Today, my research partner emails me 2 hours before our deadline saying that she can't complete her half of our 20 page report because when she woke up this morning she couldn't see. How did she write the email? 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, my boss dropped a highly important and dense report on my desk that had to be finished by the end of the day. After the initial panic attack and hours of scrupulous work, I finished. She then asked me to pick up the revised copy, where my name was replaced with hers. 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 mom wrote me an email, asking how I was doing after an accident yesterday. I wrote back at length, telling her everything in detail. Two hours later, she calls me on the phone, asking how I am. She was simply too lazy to check her mail and expected me to tell her everything a second time. 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
Today, after retyping a 22-page report for work because the orginal had gone missing, i realized I had used a different laptop the first time. I now have 2 copies of the same report, both of which are late. FML
Today, the woman I have been seeing said she couldn't see a future with me. This was all because I didn't text her back when I fell asleep after working a double night/morning shift. FML
Today, my boss asked me to send an email on his behalf with an important report attached. I've already received 3 responses from directors commenting on poor spelling and factual errors. I get paid 1/4 the salary of my boss and he can't even write properly. FML
Today, one of my colleagues was asked to rewrite an entire project, which I wrote last week. I'd spent more than 4 days writing it. FML
Today, my mom woke me up in the middle of the night to make me help my brother write an essay. I read what he wrote so far, gave him my suggestions, and went back to bed. She woke me up 30 mins later because he just sat and stared at his paper instead of fixing anything. Somehow that's my fault. FML
Today, I got a text just before class that my partner didn't finish their half of our 30 page research paper because: "That class is stupid." FML
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Kathryynn 0
lol they really didnt think their excuse out :P
Witchcraft_fml 5
Why should he have to babysit her? She's old enough to do it herself without someone having to check up on her.
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Ejigantor 0
YDI for dividing the work in such a way that you can fail because of your partner. If you did this properly, you would have done it together, as research partners are supposed to - yes, there is individual work along the way, but you should have been meeting prior to integrate the individual work into a single report.
AndelleRae 9
voice to text software? Either way, this sucks. I never got why people pay for college and then just don't do their work.
Superawesomestev 0
She sucks.
perdix 31
Don't trust a ho Never trust a ho Maybe she got the dude who spooged in her eyes to type it for her. YDI for not having a social life.
thebigone_fml 0
his username is NUsConstantine, and from Illinois, that means is most likely a student @ Northwestern University. They have no social life there. I know, I was born and raised in Evanston, but not good enough for NU :(
perdix 31
My cousin and uncle went to NU and they agreed that the "social life" where I went to school was equally dismal. People still had sex there, it was just not as random and rampant as was at a proper party school. While the scenario I proposed is less likely at NU, it would still be possible.
tequilabird 0
thumbs up for the splooge comment
LemonFairy 0
(And on a totally random note, I would just like to add that the Barnes and Nobles near NU is frickin' sweet. *spent almost every afternoon of CTD there this year* :P)
Peroxide 3
My cousin once woke up during the night and thought he was blind because he couldn't see anything when he turned on the light. Turns out the power had gone out. The thing was the moon was out and you could still easily see. But the pisser was when he cried out "ahhh im blind!". He also went to a school for the mentally gifted.
IllegalLight 0
You should have nagged her to do her work at least once... and like 3 weeks before too. I mean come on, a 10 page paper wouldn't have happened overnight anyways (at least not a very good one). That's what partner work is all about. But I know... some people just refuse to do their share and have no regard to how that will effect you :/
picturetaker 0
print out her email and hand it in with your half done. duhhh.
Brave_Sir_Robin 4
It all depends on your professor and the circumstances behind the research project. I've learned that even though a member of your team doesn't pull their own weight and fails to produce their portion of a project, most professors will respond with a simple, "Why did you wait until the last minute to complete the project?" or "Why did you not inform me of the situation earlier?" Regardless what may have happened, it is your responsibility to make sure you get the best grade possible, and if that means cracking the whip and hounding your partner to finish his/her portion, then so be it. Do what #10 said above and hope that your professor is more understanding and merciful than a pompous realist.
PhillyFox 0
Yeah, I worked with people like this before. If you "nag" them, usually they'll lie to you about it. And surprise, surprise, they magically don't have anything ready by the due date. Forward the email to your prof. You should be able to get the credit you deserve (and that she doesn't.)
christen09 8
this is almost what happened to me. my group assigned me to write a 3 page report. my friend said she would take it home and type it. she didnt show the day we were suposed to present it so we all got a failing grade.....this gril and i are no longer friends.