Money: Today, at my graduation for my high school GED, my parents said...

By Anonymous - 03/06/2009 05:40 - United States

Today, at my graduation for my high school GED, my parents said they were getting all my family and my girlfriend together. So we all went out to a steakhouse down the road, everyone ordered steaks. Turns out the 'surprise' was me paying. I only got 50$ grad money, and the bill was 159.98. FML

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By blahpizzablah - 22/06/2009 00:37 - United States

Today, I was delivering pizzas for my summer job. I got a big order to deliver for a fellow graduate's party. While I was being paid for the order my friend shows up and says "Don't pay him, his parents are rich, he can handle it." Then they shut the door and took off. The bill was $75. FML

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By howrude - 11/09/2009 11:57 - Canada

Today, my friends took me out to the most expensive restaurant in town to celebrate my promotion, we ordered everything with expensive drinks too. They 'took a smoke break' and left me with the bill. FML

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By waiterrrrrrrrr - 02/08/2009 19:12 - United States

Today, I was working my shift at a fancy restaurant and it had been a really hard day. My parents came in to have dinner and surprise me. After paying, they left a note saying they would see me at home. It also said "By the way, no tip, because you stink at serving." FML

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By goin4broke - 07/08/2009 15:23 - United States

Today, my parents came to the restaurant I work at as a waiter. After, I picked up the check to realize they had left me a $500 tip! We split the tips among the employees so I only got $50 back but I was still psyched. When I got home they asked me if I had noticed that they used my credit card. FML

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Kuroftw 0

Wednesday 3 June 2009 16:05

Your family are assholes.

Raceta 5

Wednesday 3 June 2009 16:02

You should have climbed out of the bathroom window and bailed :) hehe.

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mikew85 0

Wednesday 3 June 2009 16:37

Well, getting your GED probably wasn't very hard. Nonetheless, your family making you think they were taking you out to dinner and then sticking you with the bill is pretty cold. Hopefully you realize your family is a worthless group of scum, get a decent job, and leave them behind. Unless you get a sincere apology from them, forget them. Good luck on the next chapter of your life, and I hope you can further tour education with a college degree.

ozymandias_fml 0

Wednesday 3 June 2009 16:37

#36 Getting a GED means you dropped out of high school, not completed it.

Katzilla_dances 0

Wednesday 3 June 2009 16:38

I disagree with #9, I am the only one of my six siblings that has a proper High School degree, and they are all doing much better than I. A GED is the same damn thing as a High School Diploma.

ozymandias_fml 0

Wednesday 3 June 2009 16:40

#40 -- they got $50 for dropping OUT of high school, not graduating... #44 -- no, it is not. It means that you could not even do something as simple as pass high school. It is a permanent black mark on your record, even if you go on to college. Sad that you are being out performed by high school drop outs. FYL, indeed.

particrashr 0

Wednesday 3 June 2009 16:41

I definitely agree with number 9. If you had passed high school the first time this wouldn't have happened. YDI

mrcoon 0

Wednesday 3 June 2009 16:44

Heheh

testing_fml 0

Wednesday 3 June 2009 16:48

For all of those dissing the OP about dropping out of high school and getting the GED, you have a big **** YOU coming to ya. You know, there are times when people have to leave school - but at least the OP is trying to make something out of their life. Not everyone is privileged. I was lucky with the private high school I went to, but I'm allowed to, and will sympathize with this person. They're trying to do something, and with the GED, they'll be able to move on. There are plenty of people who drop out for crap reasons (drugs, alcohol, etc.) and never go back and their life is a downward spiral that they can't get out of, and they make nothing of their life. About the money: I wouldn't expect a lot, but $50 is low. However, @ OP: that's scummy as shit to make you pay for it. Unless, at the same time you were working. I bet you're the only one in your family trying to make something of your life, so good for you. Get a job, work up through the ranks, and eventually rub it in your family's face.