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By Anonymous - 08/08/2009 07:02 - United States

Today, I was working in the box office. A group came in for tickets but wanted to pay individually. One paid $40 for a $25 ticket. Laughing, I reached for the calculator while saying, "I went to public school, so I can't do math." They didn't laugh. They were all teachers in public schools. FML

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By Anonymous - 13/01/2011 11:07 - United States

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Today, I went with my friends to see a movie. I handed my student card over to the cashier as proof I was old enough to see it, and he started laughing hysterically at my picture. Then he called over a colleague, who also started laughing. FML

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Today, a lady came into my workplace to pay her $120 bill in one dollar bills. I kept losing count. FML

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Today, as I worked as a cashier, two girls came up laughing. I smiled as I rang them up, asking what had made them laugh so hard. One looked me dead in the face and said, "You." They then both walked away, laughing. FML

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By Anonymous - 17/10/2013 13:43 - United States - Romulus

Today, in calculus, our substitute teacher told me I was smart. Everybody in the class, including my friends, burst out laughing. FML

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Today, I went grocery shopping. Being a bartender, I had a huge wad of dollar bills from cash tips. As I was counting them at the register, I looked at the cashier and joked, "You probably think I'm a stripper or something." He looked me up and down and said, "Uh... hell no." FML

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By Arniii - 01/02/2012 18:53 - United States

Today, it was our class field trip. I got five dollars from ten different people because they wanted me to sit away from them. FML

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By stupidapperently - 01/02/2013 04:06 - United States

Today, while checking out a couple at work, I handed them their receipt and wished them a good day. The woman promptly pulled her husband to the side, and whispered to him about how much of a "fucking idiot" I was for making the prices so high. I work at McDonald's. FML

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Saturday 8 August 2009 16:07

Why? Why are people so giddy that they're mathematically incapable? Nobody goes, "teehee, I read at a 6th-grade level!" "I struggle with subject/verb agreement and homophones in my native language!" Don't be proud of the fact that you're a dumbass.

iKaite 0

Saturday 8 August 2009 16:06

Its really not that hard a sum, dude. o_O

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epccsplayer 0

Saturday 8 August 2009 16:29

Damn. That's sad. And public schools can be awesome, if you are good enough to get into the right ones. UCLA woot

blake116 0

Saturday 8 August 2009 16:30

im 13 and i can do 40-25 maybe you should have paid more attention in school

Stahn 0

Sunday 9 August 2009 3:19

WOW you're only 13 and you can do 2nd grade math!? Like stating your age makes that impressive at all.

Butterbuns 1

Saturday 8 August 2009 16:32

YDI for not being able to do simple math.

Butterbuns 1

Saturday 8 August 2009 16:34

You don't demonstrate reading in public? What about signs, menus, ads, bus schedules, street names....

barlessprison 16

Saturday 8 August 2009 16:35

Sweetie, the fact that they didn't laugh at your poor joke is the least of your problems. 40-25? Seriously?

mister_moops 0

Saturday 8 August 2009 16:36

wow. ydi for being pathetically stupid...

soiree_fml 0

Saturday 8 August 2009 16:37

ydi for not being able to do mental math of $15....

SimpleSimon 0

Saturday 8 August 2009 16:37

How is it that intelligent people are losing their jobs by the thousands due to global recession, and somebody who can't subtract two whole numbers gets to keep theirs? You went to public school? Maybe you should have gone to special school...