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
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Today, I was working in the box office. A group came in for tickets but wanted to pay individually. One paid $40 for a $25 ticket. Laughing, I reached for the calculator while saying, "I went to public school, so I can't do math." They didn't laugh. They were all teachers in public schools. FML
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swift07 4
wait huh she got mad cuz you gave her an extra dollar by mistake :-/
furburger 0
Doesn't the cash register tell you how much change to give? You may want to reconsider your major if reading 4 (four) numbers on a screen is confusing.
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Comments (225)
Lord_Osiris 0
What does the AP stand for? Awe Phooey?
xundria 5
Advanced placement
perdix 31
Ariginal Poster YWIA
youngclench 0
Artic Positioning
mkrone 0
asshole posting
lehmuffin 0
Advanced Procrastinators! duh!! haha
Ninjafriends 1
"AP" stands for "Advanced Placement", which is a course that is designed to prepare high school students for a college credit exam. In this case, "AP" stands for "Arithmetic Phail".
TonyAnania 0
gay
paramedig_gurl87 0
Wait, if you're tending the cash register why didn't the register tell you how much change to give the woman back?
Rick_S 3
Not exactly sure how this is an FML, but the fact that you're AP Calc does explain why you can't do simple math. When I was an undergrad studying Engineering, I took Calc 101, Calc 102, Physics 101 and Physics 102. By the end of it, I couldn't add 2 and 2 without a calculator. You get so focused on the advanced math that you forget how to do the basic stuff in your head.
verver 0
you are totally right!
Phoenix1023 3
Once, when I was an undergrad studying Engineering, I got a flashlight stuck in my ass looking for my marbles.
ulicksam 0
Who cares if you're an AP Calculus student. Most students these days never did any math without a calculator, and this is the result.
xundria 5
Wrong, please refer to 12 and 20.
gingerkid1029 0
so what? you still can't make change
CaptainPat 0
That sucks. Especially if it wasn't your fault. I know if the money in the register is new, it sticks together. I've had this happen to me a couple times, once the lady gave me the dollar back and was nice, another time i realized right as the person was leaving and they kept it.
furburger 0
Nice story. Usually they don't keep ones in the same slot as larger bills, so I'm not sure how this applies...
TakeMyLifePlease 7
If a 10 and a 1 are stuck together in op's register, they still get a fail for not being able to properly read or sort money.
dannodavis 0
Actually, the fail could be on the banker, or the person who counted the drawer before him.
Agony6661 0
Accidents happen
jesca_is 0
careless mistake on your part.
boberino 0
hey tard. you gave her an extra dollar. learn to count before you complain about other people