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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Reality_bites 14
OP are you saying what I think you're saying? YDI for thinking that just because you are studying maths that somehow makes you smarter than someone else who works at McDonalds. Just because they work there doesnt make automatically mean they are less intelligent. Its a job and everyone has to start somewhere. Maybe they are studying too, and rely on McDonalds to help them pay for it, you dumbass.
patticake1601 0
YDI for thinking you are better than a MacDonald's employee. Pompous arrogant ass and dumb to boot!
dfarrey 0
Based on my experience, calculus is easier than adding and subtracting. I can derive in my head, but need my fingers or a calculator to add. Also, I know some people who work at fast food places who have taken higher level math classes. (I'm talking college, not high school.)
chakrabs 0
Its a tough economy, he's probably got a Ph.D
ellemk 0
I love how the majority of the people beating up on this poor guy can't spell and they have awful grammer, anddddddd are using the wrongs words on their sentences. ha.
Boon_fml 0
You spelled "grammar" wrong.
mattg_fml 0
You spelled "and" wrong, also.
lil_cig 0
you also said "wrongs words"
Lisa89 3
so? I've found no matter how intelligent a person is, they're only human, they sometimes make really stupid mistakes.
hot_mess88 0
Quit being a whiny little bitch. A lot of people have problems remembering the fundamentals as they go higher in their education. It's not that uncommon and it's nothing to be ashamed of. You should be ashamed of the cocky-ass way in which you dismiss the McDonald's employee as being inferior to you. Jackass. YDI, and I hope that you told the employee that you are in AP Calc and "currently learning how to find the derivative of an inverse of a logarithm" as you were yelling at him that he gave you the wrong change, just so that he could laugh at your sorry ass after his buddy in the back wiped a booger in your BigMac. Shit, we learned all that crap right after mapping our polar coordinates and jacking around with Mandelbrot's work in freshman geometry when I was in high school. Not that I remember any of that. I hate math. It makes my brain itch and bleed.
Flutist 3
Wow cause English Majors never make grammatical mistakes and doctors never have patients die on the table. You are human, while you might/sort of/maybe think/be good at math, it does not mean you are the BEST MATHEMATICIAN IN THE WORLD. Also, how do you know that the person working at MacDonalds didn't have several shiny degrees and a bad luck streak with the recession and has to work there.
FunkyVerb 0
YDI for being pretentious.
density 0
I did a brief stint a Mcy D's while I was in college. Had 4 semesters of calculus and differential equations under my belt by that time. My arithmetic improved during that couple of months because they made me work the drive-through window, and count back change from a drawer opened by the manager's key instead of having the computer tell me how much the person was due. Reduced their drive-through times that way. Next time you wish to make a derivative and derisive remark about the people at the till, consider asking them for help with your homework first. "Would you like fries with that?"