Today, a customer called the restaurant I work at to ask if our coupons were always valid, or if they expired on the expiration date printed on them. FML
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Today, I noticed a customer looking for expired products in hopes of receiving a coupon from my store. I told them to let me know if they found anything. They promptly began following me around, telling me how to do my job, only to later file a complaint saying that I was harassing them. FML
Today, my boss showed me a two-page letter from a customer, complaining about me because I couldn't honor a coupon that expired in 2009. He agreed that I did the right thing by refusing it, but said it would be a black mark on my record anyway due to the complaint. FML
Today, a customer called me a "smart ass" because I helped him scan his coupon correctly. FML
Today, I was working drive thru and took a huge order. When the people pulled around to the window, they handed me a stack of coupons. None of the coupons were even related to what they ordered. They made me change their order to fit the coupons because they couldn't read. FML
Today, I was fired from my job over a coupon a coworker offered me for bonus reward points. Apparently, it wasn't one I was entitled to. I never even looked at the coupon and assumed it was fine since they offered it to me. FML
Today, at my cashier job, I got written up for accepting obviously photocopied coupons. Last week, I got written up for "inadequate customer service" because I refused to accept the same bogus coupons from the same customer. FML
Today, I had someone place two separate to-go orders, so that he could use two of his "25% off" coupons. He couldn't understand why it wasn't 50% off his total bill, no matter how many times I plainly explained it to him. FML
Today, a customer became irrationally angry and called me a "stupid bitch", all because she couldn't use the coupon clearly marked "30% off grocery items" on a prescription from our pharmacy. FML
Today, I learned that instead of discarding expired products at my work, we change the label to make them 'expire' later. FML
Today, while working as a cashier at McDonald's, a man came in telling me that he had not received his hamburger. I looked at his receipt and the date said 11/17/09. FML
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Top comments
VynaVail 12
Actually totally valid. Loads of places accept coupons after their expiration date.
woainishamu 21
Stupidity at its finest.
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Comments (113)
sarah_baby22 15
How is this an FML? Really. All the person did was ask a stupid question and all of a sudden your life is ******? Weird.
ckcknight 13
*facepalm*
bloodangel1973 8
I wonder what these people were doing when God was handing out brains.... Probably sleeping.
CanIGetAMedic 14
To be fair, we take coupons at my work, regardless of expiration date.
TheKillerWalrus 10
Bet that makes customers happy :p
worldclassrager 41
It doesn't hurt to ask, and some businesses are a little finicky with their coupons at times
Reasonable_one 12
Not such a bad question. There are plenty of places I frequent that will take coupons long after the expiration date.
Metalkitty 15
The restaurant I work at is still accepting coupons, even if they're expired. :I
spunkylady 24
Hahaha seriously who even bothers to ask something like that... But, I work a side job at Subway and we are now required to accept expired coupons AND coupons from other companies!-.-
TheKillerWalrus 10
I wonder if they got the coupon from a big yellow chicken.
lina21 12
Ah a server's life. At least you get a good story out of it