Today, I had to proof-read a terrible paper containing a bunch of mistakes. It took me 4 hours and I didn't eat dinner until I was done. His response when he got it back was, "What the fuck did you do to my paper?! You bitch!" 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, I got an email from my professor with my grade for a paper. It said, "Solid writing, but you should have proofread your final draft more carefully." In a moment of annoyance, I typed in the reply box, "God should have proofread your FACE more carefully." My elbow hit the send button. FML
Today, my boss chewed me out for correcting several spelling and grammar mistakes in one of his reports. The words "Think you're so damn smart, don't ya?" were uttered. I'm his secretary, and proofreading his shit is part of my job. FML
Today, I pulled an all-nighter to finish an essay. I submitted it one minute before the deadline. Later, I opened the file to double-check and realized I'd uploaded my rough draft, containing notes like “THIS PART MAKES NO SENSE, FIX LATER.” The professor then replied, “I agree with your assessments.” FML
Today, my professor handed me back a paper I spent hours hours working on. At the bottom in red it said "D" followed by, "That was a gift." FML
Today, I had to proofread a document my boss had written. When I pointed out that he spelled "college" as "collage" multiple times, he angrily accused me of trying to make him look stupid. This is the guy who constantly boasts about his "genius" IQ level to the whole office. FML
Today, I had my teacher look over my essay before turning it in. He said it was extremely well-written, so I handed it in. When I got it back, the feedback he left said it was one of the worst essays he'd ever read. FML
Today, after I'd being sick all day, my boyfriend volunteered to do my very long sociology paper. I was later notified by my professor that the paper I'd submitted was completely plagiarized. FML
Today, a friend of mine asked me to proofread her essay. "Don't hold back," she said. I took a look at it. It looked like it was written by a third grader, and she's in college. After spending a huge amount of time marking all of her mistakes, I gave it back. She got upset at me for being "extremely critical." FML
Today, my boss asked me to read through a document. I gave my feedback, saying it seemed like it had been written by an 8-year-old. Turns out it was in fact written by him. FML
Today, I turned in an essay after staying up late to work on it. I was away when the teacher assigned it, so I'd asked my friend what the subject was. It transpires that she'd given me the wrong one, all because she was mad at me for not returning her pencil. FML
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Sir_ND_Pity 35
"I took all of the stupid out of it! " Too bad you can't do that with people. Sorry, OP, FYL!
Grootensliven 10
He's just pissed off that you could improve on his work that he thought was perfect.
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Comments (95)
cblock94 7
Not a Gouda idea
perdix 31
#57, I think you are suffering from what C programmers call an "off by one error." The cheese story was the one just before this, and that's what you get for using zero-based arrays.
xXNerrrdXx 16
"use it the way it is then !!" shoukd have said
mirthfulMessiahs 21
Who exactly is "he"? A coworker, classmate, your boyfriend?
interesting33 37
Did you change bits around in it too? I do that sometimes if I think it would sound better - or say they could use different words if they use the the same two in a sentence. I can imagine he might be annoyed if you changed everything but if it was just the spelling then you were doing what he asked you to do - and even if he didn't like it, he could still appreciate the effort you put into it and be polite about it.
Jacksparrow72 21
Some people are jsut ungrateful.
Leasha3 14
Never go without dinner!
simoncat 11
Whose paper was it? You didn't say.
Saikon1357 25
If the dumb shit doesn't want to learn, let them fail.
onorexveritas 24
were you obligated to?
Kalnus 14
If it makes you feel any better, I had to review and revise a peer's paper that was written "ju$+ |ik3 +#!$" for ten pages.