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By #isthisthepoundkey? - 01/11/2013 16:49 - United States - Deltona

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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By soannoyed - 22/09/2013 21:21 - United States

Today, my brother decided it would be funny for almost every sentence out of his mouth to start with the word "hashtag". FML

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By Barry Wom - 28/11/2018 12:00

Today, my boss is out of the office and sent me an e-mail asking me to multiply two numbers together and send her the result. Apparently she doesn't know that her smartphone has a calculator app. FML

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By Stu - 19/06/2012 09:59 - United States

Today, my girlfriend got a Twitter account. Now she won't stop hashtagging everything she sends me. FML

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By suspended - 09/08/2014 00:16 - Australia

Today, while I was working customer support, a lady hung up on me mid-sentence, and I trailed off, saying, "…aaannnddd you hung up on me like a bitch." Turned out she was still on the line and had just accidentally hit mute. FML

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By Anonymous - 12/11/2013 23:56 - United States - Westminster

Today, working as a cashier, I had a customer come through and ask to purchase a bag of ice. I asked, "Eight pound or twenty pound?", referring to the clearly marked weight of the bags. He replied, "What's the difference?" FML

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By Anonymous - 25/02/2017 21:45 - Canada

Today, I had to explain to a customer that she couldn't use the bathroom while going through the drive-thru. I still don't understand what exactly she had in mind. FML

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conholio33 28

Wednesday 12 March 2014 9:47

# = number sign, pound key and its used in music

ermahgerd1236 6

Saturday 1 November 2014 4:51

No the pound key Starbucks fueled degenerate retard

w_chen2511 10

Saturday 20 June 2015 8:45

This is what the world has come to...

sleepyglowstar 32

Tuesday 23 February 2016 10:43

In England if is called the hash key. I literally didn't even know what the poundkey was. I'd have been looking for £ :/

iSsjGohan 18

Tuesday 31 May 2016 15:23

TOO DOG-ON YOUNG

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Monday 11 July 2016 21:20

Love the username!

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Wednesday 31 May 2017 23:07

it's actually an octothorpe

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