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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ZuRG_fml 7

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.

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iKaite 0

Its really not that hard a sum, dude. o_O

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Stormcat 0

YDI for being a dumbass and not being able to figure out 40-25 You cant blame it on school, hobo's can do better math than that

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cuppycakemagic 0

#190 (and all others who are complaining), it seems to me that YOU are being a dumbass. Clearly, this person wasn't actually blaming this on public schools - they were joking about it. I was easily able to tell this because the word 'laughing' usually denotes that something is funny; hence, a joke. Also, even though I'm in 8th grade taking 9th grade math, I would have used a calculator. I'm good at math, but sometimes I can be a little slow. And yes. This is a win. And kind of a fail... A wail or a fin, whatever strikes you, I suppose. ;D

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carlottabobatta 0

OMG fail. I also can't believe this thread is debating 40- 25. It equals 15 and #67, no. This isn't a thread to discuss evrything in math in general... It's to discuss this person's FAILing to be smart. Whis is quite fun. And no, you don't make that joke, /to strangers/, okay? Sheesh.

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da_funk_masta 0

Hey OP: it's not because your from a public school it's cause your from new jersey.

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Compass 0

These are the kind of teachers I hate. They don't even have a sense of humor. Always serious.

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mooshibear140 4

YDI...like seriously? my nine-year-old brother can figure that out in like 8 seconds. o.0

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alexthecutie 0

public school teachers get paid to do nothing

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evi661 0

what's the big deal? the teachers had a long stick up their ass.

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Emperorerror 8

Rofl fail. And any 5th grader in public school knows that 40-25=15

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TheOtherMakona 0

I go to public school and I've impressed college kids. So XP

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kibotoyuki 7

First off, YDI because you can't figure out the answer to an extremely simple math problem. Second of all, why should going to a public school mean that you can't do math? If you seriously can't solve 40-25 in your head, you're an idiot.

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