Today, while working customer service, I instructed a customer to press the pound key on her cellphone. She hesitated a moment before asking, "Um, the pound key? You mean the hashtag, right?" FML
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TheCowCollector 2
Why is it called the pound key? Why not just number?
morthug 11
I don't really see what the issue is. Nowadays we don't really use the word "pound". We usually use "hashtag". She's probably used to that.
chosha_fml 26
Why is everyone down on people who know it as a hash symbol. Only the US calls it a pound symbol. Most of the world used lb for pound, as the US did at one point, and others use # for number or hash or sharp. And it's not some crime to use social media and be familiar with its symbols.
BLINGSTUDIOS 3
She could have at least said " Your talking about the key tat stands for number right?"
flashback_fml 14
She would've shit bricks if you told her # meant number
WaBrewer 11
Kill me...
Curlytwirly22 17
I'm with ##16 pound her face dude
am177037 9
This made me sad...
td8186 2
pound sign = £ #= hash standard English!
turkturkington 13
I am from Ireland. I have NEVER heard of a 'pound' key. It's always been 'hash key'. I originally thought the OP was talking about the money pound key - this one - £. And then I realised that he said 'cell phone', not 'mobile phone' and I got really confused.