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By catfish - 23/02/2009 22:11 - United States

Today, after class I was chatting with my teacher, a really cool and stylish old black guy. I tell him he reminds me of one of those soul dudes from those '70s movies, right down to the pimp-walk. He tells me he walks that way because he was beaten for drinking out of the wrong fountain as a kid. FML

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By Anonymous - 01/07/2013 17:49 - Canada - Coquitlam

Today, I saw my former high school teacher at the mall. After a nice conversation, she mentioned that I "still dress like a slut." FML

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By Anonymous - 14/10/2009 13:39 - United States

Today, I was participating in an exercise in my psychology class to describe this horrible looking person I had never seen before and I described the person as a "rebellious, drug dealing, lowlife". The person in that picture turned out to be my teacher. FML

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By Childhood - 12/12/2009 03:12 - United States

Today, I went to my little cousin's school to pick her up and it happened to be my old elementary school. I saw my old teacher and went up to say hi, and after a few minutes she goes "Aren't you the girl who's dad always came in drunk on parent's day?" Nice to know that's how I'm remembered. FML

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By Talkingbeforethinking - 16/03/2019 18:00

Today in class I accidentally called my teacher very old and almost dead. As we were discussing a book I said that the book character is very old and close to death since it fitted to the context. Turns out this character is one year younger than my teacher and she wasn't amused. FML

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By ohman - 17/07/2009 17:29 - United States

Today, I was walking down the street and while stopped at a light, this old man waved at me. Thinking nothing of it, I walked through a parking lot to get to where I was going, where he not only followed me, but mistook me for a prostitute. It was 5pm. FML

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By JohnFarrell - 24/04/2009 17:20 - United States

Today, I was at the gym when I saw one of my friends at the water fountain. I went over and gave him a man ass slap while he was drinking. It wasn't my friend. I now have a black eye. FML

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Foot, meet mouth

By Anonymous - 20/01/2016 02:51 - United States - Mission

Today, I was talking to one of my supervisors at my new job. He asked if I knew a professor at the school I recently graduated from, and I decided to babble on about how shitty of a professor he was and how much I loathed his class. He then looked at me and said, "That's my dad." FML

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By Braxam - 15/06/2011 16:42 - United States

Today, I was walking to class, when a kid came up behind me and smacked me in the face a few times until I fell to the ground. I rolled over and he said, "Oh shit! Wrong person, my bad." FML

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By comet5002 - 09/09/2009 04:15 - United States

Today, I played a goth character in my friend's student film with goth clothes, lip ring, eyeliner, etc. We went into Starbucks at break and an elderly man came up to me and said "Your kind is the reason for all the bad stuff in this world" and then spat in my $5 drink. FML

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By smeeagain - 21/10/2011 01:17 - United States

Today, I was chaperoning at my local high school's Homecoming dance. Outside the gym, I saw some kids drinking, so I walked over to stop them. One of them promptly spun around and punched me in the mouth. I had my ass handed to by a drunk 9th grader. FML

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sweetjosephine 0

Tuesday 24 February 2009 5:36

shhe/he wasn't steroetyping, guys. Stereotyping would be if you've never met the guy, and assumed he was a soul man. She knew him, and was talking to him, and everything, and said her teacher reminded her of them. It'd be completely different to see a bblack guy you don't know, and assume they're soulful. She wasn't being a dick.

blackclouds 0

Tuesday 24 February 2009 3:52

Telling your teacher that he reminds you of a blaxploitation star is kinda... ill advised...

Comments

geordielass 4

Monday 2 January 2012 17:18

oh my god. someone give the guy the best comeback award ever! even if it wasn't true or if it was!

vitadiva 0

Tuesday 10 January 2012 15:04

Damn that's messed up

sordanjymes 6

Monday 16 January 2012 19:26

no he's not he wasn't being racist. He complimented his teacher who took it the wrong way.

Attica 20

Saturday 23 June 2012 4:47

I know you didn't mean to come off as racist or offensive, and you were actually admiring the man, but honestly, YDI for telling ANYONE you don't personally know very well, that they have a "pimp-walk", etc. It sucks for both you and your teacher. Please think before you speak next time, and problems like these will be resolved before they even occur. Good luck, OP...I know you didn't mean any harm.

ZestfulClown 3

Saturday 23 June 2012 17:45

But she does know him, as he's one of her teachers. I had a good and fairly personal relationship with all of my highschool teachers, as those connections were useful in college

Alexweber929 14

Sunday 9 December 2012 15:59

Go back and apologize, then see if he'll tell you about it, hes a teacher, hed probably be willing to tell you, who knows the history that hes seen

bluerhhajfk 17

Friday 8 March 2013 23:16

How old is this guy anyway? I guess he had to have been born in the 40's or 50's then.

MissSarcasm01 18

Sunday 22 December 2013 19:11

At least he didn't beat you. Look on the bright side.

Neckyl 6

Tuesday 4 February 2014 18:05

Just apologize for trivializing his appearance because you didn't know. Then ask to hear the story. He sounds like an interesting person who has been through a lot of experiences that you can learn from. That's probably why he became a teacher.