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The original was posted on /r/tifu by /u/fridgemagnetsofdoom on 2026-03-30 02:26:26+00:00.
Very minor but thought it was funny.
At work a few days ago, in a café inside of a retail store. There was a line of customers and I was working alone, so I decided to see if anyone from the sales floor could help ring people up for a bit until I got caught up with the orders. I couldn't find the walkie-talkie we use in the café, so I ducked into the kitchen and used the intercom to ask for backup. Then I DROPPED the phone. And it was attached to a cord so instead of just falling it hit the table and the wall and clattered back and forth while I was trying to grab it and making it worse. Which means that EVERYONE IN THE STORE heard: "Backup to cafe please, backup to cafe!" BANG CRASH AKSTGEOAGBAIFHEOIRJER **click**
Surprisingly none of my coworkers commented on it, but the people in line looked rather startled when I came back out from the kitchen.
TL;DR: Dropped the phone while using the overhead system, asked for help in the café immediately followed by what must have sounded like everything breaking