Today, a McDonald's employee had to correct my math after counting out $2.37 in change. I'm in AP Calculus and am currently learning how to find the derivative of an inverse of a logarithm. FML
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Today, I was tending the cash register. I scanned a lady's items which totaled $89.68. She paid with a $100 bill. I gave her $11.32 change. She angrily gave back the extra dollar and complained about "schools nowadays". I'm an AP Calculus student. FML
Today, while working at McDonald's a car full of obnoxious teens came through. They had made a $30 order, and handed me a tin of small change, claiming that on a McDonald's ad they saw that we, employees, liked counting change. I had to count out $30 in spare change during a rush period at work. FML
Today, an old man, while I was working, asked me to spell average-length words. Confused, I refused. Turns out I was apparently taking too long counting the large amount of small change he'd given to me, and he assumed I couldn't count or spell. I study law, and I've learned basic calculus. Welcome to retail. FML
Today, disappointed with my results on a mathematics test, I went over it and realized my teacher had added up the marks incorrectly, leaving me with 17% less than I earned. The person who's supposed to be teaching me math can't even perform basic arithmetic. FML
Today, I was working my job as a waitress near my college. I handed a customer her check, and she noticed that I had added her bill wrong. I apologized, and she pointed to my "student" labeled nametag, asking what I was studying. I said English. I'm a math major. FML
Today, McDonalds charged me 21 cents for a honey mustard packet. The jerk manager made me break a $50 bill. So I grabbed all their napkins, carried them into the parking lot and tossed them all into the air in protest and drove off. Down the road, I realized I left my wallet at the counter. FML
Today, while checking out a couple at work, I handed them their receipt and wished them a good day. The woman promptly pulled her husband to the side, and whispered to him about how much of a "fucking idiot" I was for making the prices so high. I work at McDonald's. FML
Today, I saw a man help an elderly lady with her tray at the local McDonald's. I wanted to do something nice for him, so I added a couple extra nuggets in his meal. He later came up to me and told me I was dumb and didn't know how to count, and that was why I was working at McDonald's. FML
Today, I have a final for my precalculus class. After hours of studying this week, I felt pretty optimistic. Until I got to class and realized that I'd forgotten my calculator. FML
Today, while working at a gas station, I accidentally changed the price of gas to 8.9 cents per litre. It took me fifteen minutes to figure out why everyone wanted only two or three dollars of gas. I fixed it, but now my managers are debating charging me for lost revenue. FML
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e11ie 0
No big deal. Simple mistake. I have a PhD in English and misstype/spell words weekly. That doesn't mean I'm any less intelligent.
popatia 0
Who the **** you think you are that someone from mcdonalds can't be smart? A lot of people work at chain restarunts to pay for school, medical bills, etc.
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kitkatkelly 0
Meh, I'm a psych major and I can do that.
amber_catfish 0
"the inverse of a logarithm"?? are you trying to sound smart or something? cuz the inverse of a logarithm is just an exponential function, and if f(x)=a^x, f'(x)=a^xln(a)
C2k 0
Have you taken calculus? you take insane logs with like reverse trig functions and have to use really complicated unnecesary ways to solve the problem. Its not fun, but its like beginning calculus
PlunderTrain 0
^^^^^^
esdawg 0
See that's your ego getting shot to pieces when you look down on others. Karma sucks doesn't it?
joltcola13liar 0
Because McDonald's employees can never take Calculus. Also, Calculus doesn't involve much addition or subtraction, so taking that is completely separate from your ability to count correct change. Which you should know. Have fun in your minimum wage job in 5 years when you graduate college.
hellFighter 0
I think its funny how much wrong math I see on here from people trying to be smart, just like OP. Inverse of Log(x) = Exp(x) Derivative of Exp(x) = Exp(x) While the OP is an idiot for mentioning AP Calc I'd also like to add that on the cash registers now they actually tell the employees what the change is, AND exactly how to give it: (as in the employee will literally see "3 quarters, 2 dimes, 4 pennies" or whatever the correct change is).
I_Have_Issues 0
Dude, I'm in a math class lower than Calc, and we learned how to do that last week, no joke. By the way, isn't the inverse of a logarithm just an exponent? Yeah, it is.
cherry_blossom 0
Meh. I understand. I sometimes have lapses in simple math, too, and I'm taking AP Physics. No big. Some people just like to talk trash over the internet because they have nothing better to do. EDIT: Oh, but, you shouldn't trash on McDonald's employees. The economy is down the drain, and sometimes it's the only job people can find.
Flutist 3
way to add more value to yourself.
thesecretbill 0
It's nice to know how little you think of McDonald's employees since your such a big shot AP Calculus student. Wow, high school math? That sounds really hard.
Flutist 3
Unless Op is a super smart super rich sixth grader allowed to run around doing math to save the world--then you need to get over yourself. Until you are doing college math or teaching or calculating blackholes, then you aren't a hot shot.