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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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Taurus_ChicKa 36

Tuesday 11 October 2011 3:07

If you get paid for this, think of it as very easy money. You can sit there and pretend to talk to the guy if he's that annoyed with your voice, and get paid for it! If it's volunteer work, try to get a different client.

SkardeyKat 3

Tuesday 11 October 2011 4:56

Can you hear me NOW?!?!

poseidon1 3

Tuesday 11 October 2011 5:04

Lucky bastered

MainPrism 16

Tuesday 11 October 2011 9:53

Wow, just wow... YDI

sierralovesyou 0

Wednesday 12 October 2011 5:13

Lol a girl in my family would do that she was little :) eventually she just flushed them down the toilet haha

jontel 8

Friday 14 October 2011 8:04

that means you can say anything and he wont hear so you can trash talk him or whatever or vent if you need to

Gryffindorkable 11

Wednesday 5 November 2014 16:42

I've had that happen before, and I do the same thing. Sorry, but it sucks!

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