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By Anonymous - 05/10/2012 05:49 - United States

Today, while at my job as a hairdresser, I was giving an elderly client a perm and I thought she'd fallen asleep. She'd died. FML

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By Anonymous - 17/02/2017 06:00 - Canada - Calgary

Today, at the hairdresser's, I fell asleep while my hair was being washed. My barber had to shake me awake. FML

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By mrdentist - 02/12/2010 13:20

Today, I was cleaning one of my elderly patient's teeth. After finishing and reminding her to floss, I realised she had died. Supposedly she was dead for a good 20 minutes. FML

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By derbyboy - 19/10/2011 05:38 - United Kingdom

Today, at work, I misheard a customer telling me a story. To be polite, I did a slight laugh and nodded my head. She actually told me her mum had died. FML

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By myanmarkaviar - 27/08/2015 16:34 - Norway - Fl?

Today, at work, I served a customer who looked so much like my grandma that I thought it actually was her. Then I remembered she died 6 months ago. I had to serve customers with a smile on my face while choking back tears for the rest of the day. FML

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By meteorbabe0101 - 14/04/2009 02:11 - United States

Today, I took the bus to work. A sweet old lady got on after and sat next to me. Halfway there, she fell asleep, her head on my shoulder. I gently tried to wake her up before my stop. She wasn't sleeping. I let a dead woman lie on me for 30 minutes. FML

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By Anonymous - 13/06/2024 07:00 - United States

Today, I work at a hospice center. At 3AM, a call just went out to a man's family to come because he was dying. I didn't realize that this man was my old friend's grandpa. When I saw her, I smiled really big and said, "Hey! Great to see you!" Her grandpa was ACTIVELY DYING. Stupid stupid stupid. FML

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By janedoe - 12/02/2009 22:21 - United States

Today, I was volunteering at a nursing home calling bingo numbers. One woman stood up and started making noises, so I assumed she had won and started clapping. She then fell on the floor and died of a heart attack. I essentially applauded her death. FML

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By Anonymous - 31/01/2017 20:00 - United States - Jackson

Today, a woman came into my life and took all I had left in the world. The woman was my hair stylist. She took my hair and the last of my money. FML

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By Traumatized - 12/03/2024 18:00 - United States

Today, at my job as a hotel housekeeper, I accidentally entered the room of someone who hadn't left yet. To my horror, the man inside was having a massive heart attack. I just found out he passed away, despite immediate medical intervention. FML

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By Anonymous - 08/03/2010 00:44 - Australia

Today, I was listening to a client's heartbeat with a stethoscope, when I noticed one of my hairs had fallen on her chest. I tried to brush it off, but it didn't move, so I went to pick it up with my fingers. That's when I found it it wasn't my hair, it was hers... and it was still attached. FML

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RealReality 12

Friday 5 October 2012 12:24

At least she will look nice for her funeral.

myoukei 31

Friday 5 October 2012 12:25

At least she'll look nice at her funeral? Rest her stylish soul. (Sorry op, that's unfortunate).

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avaloncode 8

Saturday 6 October 2012 6:12

Omg! I'm sorry OP :(

Ranchtastic 4

Saturday 6 October 2012 6:41

Geez OP, what kind pf perms are you giving? ;)

jdg_3689 0

Saturday 6 October 2012 6:51

At least shes gonna look good!

BlackBlazeCobra 16

Saturday 6 October 2012 8:23

She died in style, literally!

sarafyna2011 6

Saturday 6 October 2012 15:47

God, that is horrible!

brandoneyez1 25

Saturday 6 October 2012 16:19

Sorry OP- I can only imagine others in the salon seeing this happen. how long did it take for you to realize she was dead?

bridgetv25 8

Saturday 6 October 2012 19:13

Sorry op :(

KayZeep 3

Saturday 6 October 2012 23:27

That sucks for you OP, but take peace that the lady died probably doing one of her favourite things. We should all be so lucky not to loose our dignity in a long drawn out death in the hospital.

nicopo_fml 11

Sunday 7 October 2012 4:13

Sorry you didn't get paid.

KokiriKid 10

Sunday 7 October 2012 6:00

That's actually really sad, I feel uncomfortable even thinking about making a joke about that.

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