Today, as I rung up a customer's groceries, he gave me a pitying look and said I'd have a "real job" if I'd only studied harder. 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, a customer at the fast-food joint I work at gave me a pitying look and asked, "How's that liberal arts degree treating ya?" FML
Today, I'm a cashier in a grocery store. The visiting regional manager tore me a new one for being lazy. His reason? After working a double shift with no break, I decided to sit down for a minute when things got slow. FML
Today, a customer called me a "smart ass" because I helped him scan his coupon correctly. FML
Today, at the store, I didn't hear the cashier when she asked if I had a loyalty card. She took one look at my naturally bitchy-looking face and muttered "It's my JOB to ask, jeez." FML
Today, a customer berated me and told me to stop whining because I have to work on the weekend. What did I do to deserve this? I said, "Hi, how are you doing today?" FML
Today, a jobless person felt sympathy for me because I work retail. FML
Today, desperate for work, I went into a shop and asked the owner if he had any spare jobs to fill. He looked me up and down and sneered, "Yes, but not for people like... you." FML
Today, at work, I took a call from an angry customer. After listening to his problem and fully explaining how we could fix it, he called me a stupid girl and said I need more training as I obviously know nothing about my job. I'm the company training coordinator. FML
Today, a customer gave me the dirtiest look ever and muttered, "Goody two-shoes prick" after I asked if he'd like to donate a few cents to charity. FML
Today, I got the best grade in class on my economics midterm. Rather than tell me I did a good job, my professor criticized me in front of everyone about how I was working "too hard". FML
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Top comments
lex1459 38
Break his eggs.
klorehore 24
We need people for all kinds of jobs, even the ones that require no special education. Judging peoples value based on their job is such bs.
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Comments (69)
Mackade 18
Don't worry OP, it's not too late. It was wrong of him to assume you didn't try anyhow.
DoomedGemini 38
Who says its "too late"? My mom has TWO college degrees in accounting and something in business and works at a gas station and factory. Just because you have education and a degree doesn't mean you get a job in it. And even then, who's going to work the jobs people think they are too good for?
lex1459 38
Break his eggs.
gamermonster 34
And his legs
Myo_fml 20
Lol, I remember whenever I was a grocery store cashier that if someone said something demeaning to me, I'd not be gentle with their bread.
LilMissCanadian 22
Give him a peg.
Lalala579121 28
Squished bread is my worst nightmare.
lex1459 38
Then make sure you're polite I guess.
smoothies14 32
That'd only affirm the customer's belief that OP is incompetent.
klorehore 24
We need people for all kinds of jobs, even the ones that require no special education. Judging peoples value based on their job is such bs.
ceciliebossow 26
I know! Comments like that always annoy me, because although not all jobs are considered "cool" or "good", we need all those different jobs to be able to have the society that we do! Some people are just so completely ignorant. Don't feel bad, OP, I think your job is very real - and very necessary.
smokecloud_ 37
I hate the term "real job". I'm a server and I get that from time to time. I pay real taxes, make real money, which pays real bills. How is that not a "real job"?
Lalala579121 28
Give it a decade or two, then we'll have robots doing most jobs and they won't care about being insulted.
Abatu 4
it's mostly a us thing where living to work. instead of working to live is the norm
iwanttogotoparis 26
I hope you gave him the wrong change
maffy11 16
I think that would just reinforce his comment...
jesterinperil 28
Some people are just jerks, OP. They'll get what's coming to them.
americanafrican 32
i bet he doesnt tell that to the lady at the local bar
Dexter83_fml 17
I would of told him to piss off
MidnaLink 35
At work? Yeah, okay, let's see how that works out. As another customer, yeah, okay, do it.
SnowxSakura 17
Would have*
iiTzNeeNerz 26
You know, I'm trying to see things from his point of view but I find it quite difficult to shove my head that far up my ass.
LoLoLibra1 14
Working at a grocery store is one of the best jobs with GREAT overtime & benefits!! He just doesn't know...sorry OP that sucks!! I think your job is GREAT!!!! : )
meli1195 31
well I wouldn't go as far as saying it's the BEST job, sometimes it sucks. but everyone starts somewhere and OP could be like the thousands of other people who go to college and have a job at the same time. just because you're in a job like that doesn't make you any less than people with "real" job.
Dominus101 20
What a condescending idiot ! Good on you to keep your composure. I hope you didn't feel the need to reply, cause sometimes silence is the best response to a fool like that as you don't need their validation whatsoever, they don't know you or your situation. Keep your head up OP