Today, I was asked to dumb myself down so the people I was training could comprehend what I was saying. FML
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Wild Nights Out
Last call, bad decisions and 3 a.m. texts you'll regret until noon. Cheers.
Today, at work, I took a call from an angry customer. After listening to his problem and fully explaining how we could fix it, he called me a stupid girl and said I need more training as I obviously know nothing about my job. I'm the company training coordinator. FML
Today, I confidently answered a question in a meeting, only to realize everyone was staring at me because I’d misunderstood it completely. My boss gently rephrased it while I nodded like that was my point all along. It absolutely wasn’t. FML
Today, I had to go to a boring, never-ending "sensitivity training" session, all because my douchebag coworker filed a complaint against me last week after I apologized for being tardy. Apparently I was insulting people with mental disorders. Or as she put it, "differently-abled" people. FML
Today, the people who gave me no training or instruction on how to do my job tried to fire me, because asking for clarification apparently means I'm incompetent. FML
Today, I was fixing something for a guy at a steel manufacturing company. His employees told me that their boss can't hear properly, so I'd have to be loud when talking to him. When I'd finished, he asked me if I normally talked like that, or if there was something wrong with me. FML
Today, I tried to impress my boss with my knowledge of a subject and ended up sounding like a complete idiot. FML
Today, in class I was teaching 6 year olds about the difference between short and tall, and I asked them how they could see that I was shorter than the other teacher. One of them raised their hand and said it was because I'm fatter. FML
Today, I was warned that I was failing too many students and it had to stop, so I showed my boss all of the easy assignments a lot of students didn't even turn in. She told me to stop using so many "big words" in them. I teach at a four year University. FML
Today, I yet again had to pretend to be a dumb bimbo so that my boyfriend wouldn't get upset over the fact that, in some cases, I might be smarter than him. FML
Today, at work I put myself squarely in the lame / old people category when I foolishly asked out loud what FML meant. FML
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Top comments
Pleonasm 36
Look, if you're trying to teach preschoolers what the difference between a prepositional phrase and a subordinate clause is, you're going about this wrong.
zed34 18
You can't fix stupid
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Comments (116)
CantTouch 9
"Right, kick ass. Well, don't want to sound like a dick or nothin', but, ah... it says on your chart that you're ****** up. Ah, your shit's all retarded. What I'd do, is just like... like... you know, like, you know what I mean, like..."
Sillabub 15
It's a sad but true fact that in my customer service job I was trained to talk at a 5th grade reading level so customers could understand what i was saying.
TogeBara 12
Not enough details to know if FYL or YDI, but if you were a college professor or something I'd say FHL (f humanity's life) for the next generation. If you were actually training people like in a business setting, maybe you were using terms that they had yet to grasp. Like business lingo for your profession. I went into retail sales and they were saying SKU (pronounced skew) and I had no clue what they meant for 3 days until they finally explained it to me. At that point I was fine. Use smaller words next time OP. And if you wanna really be a jerk (do not recommend) talk REALLY SLOWLY.
baref00tmama 15
The most intelligent people know that it's important to relate to people on their level. If you're incapable of making yourself understood, you shouldn't be training people.
worldclassrager 41
Put together a slide show...that would probably help...unless I don't understand...
thatgirlincali 13
I find this more of a compliment, not an fml.
LoveandPeak 5
That's not ok. That just means your more educated. So don't feel bad.
griffy14 9
You should take it as a compliment. :)
Cathaniel 4
another blow to my faith for humanity
n530411351 9
sounds reasonable