Today, I went to orientation for college. They gave us a name tag and I tried to figure out how to put it on for a few minutes. After struggling with it I realized it was a sticker. FML
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Today, I finally got my nametag. I had been using other people's names like Maria and Caie for a week, so I was happy to be called my own name. I put it on and got to work. Ten minutes later, I was called into the office. I got laid off. I got to wear my nametag for 10 minutes. FML
Today, it was my first day. HR handed me a badge with my photo and… someone else’s name printed in big letters. I spent the whole morning being introduced as “Greg” to people who said, “Nice to meet you Greg.” By lunch I’d corrected maybe 3 people and reinforced everyone else’s assumption that my real name was Greg. FML
Today, I bought a new purple shirt and decided to wear it to this charity function I was going to. I thought I looked pretty good in it. Then I got home and realized I left the sticker on. I had an "XL" sticker on my boob all night. FML
Today, at my internship, I was told we were going to do something fun. I was excited, until I found out that this "fun" thing was labeling 500 folders. FML
Today, I was volunteering at the library. A kid came up and asked me to help him peel the back off his sticker. It took me so long the kid left. Determined, I still tried to peel it off. Fifteen minutes later, the librarian came over, looked once at it, and told me it wasn't a sticker. FML
Today, I went to my first class of the semester. After an hour of intense note writing, I realized I was in the wrong class. FML
Today, I put on a new pair of jeans and went out. Halfway through my errands, I realized the long sticker with my size was still on the back. I walked around for quite a while advertising my embarrassing waist and leg measurements. FML
Today, I bought a new shirt for a job interview and put it on just before leaving. On the train, I noticed the shop's security tag was still attached. I had to spend the entire interview trying to keep my jacket closed, wondering how I'd missed the chunk on plastic stapled to my shirt when I put it on. FML
Today, it was picture day at my school. After I got home, I realized my shirt was on inside out… and backwards. FML
Today, I was taking a placement test for the new college I am going to. After the test and picking up a few numbers, I left with great pride. I opened the door and started walking out. I then realized that I had walked into the closet. FML
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mzrobinson 13
Are you sure you should be in college?
GothicAngel17 24
And you made it into college how, exactly?
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unknown_user5566 27
Yikes, that speaks volumes to the educational system of our generation. The fact that you weren't taught how to use deduction skills at any point in your educational career is a bit scary. Good luck passing college level courses with an early elementary level of reasoning skills, OP.
rattusrattus 19
Somehow, I manage to do so, even though I spend vast quantities of the day doing very dumb things. Academic ability and common sense do not spring from the same source.
petlover7598 7
Common sense an deduction skills are two different things. Common sense is knowing its a sticker. 38 said deduction skills which means they use what they know (even if it is very limited) to solve a problem. Which is something that can and should be trained and honed. Is there a pin, lanyard, tape, or glue provided? No Does anyone else appear to be using one of the previous methods? No (yea, we are on the right track) Is there clearly a paper backing on the back of name tag? Yes What do the people around you seem to be doing? Pulling something off the name tag, throwing it away, and then just pressing the name tag to their shirts. Do I know anything that has a sticky back where you can take it and just stick it to something? Post-it notes!!!!!! Wait I mean stickers!!!!!
unknown_user5566 27
65- Thanks for backing me up, you took the words right out of my mouth.
rendezvous1111 3
Did the person sitting next to you have an "I'm with stupid --->" nametag on?
reddudeover 2
Quit sure, it says derp.
chokefrantic 9
Drop out now, preserve your dignity.
PInK_ExCiTeD 7
Yeah and that's the best that you could come up with? -.-
KiddNYC1O 22
Who needs dignity when you could have edumacation?!
reddudeover 2
I don't even see how... what? I sure hope you weren't expecting anything other than YDI.
vexx32 5
hopefully this will stick in your memory so you don't make the same mistake again :)
thiscrazything 1
Look at you go! Haven't even started classes yet, and your already learning new stuff!
BecomeMine 0
We all do that bud...
buckie123 3
Oh don't worry, there's a class to teach you that.
Cathrin 26
Don't feel bad, OP. We all have our dunce moments.