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 rang up a customer’s items. The total came out to $24.67. She handed me a bag full of coins and looked at me expectantly. I asked if she had any other payment methods; she got irritated and said ,“If I did, I wouldn’t have given you this, stupid!” I had to count them. She was still 6 dollars short. FML
Today, a lady came into my workplace to pay her $120 bill in one dollar bills. I kept losing count. FML
Today, at my retail job, a woman came to my till with her purchases. After I scanned all her items, she handed me two small bags. One was filled with nickels and dimes. The other was filled with cents. Her total was $28.53. The coins amounted to $22.30. 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
Today, a lady handed me a $10 tip on a $45 bill. I was happy with it, since it was more than 20%, until she came back in and said, "I'm sorry I gave you the wrong amount." I handed it back to her and then she gave me a dollar. FML
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
Today, I was cashiering, and a customer's change came to $5.51. She looked pretty stinking rich, so I just gave her $5.50. She demanded the extra penny, and I asked if she really needed it. She said, "No, but they do, asshole," and dropped her $5.51 in the charity donation box. FML
Today, I was shopping at the grocery market and was next in line. Behind me was a woman who only had two items, so I nicely let her in front of me, as it looked like she was in a hurry. When she was all rung up, she decided to pay her $16.45 in loose change which needed to be counted out. FML
Today, I handed a middle-aged woman her change of $0.75 with three quarters. She looked at the change bewildered and threw the coins down, asking if she thought I could get away with only giving her thirty cents. I had to explain to her how much a quarter is worth. FML
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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seculare_fml 0
So much hate on this board...senseless competition...I hope you all feel better about yourselves! Dehumanizing repetitive labor leads to neuronal atrophy...I suggest you quit your job.
honeybunches88 5
Don't most cash registers tell you exactly how much change to give back? The one I work on does. I also try to do the math in my head but I always check myself. But I'll admit it's an easy mistake to make. Be glad she didn't keep the dollar =)
josephnm 0
all I have 2 say is that she waz a crazy bitch probaly a upper class American
FMN13 0
So no one can make mistakes? Everybody think they would NEVER do the same mistake at all???? Good, didn't think so too....
damon199 0
ya, I'm going to go ahead and call bullshit...
William488 1
today a lady gave me back money that I gave her in error. she saved me from possibly getting in trouble. man fml. geesh. what a fml.
hideyoself 4
what is this for ghetto business!? just let the register calculate the change if its too hard for you.
legohead11 5
Well you are a dumb ap calculus student
DynamiteDoodle 0
FYL for having shitty customers. Anyone who's worked in customer service understands this feeling all too well. We all screw up basic arithmetic no matter what we're good at. Don't feel bad, she's the weird one for getting all pissy over one ******* dollar.
notsofriendly 17
LOL
baristalbc 18
go back to consumer math