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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Comments (318)
epaisseur 0
ydi for judging people.
RicoNoSuave 0
ydi for bragging.
jgardner12 0
Yea you know since during this economic crisis someone who also took the stuff you feel so highly about taking might be working at Mickie Ds. YDI for judging people where they work, a job is a job no matter where it is at the moment.
jjcooper 0
people make mistakes. big deal. you'll get over it
loto_fml 3
YDI for thinking AP Calculus makes you some sort of math God.
SecretAsianMan 0
YDI for pretending to sound smart calling it the "inverse of a logarithm" thinking that nobody on here would know what you meant. "Inverse of a logarithm" is simply the exponential, and derivative of e^x is e^x. Dumbass.
centrupel 0
Thank you! I was gonna post this. But to be fair he said logarithm not natural log so it could be any a^x. But in that case the derivative is simply a^x*ln(a). There OP, now that you know the 'derivative of the inverse of a logarithm' you can focus on counting change.
Rhaegar 0
Thanks for posting this; I was going to. Clearly, the OP is a pompous idiot.
baby_gurl2405 0
It's Mcdonalds for god sakes, just dont tell them how 'good' you are at math and no one will care, they expect that kind of stuff from chain take-out places most of the time
MrWombastic 0
I just think op should be saying ''FML I study math'' But hey, thats just me :)
dzizzle 0
I'd worry more about the chip on your shoulder than the "lowly" McDonald's worker who schooled you.
StarElise 0
YDI for thinking yourself better than a McDonalds employee.