Today, I found out that the girl I tutored in high school in basic ENGLISH just received her PhD in Biophysics. I am now the manager of a McDonald's. I was also the Valedictorian of our graduating class. FML
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Thanksgiving
Questions about your love life, a burnt turkey and the cousin who knows everything: Thanksgiving, a contact sport.
Today, I lost my job to a girl that graduated with the same bachelor's degree from the same college as me. She also got a master's in an unrelated field. I've been working there 7 months, and her master's in maths apparently makes her a better athletic trainer than me. FML
Today, was my graduation from a prestigious university. In two days I start working at a hot dog stand. FML
Today, my former high school bully became my manager. FML
Today, I found out that my friend makes more money than I do. She's a high school dropout and working at a retail job at the mall. I went to college for four years to get my job. FML
Today, my mom was named principal of the school I go to. FML
Today, I found out that a co-worker of mine that I had originally hired, trained, and mentored to work in my department for the past 4 years had just got the promotion that I had applied for. He is now my boss. FML
Today, I found out that my ex-girlfriend got engaged to a coworker. I got her the job. FML
Today, I was at working at Burger King as a cashier. A girl I met last night came in and said, "Aren't you that guy from last night?" Last night, I had told her I was going to medical school and was going to be a doctor in less than a year. FML
Today, I found out my daughter has a higher paid job in the same company I work in. I also found out she is dating my boss. FML
Today, I walked at my graduation ceremony, proudly wearing my valedictorian cords. It turns out that, after some confusion on behalf of the student services office, I was neither valedictorian nor salutatorian (by 0.2 points). I'm dating the actual valedictorian. FML
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leili 0
LOL #1. You do know that Biophysics doesn't have that much of a correlation to English, right? You should get up and DO something about your situation instead at looking at what others are doing.
sooper 0
at least you're manager and not an employee :D
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ericpop27 0
I created an account just to say that this is the most depressing FML that I've read so far. I'm about to graduate with an English Degree, see you at McDonalds.
ohnoyouDINT 0
Yes, I would like fries with that.
aja175 0
YDI. Life is what YOU make of it.
kiscool11 0
you could go to a great college, not be a manager at mcdonalds. DUMBASS.
BlueFeather 0
YDI. For implying that someone with English as a second language is some how intellectually inferior. Plus everyone else is right, you ultimately decide whether you beat the odds and overcome obstacles.
kuno_thunder 0
Yeah, life has a way of doing that sometimes. Movitation is your friend! Instead of posting an FML, go apply for your degree! You can do it!
visage 0
It all comes down to drive.... she has it, and your stuck fixing crap rating food. YDI for lacking motivation.
ihasanintegral 0
Even if the person wasn't foreign, some people just do not do well in English. I knew 10 or so people who tested into Honors Calculus at my college and failed their English placement tests! They were in remedial English yet in a high entry level math course! If you do not have the drive or the interest in learning, you can never do well in a specific field. Our top grads went to school for an undecided major and couldn't figure out what they wanted to do with their lives. Ultimately, they just moved back home.
_Noon_ 0
Well, she probably didn't waste her time on FML whining about how her life sucks. So, YDI.
letitbe56 0
If you tutored her in "basic" English, I'm assuming it wasn't her first language. I really hate it when people act like ability to speak English is a measure of intelligence, when there are all kinds of very smart people all over the world, doing important research or writing amazing novels, who don't speak English at all. Moreover, being a valedictorian doesn't mean anything. So you got good grades in high school, so what? It's what you do afterwards that counts. That girl worked hard to get her PhD. I'm not seeing any reason to believe that you worked hard. YDI.
calamito 0
This.
curryndricegirll 0
I just want to say thank you so much for posting this.
ihasanintegral 0
Repost, bury please.