Today, I forgot to pay for my train ride for the first time. Today was also the first time I've ever seen transit security checking for people's tickets and kicking offenders off. FML
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Today, I'd purchased a ticket for the train on my mobile app. Some idiot pushed past me on his way out and in the process makes me drop my phone, ruining it. A conductor then came to check my ticket and I got fined 150 dollars. 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, I hopped on a tram without a ticket to travel one stop in order to save 5 minutes off my walk. Instead, I got a $230 fine and ended up 15 minutes further away from my destination. 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, after rushing to the bus stop and frantically boarding at the last possible second, I realized that I didn't pay my fare with a single, but a twenty. 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, at a self-checkout, I scanned all my items, bagged them, and left. Only when I got outside did I realize I had completely forgotten to pay. I then noticed that security was running to stop me, and I had to explain that I wasn’t a thief, just an idiot. FML
Today, I got on the bus and the driver said I didn't have to pay since the ticket machine was broken. I was happy to have saved £2.40 until I realised someone had stolen my new £700 phone while I was talking to the driver. FML
Today, I was on the bus, when the inspector asked to see my ticket. I couldn't find it, and ended up being kicked off the bus while a few of the other passengers jeered at me. I found my ticket on the long walk home, buried in my pocket. 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
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Top comments
Pandacupcakelove 26
Haha, that's just how the world works :-) There are 365 days in a year, and which day does your teacher decide to actually check your homework? That one day you haven't done them...
Roevera 14
What were you doing that was worth a $7000 dollar ticket?
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Comments (97)
HeyArnold91 8
That sounds like the kind of luck I would have. Hopefully if they kicked you off you were able to catch the next train OP
narasjbhs 1
When your down, life decides to stick it up your ass. Same thing happened to me in the bus the other day -_-
theluckyones 10
Shit happens at the worse times:/
sesamehood 0
you shouldve stood up to him and shanked him with a knife ,hijacked the train and demand free train tickets for the rest of the year .....just a suggestion
mario2012 18
Comment moderated for rule-breaking.
Irony can be a bitch sometimes.
mario2012 18
The people that thumbed me down are idiots.
eggmarie 25
Or the comment has already been posted...? Just accept the thumbs down and move on with your life.
mfischer 17
Or this just wasn't an ironic situation.
trmntr 4
I'd be surprised if that is really the first time you "forgot", just the first time you were caught.
kailsey 5
Hahaha sucksssss
BeanBrick 10
Yesssss, ssssseriousssssly doesssss sssssuck, eh?
ScarletBloom 14
F up train system.
htownpostman 16
You missed it.. There's still something on your lip
benmec 18
And your armpit...
ScarletBloom 14
62 - by looking at your profile description I wonder what kind of culture you live in that is so cool that makes people turn fool.
andyroxs 2
Lol definitely the GO train. They don't kick you off though, they just write you a warning for a first offense or a fine for a second.
lucianaamelia 21
Life is unfair!
d4m4s74 12
for those who don't believe you can forget to buy a ticket, it happens, hell, 5 minutes ago it happened to me. The reason is that I have a card for my usual ride, and am used to not buying a ticket, and this time I had to take a different train.