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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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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 Anonymous - 07/03/2012 18:51 - United Kingdom

Today, I went with my friends to see a movie. I handed my student card over to the cashier as proof I was old enough to see it, and he started laughing hysterically at my picture. Then he called over a colleague, who also started laughing. 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 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 amy - 16/10/2013 21:52 - United States - Wellesley Hills

Today, as I worked as a cashier, two girls came up laughing. I smiled as I rang them up, asking what had made them laugh so hard. One looked me dead in the face and said, "You." They then both walked away, laughing. FML

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By Anonymous - 17/10/2013 13:43 - United States - Romulus

Today, in calculus, our substitute teacher told me I was smart. Everybody in the class, including my friends, burst out laughing. FML

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By bakedplum - 01/11/2011 17:52 - United States

Today, I went grocery shopping. Being a bartender, I had a huge wad of dollar bills from cash tips. As I was counting them at the register, I looked at the cashier and joked, "You probably think I'm a stripper or something." He looked me up and down and said, "Uh... hell no." FML

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By Arniii - 01/02/2012 18:53 - United States

Today, it was our class field trip. I got five dollars from ten different people because they wanted me to sit away from them. FML

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By stupidapperently - 01/02/2013 04:06 - United States

Today, while checking out a couple at work, I handed them their receipt and wished them a good day. The woman promptly pulled her husband to the side, and whispered to him about how much of a "fucking idiot" I was for making the prices so high. I work at McDonald's. FML

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Saturday 8 August 2009 16:07

Why? Why are people so giddy that they're mathematically incapable? Nobody goes, "teehee, I read at a 6th-grade level!" "I struggle with subject/verb agreement and homophones in my native language!" Don't be proud of the fact that you're a dumbass.

iKaite 0

Saturday 8 August 2009 16:06

Its really not that hard a sum, dude. o_O

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ObadiahtheSlim 2

Sunday 9 August 2009 19:49

Wow you really need to learn how to count back change. It really isn't hard. Start at the amount they owe you and then keep couting the bills and coins you give them until you reach the amount they gave you. I did that at summer jobs for 7 years and never once short changed a customer.

rxxk 0

Monday 10 August 2009 2:03

This has probably been said a few times in the 174 comments there are, but sorry, you're just retarded. And no one else in the world would find that funny.

dsnke1 0

Monday 10 August 2009 7:28

LMAO at the retards here who dont get that he/she was using the calculator as a joke. OP-this really isnt a FYL, its more of a FTL (f their lives) they cant laugh at themselves Im just curious as to how you found out they were public school teachers, what did they say?

ThatOne01 0

Monday 10 August 2009 7:32

This.

132BlackRoses 0

Monday 10 August 2009 7:43

Hey, It's not your fault that they suck at teaching.

scallywaggle 0

Monday 10 August 2009 10:19

UGH I would say stuff but I don't want to get in trouble so all I'm going to say is that home/private schoolers are not necessarily better than kids who go to public school

DankJemo 0

Monday 10 August 2009 14:26

Maybe they should just be better teachers.

bigraws23 0

Wednesday 12 August 2009 16:20

funny

penisface69 17

Thursday 13 August 2009 19:14

having gone to a public school is no excuse for being so stupid that you dont know how to subtract 25 from 40.

sobe23 0

Friday 14 August 2009 1:24

I completly understand where she is coming from. The majority of all the teachers in my public school were complete morons. So if you're a rich bitch that went to private school, stfu. =)