Today, I met up with an old high school friend who I used to make fun of because he put so much effort into his studies. Turns out he makes my annual salary in a month. FML
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Fall
Dead leaves, the first cold of the season and an umbrella flipped inside out: fall, the season of grace.
Today, I found out that my friend makes more money than I do. She's a high school dropout and working at a retail job at the mall. I went to college for four years to get my job. FML
Today, my former high school bully became my manager. FML
Today, I ran into an old friend from college on the bus to work. Having not seen each other in over 10 years, we spent a good 15 minutes talking about our lives after college. At the end, he asked me what my name was. FML
Today, we had a school reunion. The guy who bullied me throughout my high school career is now rich and married. I'm broke and single, and he specifically came up to me to point it out. FML
Today, I ran into an old friend, and she remarked how she couldn't believe we hadn't seen each other in a year. Except not only did I attend her baby shower a few weeks ago, I spent hundreds of dollars on a unique gift. FML
Today, I finally reunited with a lot of old friends from school. It was great to see everyone grown up and hear the stories. At the end we decided to have a group photo for old times sake. They asked me to take the picture. FML
Today, I began my job as an intern at a high school. I saw one of the students looked very familiar, and I couldn't remember from where. Then I figured it out, I had hooked up with him at a club last week. He's a junior in high school, I'm in my last year of college. FML
Today, I was at the store when I ran into an old friend from high school. He didn't recognize me at first, but when I told him who I was, he instantly shouted "Oh! Yeah! The fat chick from Mr. H's class!" FML
Today, I was meeting my husband's old friends at his 20 year high school reunion. He introduced me as his 'friend from work' to his ex girlfriend. FML
Today, I had a meeting with the CEO about a promising job with good pay and benefits. Upon meeting, we immediately recognized each other. He was someone I used to make fun of in school all the time. He responded by refusing to interview me and had security throw me out by force. Karma bites. FML
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krystal2424 0
hahaha well good for him!
FuckMyEveryth1ng 0
You ever hear of "Don't make fun of nerds cause they'll be your boss one day"? Seems like it's true.
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Comments (226)
traze 7
In your face.
zacharytk72 5
you ******* deserved it :p
CoachLlama 5
Ha, great story. Nice to see hard work pay off, and good for you recognizing this individuals success.
fmlbrooo 0
that's what you get hahaha. :D
Cinn_fml 23
There tends to be a reason that people study, and I don't see why it's something to make fun of. Hopefully you only made fun in a light-friendly kind of way and not in a bullying way, especially as you said they used to be your friend.
PYLrulz 17
YDI. Now get off of FML and get back to flipping my burgers!!!
unko_oa 0
lmfao win
perdix 31
Revenge of the Nerds! At one point, Bill Gates was making more in an hour than most people made in a year. Steve Jobs, on the other hand, only makes $1 a year from Apple. Sometimes those of us who sacrifice our social lives in high school and college get something in return later in life.
aad2307 0
a dollar a year?! that can't be right!
GreeneyedWonder 0
It's true, his salary is 1$ a year. On the other hand, he owns shares of his company worth a pretty hefty sum, so I'm sure he's far from going broke.
GDIalex 11
By the way, it's pretty clear for me that you don't sacrifice your life in college when you're deciding to study instead of loosing your time. It is the life. And I live my life much better even now, while studying in university, much better than anyone who do not pay enough attention to studying. For example, our pre-exam test session starts at 20th of December and ends at 30th, while exams session starts at 8th of January and ends at 27th. Anyone, who have failed the exam in his first try, need to try it again later, so that your exam session can be way longer. If you fail your second attemt, you are pushed out from the university. Next semester starts at 7th of February, so you have about 10 days of holidays to go home. The thing is that I've already passed the whole tests and the exams, so I'm already at home, in the other city, riding my snowboard and swimming at my pool. I have 1,5 months holiday and three "A" marks for my three math's exams. Would you tell me that it is wrong - to do your best in studying? Come on, now thats you who is putting too much effort in studying, when I'm having fun.
smashgrab 0
I had a great social life in high school. Had the "nerds" tutor me on monday afternoons after practice, worked a part time job three days a week, partied with my friends the rest of the time. Did the same thing in college. Now I have a great career and plenty of free time to have fun with my family
smashgrab 0
Ran out of room... I never sacrificed my social life for studies, I just planned well and worked hard so that I could play harder. I don't understand why people believe you have to sacrifice scholastic achievement for social frivolity. You CAN do both if you manage your time and energy.
perdix 31
smashgrab and GDIalex, it's true you can balance your time and study effectively while having a good social life. Of course, the true "nerd" (in contrast with a conscientious and curious student) lacks the social skills to have fun even given the opportunity. That's why they appear to devote their extra time to their studies past the point where it would really help: to avoid revealing their lack of social skills. aad2307: No. It's true! Look it up. Steve Jobs actual salary from Apple is $1 a year. Of course, he owns billions in stock and has tons of stock options, plus he is the largest individual stockholder of Disney shares after he sold Pixar to them. Apple's shareholders also gave Jobs a $90 million Gulfstream V private jet, so even with his sub-minimum wage salary from Apple, he's doing OK.
sAnChEz_98 0
well you shouldve followed your friends example in highschool instead of picking on him! :)
Alygiiirly 0
you deserve it. that's what you get for making fun of people!(:
eftup 9
Is he banging your high school sweetheart too?