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)
Csnyd2008 0
Woah, Dont freak huh? And because of your mistake you decided to give a negative stereotype to English majors? Not cool, not cool at all. Might be time to re evaluate majors
BananEnigma 24
That's not what OP did AT ALL. Please calm down.
catatonicsleep 17
My Mum got an E on her maths O level (now GCSE) I got a B, she can do mental arithmatic and I still have to count on my fingers to add, take away and times. People are just good at different areas of a subject.
torti360 0
That is just sad
guinevere 0
Most of us math majors can't do arithmetic :)
barroomhero 0
eh, stuff like that happens all the time. notice it a lot in higher-level math classes. They can do calculus just fine, but when there's a basic algebra step in the problem, it takes a ten minute discussion.
BeanieBaby 0
Everyone makes mistakes!
digapygmy 0
**** you. At least we don't have to lie about our shortcomings. And we get laid. ~English Major
BananEnigma 24
Ugh.... Get over it. I'm certain OP had no intention of painting a negative image of English majors, but you're making it worse by freaking out and blaming OP.
24788 7
No ones perfect and you shouldn't lie.
mehwhateverr 0
#15. If you're going to call someone a dumbass, at least use the English language correctly. You're a dumbass.*
szara 0
haha...really funny story. but seriously calm down kids...probably just said english because it's one of the furthest subjects from math...like saying sociology. but seriously the majority of english majors aren't great at math...and the majority of math/science majors aren't great at english, therefore pretty accurate stereotype. And i honestly don’t know why people automatically assume people are “freaking out” when they post a FML...probably just thought it was a funny story, which it is...haha