Work: Today, the woman I'm training at work asked, while staring intently...

By jhftrainer23 - 05/08/2011 14:42 - United States

Today, the woman I'm training at work asked, while staring intently at the keyboard, "now, which one of these buttons is the space-bar again?" She is 80 years old, types about 1 word per minute, and I have just one week to get her completely trained. FML

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By Anonymous - 17/11/2010 01:34 - United States

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By millavitsa - 03/01/2013 22:36 - Ukraine

Today, my mom asked me why MS Word keeps underlining some words. After I tried to convince her that you're supposed to put a space after commas, she started yelling at me for making her look stupid. I can never win. FML

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By bobafett892 - 02/10/2016 17:32 - United States - Atlanta

Today, while working at a cell phone store, I helped an older woman learn how to use her newly updated phone. After trying to help her for over 20 minutes, she threatened to throw her phone at my head. FML

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mgsoloist 14

Friday 5 August 2011 19:25

I think 36 couldn't find the space bar either.

kiran_fml 5

Friday 5 August 2011 19:07

How does an 80 year old get a job while I can't? ?

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chessypie 0

Friday 5 August 2011 21:56

Nicely done atleast shes learning

swimmer3141 10

Saturday 6 August 2011 0:24

The point of the FML is that she's not learning. She asked where the spacebar is multiple times.

justbigbs 6

Friday 5 August 2011 22:21

Can't teach an old dog new tricks!

submarinesftw 0

Friday 5 August 2011 22:24

On the bright side, she'll be typing 7 words per minute at the end of the week! Go get 'em tiger!

writergirl23 19

Friday 5 August 2011 22:45

Make it fun, make a rhyme of the letters to am oldie song she loves from her youth. Shell remember much better then!

ChibiMONSTER 0

Friday 5 August 2011 23:02

Awwww that sux

blueExcess 0

Friday 5 August 2011 23:03

Lol, epic!

crazychick1269 7

Friday 5 August 2011 23:06

Mavis beacon

AdolfShitler 0

Friday 5 August 2011 23:27

Whip that ancient bitch into shape! If she screws up, crack her on the Knuckles with a ruler!!!

Calyx_fml 21

Friday 5 August 2011 23:36

The space bar is right next to the "any" key.

jren207 24

Saturday 6 August 2011 16:50

Where's the any key? /s

ximeldax 0

Friday 5 August 2011 23:44

well,whereisthespacebar?

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