Today, before setting off on my train journey I checked my booking. The (non-refundable) return date was a week later than I intended, and after buying a new ticket online, I was informed that I would be able to collect it in 2 hours. I leave in an hour. I'll have to pay three times to come home. FML
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Wild Nights Out
Last call, bad decisions and 3 a.m. texts you'll regret until noon. Cheers.
Today, the bus I needed to catch, that replaced the train I needed to catch, to get the flight home was full. I had to get a taxi instead. £140 to the nearest working train station. FML
Today, I got an expensive return bus ticket to visit my family 200 miles away. I accidentally tore the ticket when taking it from the machine, but the driver said not to worry, as it would still be accepted on the way back. Guess who's still 200 miles from home. FML
Today, I tried to catch a train to get to my new job. I was stopped and told that I needed a pre-purchased ticket to enter the platform. The only way to get the ticket, they said, was by buying one on the platform. I arrived by taxi nearly an hour late for my first day. FML
Today, my train departed over 10 minutes early. It was the last train of the day. I missed my transatlantic flight and along with it the vacation and concert I'd spent over a year saving for. FML
Today, I was running late for a train and bought a ticket in a hurry. I got on the wrong train, sat there for twenty minutes, and only realised my mistake when the scenery looked nothing like my stop. FML
Today, I took the train home to save a few dollars on an Uber fare. I fell asleep on the train, got a fine for travelling outside of my paid zone, and had to take an even longer Uber home than it would have been from where I started. FML
Today, my train was canceled so my ticket expired by the time another train arrived. I was fined $90 by ticket inspectors 'cause my claim that the early train didn't run was "unsubstantiated". Leaving the train I was pushed by the crowd, fell, lost a shoe and had to walk home with one bare foot. FML
Today, I got on a two hour train ride to go to a concert. I had been so caught up in handling the train tickets that halfway to the concert, I realized I had left the concert tickets on my dresser. FML
Today, I'm stuck at the airport overnight, because my phone didn't update its time zone after flying in, so I watched my train leave, thinking mine wasn't due for another hour. FML
Today, I took the wrong train and didn’t realise it until it arrived in Aberdeen. Eight hours from where I was meant to go. FML
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FYLDeep 26
I guess train journey's are a bad idea... Unless of course you're taking the midnight one going anywhere.
ambowew 7
if you give the train attendant a little somethin' I'm sure you'll get on that train. They might even put you up front with the driver so you can 'blow the whistle'.
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SChew 6
ydi, you should have been more careful
Prolusive 5
Yup... Agreed!
denvan 0
Go get your eyes checked
ambowew 7
if you give the train attendant a little somethin' I'm sure you'll get on that train. They might even put you up front with the driver so you can 'blow the whistle'.
xxxkkxxx 0
Don't blow the train driver while he's driving, never know what could happen
FYLDeep 26
I guess train journey's are a bad idea... Unless of course you're taking the midnight one going anywhere.
sourgirl101 29
And remember-Some will win, some will lose Some were born to sing the blues
CallMeHush 1
A singer in a smokey room A smell of wine and cheap perfume For a smile they can share the night It goes on and on and on and on
I_iz_B_a_troll 24
Strangers waiting, up and down the boulevard, Shadows, searching in the niiiiightt!
starah_fml 0
I'm sure people do stuff like that often, it said non refundable not nonfixable, you should have just talked to a person that worked there and asked I'm sure they could fix it for a small fee (still less then buying another ticket)
Jimboom 12
Well, no offence but YDI for being so lax in attention to the details. Seriously, the train operators (doesn't matter which one, they are all bastards) are notorious for screwing you over, living in the UK you should know this too and should have read the small print.... or even the large print in this case.
stevenmx86 8
Ydi for not being more careful in the first place..
goldieglock 5
is this a math story problem? are you trying to get us to do your homework?
NuyoRicanGirl 3
and to think you'd be more careful when buying the second ticket :-/
jamjelly386 5
when op said set out in a journey I thought of pokemon :)
dougierocks 13
FYL... pokemon...