Today, I finally finished painting a house that took me 3 weeks to complete at 10 hours a day, including weekends, due to my dedication to perfection. When I went to meet with the homeowner for pay day, which was supposed to be $2000, he gave me $200, 5 tacos and then told me to "get the f*** off my lawn." FML
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Fall
Dead leaves, the first cold of the season and an umbrella flipped inside out: fall, the season of grace.
Today, after spending 5+ hours of my life painting a portrait of someone's cat for them, I finally finished it, perfect condition, no mistakes. I was supposed to be paid 300 bucks for it. Got 50 bucks because it was too "vibrant." FML
Today, it was my last day decorating a customer's house, I had one room to paint and that was it. I sat down on the stairs to check my phone before starting and woke up four hours later to the customer shaking me to see if I was alive, and then yelling at me for getting paid to sleep. FML
Today, after shoveling one guy's steps, sidewalk, and driveway for two hours straight, I went to ask for my money. He said, "Work is its own reward!" and shut the door in my face. FML
Today, I finally summoned the courage to ask my dad to pay me as he promised, after I cut the lawn and cleaned all the house windows last week. His response was, "Get fucked." FML
Today, after weeks of slaving away, I finally wrapped up the last house project on the backlog. I decided to take a day to relax around the house in celebration. My wife spent all day following me around, moaning that I never go anywhere, and that she never gets any space. FML
Today, after spending two weeks renovating my room and $1000 on paint and a new floor, my landlord told me that he's sold the house. Also, he was kind enough to inform me that unless I paint the walls back to white, I won't be getting my $500 deposit back. FML
Today, I finally finished a drawing that someone had asked and said they would pay me for. I worked on it for multiple hours and was very proud of it. When it came to discussing payment, I asked what his best offer was. A pack of cigarettes. FML
Today, after three weeks of hard work, I finally finished painting my room. Apparently my 6-year-old brother thought I wasn't done and that he should help me out. I now have little red handprints all over my white walls. FML
Today, my husband has been painting our house all weekend and plans to finish the job after work today. I decided to surprise him by completing the job myself. Painting the last window frame, I dropped the open tin of white paint, right onto our car roof. FML
Today, I was painting my mom's house, which so far had taken 12 hours over two days. All of a sudden there was a wind storm. All of the leaves stuck to the wet paint. FML
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Mike1313 0
throw the tacos at the wall u painted and ask for the money ur supposed to get!
maskedman 9
I can't wait to see this on Judge Judy.
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brownisbeauty 0
First this sounds completely made up to me. If it took you 3 weeks to pain the interior and exterior of someone's home after working 10 hour days you should look into a different way of paying your bills. Also, if you began a job of this nature without a contract that is irresponsible on your part, and further proves that you should find another profession. Lastly, if you are so spineless as to allow yourself to be treated like that then you deserve whatever you get. I made the mistake one time as a teenager of not getting anything in writing for a babysitting job, got screwed and will never do any kind of work without anything in writing. I'm going to assume you're just really young and didn't know any better, or just someone with no backbone who lets people walk all over them.
sallen0046 4
First of all, it's called a contract. Look into it you plan on doing things like this in the future. Secondly, it shouldn't have taken you three weeks to paint one house, I don't care how much of a perfectionist you are. If you didn't get it in writing, and you have nothing to stipulate a time estimate you have absolutely no grounds to sue and deserve to have to pay the ridiculous court fees if you try, just for wasting everyone's time.
angelhorse11 0
WOW!!!!!! GO TO HIS HOUSE AT 3AM AND EGG IT
DrewSaFur1313 2
I don't understand the FML here. If you had an agreement then it's a pretty easy court case for you to win
Cpaintballer 1
I hope you have a reciept cause you have one you can sue but if you don't........ your screwed
serge007 0
Don't waste your time on FMYlife, take his ass to court, go to your news station, and go back demanding full payment and call the police.
fmlman1029 0
Go whop his fat ass
SirJoseph 0
that calls for a roundhouse kick to the face for sure
ohhmyjeez 0
how is this an fml if you got tacos?
rubyliu8420 7
that's when u should go back late at night & spray paint obscene things all over the house.