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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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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Comments (38)
fthku 13
Good thinking about checking, bad timing. The checking should be performed WHILE purchasing the original ticket.
DocBastard 40
Ever heard the phrase "Poor planning on your part does not constitute an emergency on my part"? I'm rewriting that for FML: Poor planning on your part allows me to laugh at your stupid ass.
natas_fml 13
YDI for making me have to think when I read this.
BuckeyeNut28 1
it still does not make any sense..
raybury 2
Um, non-refundable may not mean non-changeable. Nor does 'available in two hours' preclude availability in one hour. Talk to a human, you might be better off than you think.
Zebidee 9
The UK train operators are notorious for being jerks when it comes to stuff like this. You need to triple check that stuff. This is what happens when you privatise your rail networks. If the same thing happened here in Germany, you'd just walk up to the counter and they'd sort it out on the spot, no drama.
krazy_glu3 0
great.... I'll be singing that song all day now
ROFLBERRYPIE 0
Drive next time.
surubi 0
Hey OP Even though it says you can only collect your ticket from one station, you can actually collect them from ANY station. Try picking it up when you get to your destination.
chocolate_gateau 0
YDI for not checking your booking in the first place, making sure you get the right one. As a university student in my third year I've got the train home countless times and never got a wrong booking/booked too late as I was intelligent enough to read the screen before paying for it.
ColdGold 6
Oh sorry. You have to watch that.