Today, I was sent to the principal's office because I refused to take my earbuds out. Those "earbuds" are my hearing aids. FML
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Halloween
A failed costume, stolen candy and a very real scare: Halloween, the one night when fear is allowed.
Today, I got suspended for bringing a "hazardous weapon" to school. They were earrings. FML
Today, I lost my earbuds on the subway to work, so I had to listen to my boss's terrible music all day. FML
Today, I got yelled at for having a set of headphones around my neck at all times, because it "makes me seem disinterested." Two things: 1. I have established myself as a very good listener among my peers; 2. I'm autistic, so I need the headphones readily available at all times to cope with loud environments. FML
Today, I was taken to the principal's office and bitched out about the dangerous weapon I brought to school. The "weapon" was a pocket fan. FML
Today, I was excited about showing everyone at work my new piercing. It's in an interesting place in my ear, and it's not that common. Before I had the chance to tell anyone about it, someone asked, "Are you wearing a hearing aid?" FML
Today, after telling my boss about my hearing problem, she simply told me to "listen harder". FML
Today, my hearing aids got wet because i was caught in the middle of a thunderstorm. So they stopped working. I didn’t hear this morning's alarm because I can’t hear the alarm without my hearing aids. FML
Today, I wore out yet another set of headphones. This is the third one in a year. I need my headphones whenever I go outside because I have sensory processing disorder, and a multitude of hearing disorders that painfully enhance my hearing. Guess I'm stuck at home until I can buy pair number four. FML
Today, I went to work as a home health-aid, and found out that my client turns his hearing aid off on purpose because he can't stand my voice. FML
Today, I asked my boss for a couple of days off to recover from a nasty ear infection which has left me hard of hearing. However, he didn't understand why that would affect my job and refused. I work in a telephone call centre. FML
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XxReddragonxX 7
how can they not tell the difference?
Yazoo77 16
What did the principle say? Talk to your teacher about her behaviour, and if she does anything like this again, report her.
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Comments (77)
pokemyeyes 23
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???????????????? How much more stupid can these so-called "teachers" get?!
SuperCasual 13
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Please don't comment ever again
sarahmaxine 19
Why, what did he say?
mswhatever 18
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Just stop. Please never comment again. Thank you.
piiiiiou_fml 12
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It´s the generalization that is wrong. Teacher is not an easy job and less and less respected.
pokemyeyes 23
#34 You're a teacher arent you?
feven 32
Hopefully not an English teacher.
Ryan8878 21
Well, since we are throwing out generalizations. Let's see how this one is received. Typical Americans, how stupid can you be?
QuaDECH 13
Typical earth dwellers, how stupid can you be?
kibster9 20
His first comment was edited. That is what the hate is all about.
ZacPalmer 12
Get those gosh darn radios out ya ears!
pokemyeyes 23
#75 I'm not american soooo. Plus theres a difference between racism and you know not being a racist twat.
XxReddragonxX 7
how can they not tell the difference?
Mas8394z 12
Probably because of the surgence of Bluetooth headphones, and the fact that the teachers probably "shoot first, ask questions later".
Beccag7 14
Idk. I have a pair of black earbuds that hook around the ear so they don't fall off when I'm running. They have been mistaken for hearing aids before, too. Maybe that's what the teacher mistook them for.
Yazoo77 16
What did the principle say? Talk to your teacher about her behaviour, and if she does anything like this again, report her.
mexican_music 13
It was just a misunderstanding
Dick_diamond 22
Principal *
winniec 8
Why do you automatically assume that the principal is a girl?
QuaDECH 13
You have to assume one or the other.
Fairyjoshy 13
Not necessarily, "they" and "their" are commonly accepted gender neutral pronouns by all but the most anal retentive English-speaking people nowadays.
jackhughes 11
He didn't. He assumed the teacher was a girl. If you are going to complain get your facts right.
Beccag7 14
Actually, it is very annoying in professional writing to not establish a gender. Even if you're wrong, it is better to say "she said," instead of "they said." At least according to my freshman year English teacher, who would knock down a letter grade if a gender wasn't established. Weird stuff
TheInvisibleOne 31
Sorry you had an ignorant asshole for a teacher. Not everyone is male or female.
Emma Marshall_738558922 12
How do you know it was a she 🤔
Emma Marshall_738558922 12
No. We're talking about the teacher they keep referring to as a she or her. I don't care that much but wanted to complain anyway
chuka81 27
Well, you deafinitely did not hear that one coming.
MikaykayUnicorn 36
Someone is going to miss the joke and correct your spelling, guaranteed.
gte225 11
I was about to do it until I read your comment.
tj4234 36
#4 Definitely. Just kidding
QuaDECH 13
Looks like my evil plan of making my ear buds look like hearing aids won't work.
Azazel166 9
actually he would because he didn't take them out
igotds 16
Were your hearing aids made by Doctor Dre?
carllyo 19
You get props for trying
gallifreyanqueen 10
#68 your pic totally gits your comment
CommentKing207 23
Couldn't you get proof from a school nurse that they're hearing aids? And anyways, don't hearing aids look different than ear buds? Some people are ridiculous.
15Erik 21
Let them wear the hearing aids, max the reception and enjoy their pain.
Silk_Routes 14
Put them in their mouth
xdafuze 12
what would that solve?
A07 48
world hunger perhaps?
Silk_Routes 14
or voice modulation
JBirdeye 14
Wow that sucks. Idiot teachers.
devildog562 33
Next time they are talking turn them earbuds off and keep on doing you . How ignorant can people be ?. My question is why didn't you just tell them they were hearing aids? If you did and they still sent you , they need to have have a write up.
Kikiers21042 18
Right!? If she was my daughter (I'm hard of hearing so I understand) I would be furious and bitching the school out. In America teachers get letters letting them know that this kid is hard of hearing or deaf this teacher must not like her.
trtnt25 19
82 it could've been a substitute teacher that didn't know the students well.
Kikiers21042 18
I really hope it was a substitute teacher! :/