Today, I was working my job as a waitress near my college. I handed a customer her check, and she noticed that I had added her bill wrong. I apologized, and she pointed to my "student" labeled nametag, asking what I was studying. I said English. I'm a math major. FML
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Today, I was tending the cash register. I scanned a lady's items which totaled $89.68. She paid with a $100 bill. I gave her $11.32 change. She angrily gave back the extra dollar and complained about "schools nowadays". I'm an AP Calculus student. FML
Today, I was working at my job as a cashier, checking out an elderly woman's groceries. She was very nice, and we chatted for a couple minutes. Once she had paid, she leaned close to me and said, very politely, "I'm so so sorry that I mistook you for a girl at first, young man." I AM a girl. FML
Today, I went to the bank to deposit the cash I made waiting tables. While the teller was counting, I apologized for having so many small bills and she said "It's OK honey, I helped another one of your kind just the other day. You're lucky we take your dirty money." She thought I was a stripper. FML
Today, I went to the bank to deposit the cash I made waiting tables. While the teller was counting, I apologized for having so many small bills. She said "It's OK honey, I helped another one of your kind just the other day. You're lucky we take your dirty money." She thought I was a stripper. FML
Today, after submitting my college application, I noticed that I mistyped "math enthusiast" as "meth enthusiast". FML
Today, I was at work handling the cash register. It wasn't working correctly, so I apologized to the woman I was waiting on for the delay and explained, "The cash register's being a little retarded today." Then I noticed her clearly "special" adult son standing behind her. FML
Today, an old man, while I was working, asked me to spell average-length words. Confused, I refused. Turns out I was apparently taking too long counting the large amount of small change he'd given to me, and he assumed I couldn't count or spell. I study law, and I've learned basic calculus. Welcome to retail. FML
Today, I was teaching a class when a student pointed out that I'd used the wrong "your/you're" while writing on the board. FML
Today, while working as a waitress, an attractive woman sat at one of my tables. When she paid, I decided to be bold and write my number and "Call me" on her receipt. She put in a complaint to my manager. FML
Today, a McDonald's employee had to correct my math after counting out $2.37 in change. I'm in AP Calculus and am currently learning how to find the derivative of an inverse of a logarithm. FML
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div01 2
Honest mistake.
skittle68 0
LOL I'm great at calc but not at math in my head. It could happen to anyone :)
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Comments (132)
2gether4ever 0
sooo? everbody makes mistakes.
Physics4Life 0
We math majors have too much higher math in our heads to remember how to add? What's 5+5? Hell if I know, but I can take the Inverse Fourier transform of the Dirac delta function in my head.
Physics4Life 0
88sforlife 0
Honest Mistake
pinoykid13 0
2 + 2 = ?...aww damnit i know this
AshleighNason 24
Dont be too hard on yourself everyone has those moments, besides the better you are at advanced math the worse you get at basic math
roobin302 0
even einstein had problems with math.. thats why you gotta double check your work.
Taurus_ChicKa 37
Calculators are your friend! Even math majors should use them. :D
ImTheAlpha 30
Don't worry. My math teacher førgøt what 5 plus 7 was. It's normal to forget about normal numbers.
Breegotcake 14
It happens to everyone; I was a fashion major & work in retail. I can make creative displays, remember 5 different percent off price points for everything in the store, & do sales reports but something forget or mess up on the simple stuff.