fixing something for a guy at a steel manufacturing company. His employees told me that their boss can't hear properly, so I'd have to be loud when talking to him. When I'd finished, he asked me if I normally talked like that, or if there was something wrong with me. FML

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By really - 13/12/2016 08:24 - Australia

Today, after telling my boss about my hearing problem, she simply told me to "listen harder". FML

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By people suck - 28/03/2015 04:16 - United States - Oakland

Today, while at work, a customer refused to speak louder, despite me asking her to do it several times. As a result, I took her order incorrectly. The customer then finally decided to raise her voice, but only to yell at me about my poor listening skills. FML

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Earache

By Anonymous - 10/06/2015 13:26 - United Kingdom

Today, I asked my boss for a couple of days off to recover from a nasty ear infection which has left me hard of hearing. However, he didn't understand why that would affect my job and refused. I work in a telephone call centre. FML

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Time for tinnitus

By Anonymous - 11/11/2022 18:00 - United States - Cecil

Today, my roommate shouted his entire part of the conversation at the dinner table. He refuses to get his hearing checked, nor lower his voice, so now my ears hurt for the rest of the evening. FML

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Big booming voice issues

By Anonymous - 26/02/2021 05:01 - United States - Pittsburgh

Today, like the rest of the past year, I had to hear my roommate as he works as tech support from home. The man does not have an "inside voice" but echoes across multiple floors like a tuba, as he debugs people's software issues over the phone. Talking to him about it only makes him angry… and louder. FML

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By HellaBomber91 - 20/11/2009 13:56 - United States

Today, I discovered that my boss listens to the things we say about him on the audio-enabled cameras at our work. I'm thus currently jobless. FML

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Introverts unite!

By Jen - 20/10/2016 16:32

Today, I had to call a customer. I usually try to avoid calling customers because I have a very prominent speech impediment. Well, it turns out the customer I called also has a speech impediment and thought I was mocking her. She hung up on me and filed a formal complaint with my company. FML

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By noonotme - 05/09/2010 21:51 - United States

Today, my father told me to stop purposely singing out of tune because it was annoying. I wasn't doing it on purpose; it's my real voice. FML

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Grimmerie 31

Monday 10 October 2011 12:04

if he ever turns it back on, talk really really quiet so he keeps turning it up. then yell.

Beebow_fml 5

Monday 10 October 2011 12:02

Damn, he deafinitely doesn't like you.

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LilyZombie 8

Monday 10 October 2011 17:02

I'm 20 and wear hearing aids too, I turn them off all the time. Especially because I have these special headphones that transmit whatever I have playing on my ipod into them. Nifty little things ;)

kateinurarms 13

Monday 10 October 2011 17:09

that must be a seriously annoying voice...

jamesemmymaslow 2

Monday 10 October 2011 17:57

JUSTIN BIEBER!?!?!?!?!?!?!

Epic_Fail911 15

Monday 10 October 2011 19:20

Lool i guess she is

scrocks1 0

Monday 10 October 2011 18:10

Ha. Happens to me all the time. They're just crazy old people

lamc0885 0

Monday 10 October 2011 18:22

Wow, don't take it personally old people are miserable lol

pinkzilla0 8

Monday 10 October 2011 19:10

And neither can we...

johnnyalba 0

Monday 10 October 2011 20:30

That su

bubo_fml 10

Monday 10 October 2011 21:07

Bring a bull horn to work!

HomeAl0ne 20

Monday 10 October 2011 23:05

Hmmm, sorry, what did you say? I wasn't listening...

ynnhoj 2

Tuesday 11 October 2011 0:35

Damn son I hope you got more clients

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