Today, at a tutoring center, one of the tutors looked at my worksheet and laughed. She then showed all the other tutors my mistakes and they laughed along with her. The best part? They all speak Chinese and they think I can't understand them. I'm Chinese. FML
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Dead leaves, the first cold of the season and an umbrella flipped inside out: fall, the season of grace.
Today, in algebra, I took out my notebook. My Chinese teacher was so impressed with my "Chinese" writings on the cover that I'm now her "favorite student". Those "Chinese" symbols are actually Japanese, but I wanted someone to like me so badly that I didn't correct her. FML
Today, in calculus, our substitute teacher told me I was smart. Everybody in the class, including my friends, burst out laughing. FML
Today, I was eating at a Chinese restaurant, when I stopped the waitress to tell her that even though I am of Chinese heritage, I can't understand a word of Chinese. After an awkward silence, she told me she was actually speaking English. FML
Today, I was asked to prove that I was Chinese by translating the phrase, "Ching chong ming chang ho". I'm not even Chinese. FML
Today, a girl called me a racist, stereotyping asshole. All I did was ask a kid who happens to be Asian to tutor me in math. Which I didn't do just because he's Asian, but rather because he's in college and is actually a brilliant mathematician. FML
Today, the Chinese student I've been teaching English to got on stage in front of hundreds of people to read her final essay. She ended with, "What a fucking day." I don't swear, and I no longer have a job. FML
Today, I went to see the school counselor to schedule my classes for school. She asked me if I knew how to speak English. My parents are Chinese and I don't even know how to speak Chinese. I've lived in America my whole life. Plus, I even spoke to her in English to ask about classes. FML
Today, at the nail salon, a Korean woman was making fun of me. I kindly told her, in Korean, that I understood. She kindly told me, in English, that she didn't care. FML
Today, I called the Vietnamese teacher at my son's kindergarten by my Chinese colleague's name. Luckily, she didn't catch it. I'm not a racist, I was just tired after a long day. FML
Today, my math TA showed the class how one of her "dumb" students answered a test question. Everyone laughed as she wrote out the students answer, including myself, until I looked down at my answer sheet and saw that I submitted an identical answer. FML
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ohsnapword 21
This is the part when you start speaking Chinese to them.
roaf 13
That's when you take your money and get out.
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ohsnapword 21
This is the part when you start speaking Chinese to them.
ScratchCatPower 32
I hate it when people do that. I'm mostly South American (parts Bolivian and Brazilian), so people assume I speak Spanish without asking, just because I look hispanic. So when they speak Spanish to me, I stand there all awkward like "Mhm... uh-huh... I don't speak Spanish fluently."
rosesarenice 5
I'm not even close to being Hispanic or Latina yet people still speak Spanish to me thinking I speak it.
roaf 13
That's when you take your money and get out.
bradleybaldwin 9
Bitches
tmj25789 23
If I were you, I would make a comment to them in Chinese. Watch their reactions change real quick.
Devolution 8
That's your cue to humiliate them in their own language
soopervillain 7
Don't give up
DeadxManxWalking 27
So I assume the FML staff solved the problem?
cuz803 46
Prove them wrong by speaking Mandarin
riniripper 13
in Hong Kong its actually Cantonese
cuz803 46
Oh. Thanks for the correction
dukemisery 18
Some people make little weapons called spitballs... you should start