Chattanooga Times Free Press

Really bad days

- Laugh Lines is compiled from various sources, including reader submission­s and websites. Origins are included when known.

Next time you think you’re having a really bad day, check this list of worst life moments submitted to Tickld.com. Some are so sad they’re funny. Some are just sad.

Today, I had my first job interview and didn’t have much of an appetite because of the nerves. So I grabbed a brownie that my roommate had left in the fridge and ate it on the train ride in to the city. About 20 min- utes into my interview, I was so stoned I couldn’t speak.

Today, I was the only one in an elevator when an attractive girl came in, talking on her phone. She told her friend, “I have to go. There’s a cute guy on this elevator.” Before I could even react, she turned to me and said, “Sorry for lying. I really wanted to get off the phone with her.”

Today, my boyfriend of two years took me to get a tattoo done with his name on. He paid for it. After it was done, he told me it was over between us and he thought it’d be a nice reminder of him for me.

Today, I texted my college boyfriend to tell him how terrible I felt about cheating. He replied saying he was so relieved because he had been cheating on me with a girl in his dorm. I was talking about my math exam.

Today, after work I went to the parking lot to my car to go home. I found my car doors heavily scratched and all my tires cut, with a note on my windshield. The note read, “(Bleep) you, Jackson.” I’m Tyler. Jackson is my co-worker.

Today, I found out that my sister who is 16 years older than me is actually my biological mother. She and my parents decided it was best that I didn’t know who my real mother was and to be raised by my grandparen­ts as their child. I’ve always hated my sister.

Today, my first girlfriend of over three years left me for another guy. She said she’s looking for someone who can financiall­y provide for her in the future. The dude owns a T-Mobile kiosk. I’m going to medical school.

Today, my boss fired me via text message. I don’t have a text messaging plan. I paid 25 cents to get fired.

Today, I heard my boyfriend of three months talking with his friend, not knowing I could hear them. “Tonight’s the night,” my boyfriend said. “I’m finally going to tell her I love her!” I got really excited, deciding I loved him too. Then his friend said, “Awesome! But what about Kayla?” I’m Kayla.

Today, I was a [test administra­tor] for a history class, and the class was taking a test. About halfway through, I noticed one kid had a small piece of paper in his hand. I ran up the row, grabbed his test and ripped it into four pieces. Then I took the note from him. It said, “I believe in you. Mom.”

Today, I was walking when a man pointed a camera at me. I got [cranky] about it, and said “Did I say you could take a picture?” He replied with, “No, but can you get … out of the way so I can take one of my wife and kids?” I turned around, and they were right behind me.

Today, brand new cocktail dress: $300. Matching peep toe heels: $100. Getting my hair done at the salon: $80. Treating myself to a mani/pedi: $50. When finally meeting the guy I have been chatting online with for two months, I find out he’s my cousin: Priceless.

Today, my boyfriend told me he’d drive me to the jeweler’s to pick out a ring. We drove there, I picked the ring, and the salesperso­n rang it up. I glanced at my boyfriend, only for him to reply, “Well don’t look at me!”

Today, I went up to a secluded mountain my boyfriend took me to for our first date. As I saw another couple hooking up in the bushes, I phoned my boyfriend to tell him someone found our secret spot. His Bob Marley ringtone started playing from the bush.

Today, I went on a date with a guy for the first time. We went to Starbucks and got coffee. We talked for a while, and we were joking and having a good time. Suddenly, he put his hand on my stomach and said, “Soon, this will be plump with my seed.”

Today, I realized after turning in my resume to over 100 job openings over the past month, that the resume I’ve been submitting does not have my phone number or any other contact informatio­n besides my name.

Today, the guy that I like took me to the Cavaliers game. At the game, on the Jumbo Tron they do a thing where they show couples and have them kiss. The camera goes on to us, and as I go into kiss him, he turns and says, “Not in this lifetime.” The entire stadium got to see me get rejected.

Today, I saw an elderly man fall in a crosswalk, so I jumped off my bike to help. As I helped him across, the light turned green. I then watched across a six-lane street as someone stole my bike.

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Lisa Denton

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