Today, I was holding the door open for a friend. She told me to wait a second because she had to finish a text. Nearly a minute passed before I asked why she wouldn't come inside to finish typing. We were at a Chinese restaurant. She thought the "No MSG" sign meant you couldn't text inside. FML
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Autumn: Leaves and Laughter
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Today, I was eating at a Chinese restaurant, when I stopped the waitress to tell her that even though I am of Chinese heritage, I can't understand a word of Chinese. After an awkward silence, she told me she was actually speaking English. FML
Today, I made plans with an old friend that I haven't seen in years. We agreed to meet at a diner and I told him I'd be standing outside. I watched him pull up, look right at me, then do something with his phone. Seconds later, I got a text saying, "Sorry, but I'm busy today and can't make it." FML
Today, I took my girlfriend out to eat at a diner where my friend works. My friend was our waiter but too busy to talk much. He texted me after we'd left to tell me that my girlfriend had slipped him her number. FML
Today, a woman yelled at me for holding a door open for her. FML
Today, I had been trying to text my girlfriend all day, but no reply. After a while, I became worried so I called. She picked up and said, "Can't talk, busy." Not even a minute later, my best friend says to me, "Dude, tell your girlfriend to leave me alone. She's been texting me all day." FML
Today, while holding the door open for a stranger, I thought I was being polite. She walked through, smiled at me, and said, "Thanks, but you didn’t have to follow me into the bathroom." I hadn’t noticed the door led to the restroom. FML
Today, I pretended to not be able to go out with a friend so I could hang with my boyfriend at the movies. When I sat down I received a text that said, "Turn around." It was her. FML
Today, my girlfriend and I were out to dinner. She had to use the bathroom, so she went, but the food came while she was in there. She came out, yelling at me for ordering the food to come that exact time, then she broke up with me. FML
Today, I was outside at a café when I looked at my phone. As I did, a woman halfway across the patio started screaming at me, demanding I tell her who I was texting and why. She then sprinted over, furious at me for apparently badmouthing her to somebody. All I did was check the time. FML
Today, I was in a rush to meet some friends for brunch, and I arrived first. The restaurant door was locked, so I knocked. A waiter opened the door and stared at me with confusion before saying, “This isn’t the entrance, ma’am.” It wasn’t until I walked around the corner and saw the correct door that I realized I had been standing at the employee entrance the entire time. FML
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limitedition 25
At least she won't be rudely texting while you are dining.
oj101 33
MSG is one of several forms of glutamic acid found in foods. Because glutamic acid is pervasive in nature, being an amino acid. Seeing as the US doesn't ban/regulate them like Europe does, restaurants put up a no MSG sign. Basically, it's an additive.
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ChristinaAAR 14
Her stupidity hurts.
Nikkitaria 9
People seem to be confusing stupidity for ignorance. Everybody is ignorant about plenty of things. This is why it's so difficult for many people to reach out and ask questions. They are afraid of being wrong, as if making a mistake is the worst thing that could happen. It's this exact type of reaction that is setting us back.
gracehi 31
I agree. I'm still a novice at my job, but I often find myself afraid to ask a question, because the environment where I work is such that someone who asks a question is often ridiculed. I feel like it's really holding me back in my training.
perdix 29
#56, you should probably suck it up and ask your questions. The ridicule you take will be compared to the ass-chewing you'll get for a major ignorant ****-up. I hate that kind of environment!
gracehi 31
I usually try to find the answer in the manuals, which is really a better way to learn anyway. If I still can't find the answer and it's something I really need to know, I take someone aside and ask them in private. I'm usually pretty selective about who I ask in private too. I'm getting by, but it does make things harder. There's a lot of ****** up things about where a work. There are times I wish I wasn't under contract.
berryblizzard 11
And this is what the majority of our world is made up of..
ColbyGB 13
Texting has ruined us
Ryan8878 21
edit: piss*
lambda_fml 40
edit: off
guitarst1071995 12
At least it was in good intention
sirjuice35 11
oh wow.... you can't be serious.
interesting33 36
Actually... I wouldn't be surprised if I made the same mistake.. what DOES it mean?
nekroseftychia 9
MSG is monosodium glutamate. It's something Chinese restaurants are known to put in their food (so much it was actually a vocab word in my Chinese class when we were learning about food). To be honest, I also would not have known about it unless I took Chinese (although I know what SMS is).
qjdb 8
Have you not read ANY of the other comments on here? The same question was asked and answered at least 5 times.
kennaem1 11
So many unneeded periods in this post.
CountryBum 6
This is why I worry about my generation and the ones coming after it. We are all screwed if this is what makes up the world.