Work: Today, I was tending the cash register. I scanned a lady's items...

By Anonymous - 13/01/2011 11:07 - United States

Today, I was tending the cash register. I scanned a lady's items which totaled $89.68. She paid with a $100 bill. I gave her $11.32 change. She angrily gave back the extra dollar and complained about "schools nowadays". I'm an AP Calculus student. FML

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By Keekee - 19/01/2023 14:00

Today, I rang up a customer’s items. The total came out to $24.67. She handed me a bag full of coins and looked at me expectantly. I asked if she had any other payment methods; she got irritated and said ,“If I did, I wouldn’t have given you this, stupid!” I had to count them. She was still 6 dollars short. FML

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By Anonymous - 14/09/2011 15:47 - United States

Today, a lady came into my workplace to pay her $120 bill in one dollar bills. I kept losing count. FML

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By fuckedbyretail - 02/02/2013 14:53 - United States - Charlotte

Today, at my retail job, a woman came to my till with her purchases. After I scanned all her items, she handed me two small bags. One was filled with nickels and dimes. The other was filled with cents. Her total was $28.53. The coins amounted to $22.30. FML

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By Links - 20/11/2009 07:26 - United States

Today, a McDonald's employee had to correct my math after counting out $2.37 in change. I'm in AP Calculus and am currently learning how to find the derivative of an inverse of a logarithm. FML

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By monkey2069 - 13/05/2014 13:58 - United States - Elgin

Today, a lady handed me a $10 tip on a $45 bill. I was happy with it, since it was more than 20%, until she came back in and said, "I'm sorry I gave you the wrong amount." I handed it back to her and then she gave me a dollar. FML

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By Anonymous - 02/06/2009 23:13 - United States

Today, I was working my job as a waitress near my college. I handed a customer her check, and she noticed that I had added her bill wrong. I apologized, and she pointed to my "student" labeled nametag, asking what I was studying. I said English. I'm a math major. FML

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By ouch - 13/06/2012 16:00 - United States - Lutz

Today, I was cashiering, and a customer's change came to $5.51. She looked pretty stinking rich, so I just gave her $5.50. She demanded the extra penny, and I asked if she really needed it. She said, "No, but they do, asshole," and dropped her $5.51 in the charity donation box. FML

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By Anonymous - 29/11/2009 13:49 - United States

Today, I was shopping at the grocery market and was next in line. Behind me was a woman who only had two items, so I nicely let her in front of me, as it looked like she was in a hurry. When she was all rung up, she decided to pay her $16.45 in loose change which needed to be counted out. FML

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By ihatebeingacashier - 11/07/2016 21:06

Today, I handed a middle-aged woman her change of $0.75 with three quarters. She looked at the change bewildered and threw the coins down, asking if she thought I could get away with only giving her thirty cents. I had to explain to her how much a quarter is worth. FML

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By Anonymous - 08/08/2009 07:02 - United States

Today, I was working in the box office. A group came in for tickets but wanted to pay individually. One paid $40 for a $25 ticket. Laughing, I reached for the calculator while saying, "I went to public school, so I can't do math." They didn't laugh. They were all teachers in public schools. FML

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swift07 4

Thursday 13 January 2011 18:53

wait huh she got mad cuz you gave her an extra dollar by mistake :-/

furburger 0

Thursday 13 January 2011 19:00

Doesn't the cash register tell you how much change to give? You may want to reconsider your major if reading 4 (four) numbers on a screen is confusing.

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Lord_Osiris 0

Thursday 13 January 2011 19:05

What does the AP stand for? Awe Phooey?

xundria 5

Thursday 13 January 2011 19:09

Advanced placement

perdix 29

Thursday 13 January 2011 20:07

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youngclench 0

Thursday 13 January 2011 21:11

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mkrone 0

Friday 14 January 2011 3:41

asshole posting

lehmuffin 0

Friday 29 April 2011 4:58

Advanced Procrastinators! duh!! haha

Ninjafriends 1

Thursday 13 January 2011 19:08

"AP" stands for "Advanced Placement", which is a course that is designed to prepare high school students for a college credit exam. In this case, "AP" stands for "Arithmetic Phail".

TonyAnania 0

Thursday 13 January 2011 21:09

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paramedig_gurl87 0

Thursday 13 January 2011 19:09

Wait, if you're tending the cash register why didn't the register tell you how much change to give the woman back?

Rick_S 3

Thursday 13 January 2011 19:10

Not exactly sure how this is an FML, but the fact that you're AP Calc does explain why you can't do simple math. When I was an undergrad studying Engineering, I took Calc 101, Calc 102, Physics 101 and Physics 102. By the end of it, I couldn't add 2 and 2 without a calculator. You get so focused on the advanced math that you forget how to do the basic stuff in your head.

verver 0

Thursday 13 January 2011 23:27

you are totally right!

Phoenix1023 3

Friday 14 January 2011 3:38

Once, when I was an undergrad studying Engineering, I got a flashlight stuck in my ass looking for my marbles.

ulicksam 0

Thursday 13 January 2011 19:11

Who cares if you're an AP Calculus student. Most students these days never did any math without a calculator, and this is the result.

xundria 5

Thursday 13 January 2011 19:13

Wrong, please refer to 12 and 20.

gingerkid1029 0

Thursday 13 January 2011 19:12

so what? you still can't make change

CaptainPat 0

Thursday 13 January 2011 19:13

That sucks. Especially if it wasn't your fault. I know if the money in the register is new, it sticks together. I've had this happen to me a couple times, once the lady gave me the dollar back and was nice, another time i realized right as the person was leaving and they kept it.