Today, a customer at work pronounced the word "Asian" as "Ah-See-Awn" when ordering a salad. I wasn't allowed to say anything. FML
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Today, at work a lady asked for a burrito, large coke, and hot sauce. While repeating back the order, the words got stuck and I accidentally said large cock. I got written up for being inappropriate. FML
Today, I was eating at a Chinese restaurant, when I stopped the waitress to tell her that even though I am of Chinese heritage, I can't understand a word of Chinese. After an awkward silence, she told me she was actually speaking English. FML
Today, a new coworker asked me how to pronounce my name and made a dismissive remark that, "all Asian names are so hard to pronounce and they all sound the same." My name is Christopher. FML
Today, at work, I took an order from a stuck-up sounding lady over the phone. She said her last name was "duckling, but with an F". Bemused, I wrote her name on the order. When she arrived to pick it up later, she told me she'd said "s", not "f". FML
Today, a customer called me "chink eyes", "dog eater", "bloody Chinese communist" and "ching chong." I'm black. FML
Today, my boss gave me a verbal warning. My crime? Calling people "Hon'", "Darlin'", and the like. I work at a Texas diner. FML
Today, I almost got written up for insubordination by my boss. All I did was explain to him that I couldn't help a tourist out because I speak Japanese, not Korean, and that it's not in fact "the same Asian shit" as he seemed to think. FML
Today, while registering at the grocery store, a customer came into my lane with a 100 piece boiled shrimp platter. Feeling hungry, I muttered, "Nom nom" under my breath. The old man called my supervisor. Apparently I called him a moron. FML
Today, I went to the Asian Grocery. I politely smiled, bellowed, “Hello!” and kind of waved to the cashier as I walked in, to which he gave me a blank, scared-for-his-life kinda look. Turns out he was actually just another customer. FML
Today, at my work in a self-service chinese restaurant, a lady came up to me, pointed to the plate she loaded with honey king prawns, and yelled at me because she was allergic to seafood. She demanded a refund and another plate. Everything is clearly labeled. FML
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Jseldi 10
Better to leave it rather than to start crap and lose your job. Someone else will eventually deal with him
JellyBalls 18
Here's your Saw-ooo-Lad.
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Comments (34)
Curlytwirly22 17
You know that's what I hate; people who can't pronounce words right !!!
Epikouros 32
What is an Asian salad anyway? Something like basmati rice with hummus, beef teriyaki, kimchi, bok choy and Thai chilli sauce? And do restaurants in Asia have a European salad?
anfscd 17
Everything you said just reeks of stupidity.
russian_canuck 8
I bet he was Russian
buttcramp 21
That took some serious self control, OP! Hopefully that person was just a prankster and not a moron.
cryssycakesx3 23
I hate when people mispronounce words, but I do not understand how this is an FML or even hat if of a deal...
arandomperson97 19
Should've just repeated his order as if to check and said it correctly.
emenesso 13
Haha OP my boss is Scottish and pronounces it "Ay-zee-un", and he's well read, fairly intelligent and can spell & read just fine. Maybe the customer is just around people a lot who pronounce it 'funny' to us, who knows. Anyway, best just to smile & nod and not offend anyone. :D
gaiakirkland 10
I don't see how this is an FML, maybe he/she was just Spanis or Italian, here in Italy some people mispronunce Asia and Asian like that, when speaking English. Anyway I feel your pain, mispronunciation is quite harmful for your hearing.
cryssycakesx3 23
let me reword... why is this a big deal?
kernelkat 16
Maybe that way is correct for him. You can't always tell someone's nationality just by looking at them. Also he could have spent time in other country and picked it up there. Sometimes being curious is better than being judgmental.