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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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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Bluescardsrams62 0

Friday 14 January 2011 1:57

Ha what a fail. Im wondering who you slept with to get there. It tells you how much money to give back on the register

nerdsgetmehot 22

Friday 14 January 2011 2:20

#106 Not always. I worked at a job where the cash register didn't tell you how much change you needed to give back, so I had to do the math in my head.

omghahaha 0

Friday 14 January 2011 2:21

I don't understand how hard it is to work a cash register when there is a calculator that does the work for you... It doesn't matter that you take AP Calculus. You still did arithmetic wrong. How hard can arithmetic be? You've been learning to subtract since elementary school.

nerdsgetmehot 22

Friday 14 January 2011 2:23

#101 Not all registers are computerized like that. I worked as a cashier recently, and the register didn't tell you how much change you needed to give back.

tarajean16 0

Friday 14 January 2011 3:00

that's your own fault.

123skyline 0

Friday 14 January 2011 3:00

Hahah, you're too overwhelmed and caught up in trying to learn all your difficult calculus that you're forgetting your basic math skills. xD

hipposrock101 6

Friday 14 January 2011 3:39

well u were wrong genius, lol YDI lmao

Ciindddy 0

Friday 14 January 2011 3:52

I would have kept the extra dollar just sayin... people now a days aha

k9obsessed 5

Friday 14 January 2011 4:01

Wow, how rude. I'd have said "You know, ma'am, everyone makes little mistakes now and then. I'll thank you to not be such a bitch." And then just gone back to work.

stevenmx86 7

Friday 14 January 2011 4:18

Ydi mr ap calculus can't do simple math..

Travesty0242 0

Friday 14 January 2011 4:33

Clearly she's the stupid one. If someone gives you extra change, you're supposed to keep it. It's their fault for giving it to you. Pffftttt, elderly...