Today, my sixteen year old son told me that he's following his guidance counselor's advice: to do what his hero does for a living. The problem? His hero is SpongeBob Squarepants. His ambition in life is to become a fry cook. 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, I had to go to my 10 year-old son's school to talk about my job being a chef. As I was almost finished, I asked the kids "What would you like to do when you grow up?" Without hesitation one kid replied with a straight face, "Anything but being a douchebag like you." FML
Today, my son's plan is to become an entrepreneur, even though this requires having a brilliant idea worth money. This is the same guy who got fired from Subway for deliberately dropping bread on the floor so he could steal it from the bin later. I'm gonna kick him in the asscrack before the month is over, I know it. FML
Today, my son's teacher asked him what he wanted to be when he grew up. He put down "unemployed". FML
Today, my son watched some ridiculous Japanese cartoon about shokugeki cooking and is convinced he's the greatest cook ever by copying what happens in the show. He set fire to my frying pan, panicked, and dumped it in the ceramic sink, which cracked from the heat and flooded my kitchen. FML
Today, I got an angry call from my 7-year-old son's school. It turned out that while doing a "what I want to be when I'm older" assignment, he wrote that he wants to be an internet troll so he can make people mad and make them kill themselves. FML
Today, I was at work at a local hot dog chain. A child (about 10, who I've seen there before) came in to order food for his Dad. He orders very excitedly, and I told him he'd be a great worker here when he gets older. He said "oh no, my Dad says I'm too smart to work in a place like this." FML
Today, my son was fired from his new job, which was going to support us since I recently lost mine. His excuse was, "Conflict of interest." He was a mascot for a fast-food restaurant and refused to dance around. FML
Today, I asked my son what his goals in life are. He said he doesn’t have any career goals, and the only thing he wants out of life is to play Dungeons and Dragons. I have failed as a parent. FML
Today, my son's homework was to write a story about what he wants to be when he grows up. He wrote that he plans on being unemployed and living at home until we throw him out, then he'll live under a bridge. He's only 12, but already planning for a future as an unemployed bum. FML
Today, when my son told me he wanted to work with animals, I thought he meant a vet, turns out his actual career goal was to be the guy who puts the strays to sleep at the animal control centre. He got that job and I’ve never seen him happier. What monster have I raised? FML
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nerdsgetmehot 23
Maybe he wants to be a chef. No harm in that...
badbe 0
What's wrong with that?
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Comments (134)
cracktus 0
Wow that sucks
lilybugie 0
uhhhh is he and I don't mean this rude at all is he mentally challenged?
vm3nd3z 0
you should've told him that if he did that, than he no longer had a family. thats what i would of said.
null_fml 11
The thing that struck me most about this FML, more than the kid's hero or ambition: that is some shitty advice for a guidance counselor to be giving.
Azure_Ebony 0
I agree. It's kind of idiotic advice when you think about it. If you have a hero, it doesn't necessarily mean that you should want to have the same profession as him/her. It could, but in most cases it really doesn't. You don't have a hero because you love what they do for a living. That guy doesn't love Spongebob because he's a fry cook.
bobsanction 18
Oh no! He's got a dream! That bastard!!!
IAreStarfeesh 0
Squish it! Stomp on it 'till it's dead! No mercy for dreams around here!
mouxouxou 11
True i don't think this is a bad thing at all.Imagine if his fero was Aquaman.Thank God it's spongebob. :P
KVKdragon 26
I do watch a lot of cartoons and Disney stuff but this is going to far. sure, my dream self has all the powers of the American dragon, the avatar (bending), xmen, spiderman, and even more power-wielding characters but I know how to be realistic when I'm awake and sane.
lmfaoooooooooo 4
I'm pretty sure he was being sarcastic wen he said his hero was spongebob :p
Zebidee 9
Has anyone in the history of education EVER got decent advice off a school counsellor? This particular one should be run out of town by parents with pitchforks and those burning torch thingies.
TaylorRawrr 0
Hahahahahahahahahahaha