Kids: Today, my sixteen year old son told me that he's following his...

By Anonymous - 07/11/2010 20:15 - Canada

Today, my sixteen year old son told me that he's following his guidance counselor's advice: to do what his hero does for a living. The problem? His hero is SpongeBob Squarepants. His ambition in life is to become a fry cook. FML

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By helen_ - 23/04/2009 15:51 - United States

Today, I had to go to my 10 year-old son's school to talk about my job being a chef. As I was almost finished, I asked the kids "What would you like to do when you grow up?" Without hesitation one kid replied with a straight face, "Anything but being a douchebag like you." FML

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By ReyRey - 24/03/2022 12:00

Today, my son's plan is to become an entrepreneur, even though this requires having a brilliant idea worth money. This is the same guy who got fired from Subway for deliberately dropping bread on the floor so he could steal it from the bin later. I'm gonna kick him in the asscrack before the month is over, I know it. FML

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By Anonymous - 22/03/2016 21:17 - United States - Fremont

Today, my son's teacher asked him what he wanted to be when he grew up. He put down "unemployed". FML

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By sally - 04/11/2018 12:00

Today, my son watched some ridiculous Japanese cartoon about shokugeki cooking and is convinced he's the greatest cook ever by copying what happens in the show. He set fire to my frying pan, panicked, and dumped it in the ceramic sink, which cracked from the heat and flooded my kitchen. FML

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By Anonymous - 23/09/2015 15:48 - United States - Bedminster

Today, I got an angry call from my 7-year-old son's school. It turned out that while doing a "what I want to be when I'm older" assignment, he wrote that he wants to be an internet troll so he can make people mad and make them kill themselves. FML

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By GT716 - 07/04/2009 12:50 - United States

Today, I was at work at a local hot dog chain. A child (about 10, who I've seen there before) came in to order food for his Dad. He orders very excitedly, and I told him he'd be a great worker here when he gets older. He said "oh no, my Dad says I'm too smart to work in a place like this." FML

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By Shianna - 28/05/2012 22:00 - United States - Holden

Today, my son was fired from his new job, which was going to support us since I recently lost mine. His excuse was, "Conflict of interest." He was a mascot for a fast-food restaurant and refused to dance around. FML

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By just…no - 29/09/2023 10:00

Today, I asked my son what his goals in life are. He said he doesn’t have any career goals, and the only thing he wants out of life is to play Dungeons and Dragons. I have failed as a parent. FML

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By Seriously - 15/06/2011 16:46 - United States

Today, my son's homework was to write a story about what he wants to be when he grows up. He wrote that he plans on being unemployed and living at home until we throw him out, then he'll live under a bridge. He's only 12, but already planning for a future as an unemployed bum. FML

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By Anonymous - 18/06/2021 22:01

Today, when my son told me he wanted to work with animals, I thought he meant a vet, turns out his actual career goal was to be the guy who puts the strays to sleep at the animal control centre. He got that job and I’ve never seen him happier. What monster have I raised? FML

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Monday 8 November 2010 0:23

Maybe he wants to be a chef. No harm in that...

badbe 0

Monday 8 November 2010 0:23

What's wrong with that?

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TheOtherNewest1 6

Monday 8 November 2010 7:43

Me?

juturnaamo 29

Monday 8 November 2010 8:22

there are some quite successful fry cooks... If your son is OK with working afternoons and weekends (great if he's not a morning person) and doesn't need to spend a lot of money to be happy, than good for him, he should have a lot of fun as a fry cook. Might as wellmake wednesday niht burger night and let him practice.

banananut 0

Monday 8 November 2010 8:31

"Steve, what would you like to be when you grow up?" "A SPONGE THAT FLIPS BURGERS!"

Andy4443 0

Monday 8 November 2010 8:47

the horror

Sadochan 0

Monday 8 November 2010 9:05

Spongebob is awesome.

roxybbaby 0

Monday 8 November 2010 10:14

just think of it in the long term. Work at a fast food place as a cook, move up to management, own a store, open a company. Make tons of money. yeah he might be running a few fast food joints but he's keeping all the rich folk, that spent tons of money to go to school, fat and happy and yet they're still not appreciative.

maphineRAWRS 10

Monday 8 November 2010 14:19

I believe that is a perfectly acceptable ambition :P

EvilDave 13

Monday 8 November 2010 14:48

Could be much worse. His hero could be Joe Buck from Midnight Cowboy. And, being a cook in a restaurant is not a bad gig when you are young. I started off doing that. Now, I am a highly paid IT worker. One can always change careers.

Njtorres 0

Monday 8 November 2010 15:28

I love how people are saying that's a bad thing my father is a chef and he goes around the country opening Italian restaurants training other cooks/young chefs :D

TheOtherNewest1 6

Tuesday 9 November 2010 17:58

You're equating burger flipping at Mickey Ds with being you know...a real chef? The first time I read this FML, I thought it said he was six so I was like "so what?" but if he's sixteen and worships Spongebob so much he wants to flip burgers, you may have a problem. But it could be worse. He could love King Of Queens.