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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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
Today, I went with my friends to see a movie. I handed my student card over to the cashier as proof I was old enough to see it, and he started laughing hysterically at my picture. Then he called over a colleague, who also started laughing. FML
Today, I was working a concert ticket booth. A lady gave me her ticket, I punched it, and told her to enjoy the show. She asked for the “hotel.” Apparently, she thought that the concert ticket cost included a hotel stay, since she traveled from out of state. She cussed me out and had to be escorted out. FML
Today, a lady came into my workplace to pay her $120 bill in one dollar bills. I kept losing count. FML
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, as I worked as a cashier, two girls came up laughing. I smiled as I rang them up, asking what had made them laugh so hard. One looked me dead in the face and said, "You." They then both walked away, laughing. FML
Today, in calculus, our substitute teacher told me I was smart. Everybody in the class, including my friends, burst out laughing. FML
Today, I went grocery shopping. Being a bartender, I had a huge wad of dollar bills from cash tips. As I was counting them at the register, I looked at the cashier and joked, "You probably think I'm a stripper or something." He looked me up and down and said, "Uh... hell no." FML
Today, it was our class field trip. I got five dollars from ten different people because they wanted me to sit away from them. FML
Today, while checking out a couple at work, I handed them their receipt and wished them a good day. The woman promptly pulled her husband to the side, and whispered to him about how much of a "fucking idiot" I was for making the prices so high. I work at McDonald's. FML
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ZuRG_fml 7
Why? Why are people so giddy that they're mathematically incapable? Nobody goes, "teehee, I read at a 6th-grade level!" "I struggle with subject/verb agreement and homophones in my native language!" Don't be proud of the fact that you're a dumbass.
iKaite 0
Its really not that hard a sum, dude. o_O
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Comments (141)
epccsplayer 0
Damn. That's sad. And public schools can be awesome, if you are good enough to get into the right ones. UCLA woot
blake116 0
im 13 and i can do 40-25 maybe you should have paid more attention in school
Stahn 0
WOW you're only 13 and you can do 2nd grade math!? Like stating your age makes that impressive at all.
Butterbuns 1
YDI for not being able to do simple math.
Butterbuns 1
You don't demonstrate reading in public? What about signs, menus, ads, bus schedules, street names....
barlessprison 16
Sweetie, the fact that they didn't laugh at your poor joke is the least of your problems. 40-25? Seriously?
mister_moops 0
wow. ydi for being pathetically stupid...
soiree_fml 0
ydi for not being able to do mental math of $15....
SimpleSimon 0
How is it that intelligent people are losing their jobs by the thousands due to global recession, and somebody who can't subtract two whole numbers gets to keep theirs? You went to public school? Maybe you should have gone to special school...
emzmcgee 0
Yeah because all those intelligent people are just clamoring to work as a box office cashier...
armacneill 0
People are hiring anyone these days...
Lehk 9
Well i guess you now know whether or not you are smarter than a sixth grader.