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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Halloween
A failed costume, stolen candy and a very real scare: Halloween, the one night when fear is allowed.
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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Dwo091 2
the same kind of stuff happened to me. derivatives were easy but addition and subtraction were more difficult than it should have been.
heybud14 0
you are a tool. get over yourself. that is not an fml moment. maybe you should learn some basic human interaction as opposed to your precious ap calc.
vcstr 0
As a McDonald's employee who is currently taking Calculus and Algebra in university, this made me mad. Thanks to all those who have stood up for us so far. We count hundreds of customers change everyday, and since we know you're in a rush, its not embarrassing at all if you make a mistake. What is embarrassing, is when you assume you're smarter than us, and try to prove it by telling us all about what you're learning when, let's face it, the derivative of the inverse of a logarithm sounds fancy and important, but is really pretty basic.
xYumix 0
can I unlike this?
xYumix 0
hahahahaha you're gonna be that that fml where he got a full ride scholarship in college but is now working at a fast food place
bovice 0
get off your high horse douche bag
lalaland_0810 0
ok asshole just cuz sum1 works at mccdonalds doesnt mean their not in school, and dirivitaves of inverses and derivatives in general are basic 1st semester pre calc
scribble87 0
I think people have already ripped this guy enough. Let me just say, one more time, that if you're in high school, you're automatically stupid regardless of what classes you're taking. Realize that, online, there will be more university and graduate students (and just graduates) than high school students, so while AP Calculus might be impressive to your dumb friends, it becomes a laughable matter for the rest of us. It gets even worse when you mention very simple things simply because it sounds cool.
_Naomi_ 0
Just because they work in McDonalds doesn't mean they can't add... gosh...
Emmaleakathryn 0
well, that's funny considering I work at McDonalds and take honors calculus. Nice, Asshole. way to stereotype.