Today, I got a phone call, and the person on the other line started speaking French. I assumed it was my friend, since we usually speak French with each other, so I said in French, "What do you want, asshole?" It wasn't my friend. It was a representative for the exchange program I'm applying for. FML
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Fall
Dead leaves, the first cold of the season and an umbrella flipped inside out: fall, the season of grace.
Today, it was my first day at school in the United States. Being from France, my French accent is really strong. After being made fun of all day, I met someone from Montreal. I was so excited and said, "Parlez-vous Français?" And his response? "HUH?!" FML
Today, I had a phone call from a company I was applying to. It was going really well, until the call ended. Now since I'm so used to calling my girlfriend, I ended the call with, "Love you, bye." And if things couldn't get any worse, I started swearing to myself. The recruitment officer heard me. I forgot to hang up. FML
Today, I was unable to communicate with a customer who only spoke French. As a result, my boss called me a "monolingual idiot." I speak Spanish, German, and Japanese. FML
Today, I began taking a French language class. After completing and submitting some homework, I got a response. A response that was completely in French. I can't understand shit. FML
Today, I got a phone call from a number I didn't recognize. It was a man with a speech impediment, and I began imitating him. He was the manager of a store I applied at. He wanted to arrange an interview. FML
Today, I was to have an important phone interview for a job. I got a call and everything went perfectly, and they said I was hired. Later, I found out that one of my "friends" had gotten one of his buddies to prank call me and make sure the line was engaged when the real interviewer called. FML
Today, I work as an executive assistant. My French boss wanted to do business with a big American customer, so he sent her an email suggesting a meeting. He copied me so that I could arrange said meeting. He had written, "Have your ass talk to my ass." FML
Today, I had a presentation in French class. I was so nervous, the first thing I said when I got up there was, "Hola." FML
Today, in a job interview I confirmed I could speak French, as I lived in France for 6 years and became fluent, but I was so nervous that when my interviewer started speaking French, I froze up and the entire French language exited my brain like it was escaping a fire. I was kicked out for lying. FML
Today, I picked up on a telemarketer and started speaking in Portuguese. It turns out that this particular telemarketer spoke it as well. Every time I hung up, he called back. Telemarketers get really excited when they find out someone else speaks their language. FML
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ilikerainbows 0
Tu es tres stupide.
Spiffy 0
Next time ask before you assume. Because when you assume, you make an ass out of you and me. But in this case, just you :P
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Comments (96)
Dragonmouth 4
Don't worry. He probably didn't understand you.
duckpsy 2
"I guess you dont kno ur friends voices that well #6 - 03/19/2009 at 11:18am by i_f_16 Report abuse" Yep. there's so many of these FMLs that are full of ignorance it makes me think they're fake.
luckyyyme 0
so you didn't pay attention/understand what the person on the other line was saying?
0 3
1. You don't know you're friend's voice 2. You didn't hear what he said, only that it was "speaking French." 3. Fake.
kotton720 0
zut zut et zut! je parle francais. petite
shutterbabe 0
maaaaybe you should have listened first.
shizzler 0
bon a tout les americains ici qui essaient de parler francais, fermez vos gueles. Haha just kidding, im impressed with ppl's french skills here :P what did u say? "QU'EST CE QUE TU VEUX CONNARD?"
greenfinch 0
#3. Stop trying to show off, you have bad subject-verb agreement.
kb021 18
??? The only thing wrong with #3's sentence is one missing accent. The verb is definitely conjugated correctly...
not_ur_mexican 0
smooth.
Boowah 0
#39 - true dat. YDI, youre a dumbass. and if you speak french, souldnt you be able to understand that you got accepted... people these days...