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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soccercfcwolves8 0
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Guyoverhere 0
I'm horrible at math
boocwurm31 2
Well, people DO make mistakes!
PleaseSayTheBaby 0
Spit in that ***** food.
alyss531 0
Lol maybe u should be an English major....?
heyyou1203 0
#28, not all math majors are your stereotypical nerds. As a math major myself, I'd say I get laid more than quite a few of my friends. Stop being bitter that you won't have a job after your graduate. OP, I totally know where you're coming from. People expect that because you're an expert on differential equations and multivariable calculus and high level theoretical math, that you're automatically a human calculator. My friends make fun of me all the time if I make an arithmetic mistake, so I can understand not wanting that teasing from a complete stranger. And to everyone saying she needs to stfu, let's have you try to prove or solve any of the problems on her homework and then talk about who's stupid.
kc2_fml 0
Wow... Are you failing your classes?
lifesagamble 0
That's okay. Sometimes, when you've studies higher Math, you forget the easy ones. Even my math teacher made the same mistakes so you're good. Just don't blame it on English majors though. Some of them are good in Math.
tomthebomb94 0
Ouch hey it could have been much worst
DecemberC 0
35: 7x8 is 56. The only reason I know that is because that's the question my year 6 teacher would always ask me. I got a B at GCSE and can't do simple arithmetic. I whizz through algebra and geometry though. Everyone has different strengths and weaknesses- don't feel too bad.