Today, I bought a CD off a man who always plays Spanish guitar in the subway. When I got to work and tried playing the CD, it was blank. I paid $15 for a blank CD. FML
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Today, a co-worker gave me a couple of CDs he said he wanted me to listen to. I got excited, thinking that they were playlists he'd made for me. They were self-help tracks. FML
Today, I arrived at work to find an email from the manager whom I had bought concert tickets from the night before. He said he had actually sold those tickets to someone else. He still expects to be paid. FML
Today, I found out the gift card my friend gave me for Christmas actually has no money on it and was never purchased in the first place. FML
Today, I spent hours playing my guitar and singing in the street, hoping to make some extra cash. About 3 hours in, I realized some punk had been walking around with a hat taking money as if he was with me. FML
Today, I finally released my first music album. I dropped out of college to pay for it after my friends who liked my music urged me to. They keep telling me how much they love the CD. I've only sold one copy. Turns out they put it on a sharing site so only one of them would have to buy it. FML
Today, I was playing guitar on the sidewalk and had my guitar case open for tips. A man came up with a folded piece of green paper, smiled and walked away. After I was finished, I looked at my tips. I unfolded the paper, it was a note that said "You suck!" FML
Today, at work, I put my earphones in to listen to some music. An hour later, I realised I never pressed play. FML
Today, my mate came over wanting me to listen to a new music CD he got. It was by some unknown band, and at the end he asked me what I thought, and I said it was ok but the lead singer couldn't sing even if his life depended on it. Turns out my mate's the lead singer, and it was his own band. FML
Today, I met my favourite singer, but when she signed my CD, the marker was out of ink. By the time I realised there was no signature, she was already gone. FML
Today, I had an old man yell in my face because the boxes in our store only had Spanish words on them. I spent 15 minutes apologizing and trying to explain that the English was on the back side. He stormed out before I could even show him. FML
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DrAwesome 6
Call technical support. Maybe your drive can't read the... Oh, who am I kidding, you got ripped.
yojoeletsmakeout 0
next time maybe don't buy CDs from randoms in the subway.. but FYL, that's really lame.
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blx 0
i bet that was either in L.A. or in N.Y. I'm not even american, and even I know that you're not supposed to do that, they just want money and leave the CD's blank... YDI
aback 5
If he ripped you off, at least you won't have to listen to him in the subway anymore.
mochie 0
Well, you can either go back or treat is as a donation to the poor...not that he is actually poor or anything
Dush_fml 0
OP: You didnt deserve a Blank CD, you did much more to help $15 towards a homeless (I say homeless if your playing spanish gutair everyday in a subway), which is more than he was expecting, but then again, homeless will do anything to make $$ and scam the rest of us.
ihatestupidppl 0
Welcome to New York :) No way you're a native if you were willing to spend $15 on a subway musician's CD lol. Next time, just give them the money. If you really are just trying to do a good deed, you won't expect anything in return. If you're honestly looking for music...again, welcome to New York City, you can definitely find stores with reasonably priced CDs all over the place.
JayXL14 0
you're stupid for buying a cd off a hobo, but even more stupid for paying $15
D2_fml 0
I think it was a nice gesture to try and help someone by BUYING their CD.
GrantEatAirplane 0
If he plays in the subway everyday, I really doubt that he even has a way of recording his music, let alone a computer to burn those CDs with.
SimpleSimon 0
The OP didn't say this guy's a hobo. He could be a genuine street performer. If he was a homeless bum would he really be able to stay in the same place all the time selling blank CDs and never have been caught out before now?
skullbuster 0
If he were a hobo he would have been ON THE SUBWAY, waited for her to fall asleep, and then rubbed himself up against her arms/legs for some hobo lovin. Don't you people follow these FMLs regularly, ITS PANDEMIC!!!
LadyAlathia 0
Honestly, he might not know he sold you a blank CD. If you see him again, let him know. My hubby's in a band, and a few weeks ago we threw out free copies of his demo at a show. Oops, my computer was being the dinosaur that it is and didn't actually burn anything. We replaced all of them, of course. Anyway... just a thought.