Today, I got stopped by people asking for donations for their charity services. Being who I am, I hate saying no to people, so I told them, "I don't have any money, only my card." Did you know they also accept payment by card? FML
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Today, I donated to a charity website. My card was repeatedly refused by the website but when I went on my account, I was charged for each time I tried. I was scammed by a charity. FML
Today, the cashier asked if I wanted to donate $1 to help hungry children. I said, “Not today, thank you.” The man behind me loudly said, “Wow…” Now everyone thinks I hate children. I'm just that broke. FML
Today, I was paying for groceries when the cashier asked if I wanted cash back. I said yes and handed over my card. She stared at me and said, “You're using a library card.” I'd pulled the wrong card out of my wallet. FML
Today, I went to the self-checkout line at Walmart. When I tried to pay, the cash wouldn't go in, so I stood there trying to cram money into the thing that's supposed to take your money. What I didn't realize was that there was a sign up top that said: "No Cash. Cards Only." FML
Today, I got yelled at by a customer for refusing to give a found credit card to a woman it didn't belong to. FML
Today, I’m hard of hearing and rely partly on lip-reading. At a grocery store, the cashier asked me something I didn’t quite catch, so I smiled and nodded. Apparently, she had asked if I wanted to donate to a charity, so I ended up donating a couple of bucks to a cause I still don’t know the name of. FML
Today, a woman came up to my cash register, where I was struggling with the cash, and asked if we took cash. FML
Today, I went to a restaurant with my friend, where my credit card got denied in front of everyone. The staff teased me and made me sit in the restaurant while my friend begged for money outside. FML
Today, while working as a cashier, I was flirting with this cute girl. When I asked her if she had her store card she said, "No", paused, then said "Can I give you my number?" I said, "Sure, that would be awesome, do you want mine?" She said no. I didn't know I could just enter the card number. FML
Today, a customer gave me the dirtiest look ever and muttered, "Goody two-shoes prick" after I asked if he'd like to donate a few cents to charity. FML
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Top comments
hafyyyy 17
you shouldnt be ashamed of saying no, no one is forcing you to pay them.
brookenicolee29 27
It's your money, don't be ashamed if you don't want to donate it.
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Comments (57)
ZombieSazza 34
Say "no thank you" in another language, or anything in another language. I go for "no thank you" in Gaelic and people leave me alone after that as they assume I'm foreign, and there's not many gaelic speakers in Scotland, so I've never had any trouble!
Hempseed 27
No ******* way! A fellow Scot?! :D
obliviongillette 18
Pretty soon they're gonna start taking IOU's for your first born child as well.
airborne2003 10
I've had the same shit pulled on me, they're getting crafty.
Khalil1456 1
All you have to do is say "I'm sorry I can't, if I had money on my card, I would have brought it with me."
BlueShade 17
Order a green face and say no! (Avid spongebob watchers would understand).
chadminer337 9
At least you are alive. Stop complaining, I'm sure you have it a lot better than most people.
anshu0688 7
But, you could also have said that you wanted to go through a document listing most of their works, as a softcopy in your mail id. Eventually, if that satisfied you, you would contact them later on your own to render any help.
davie94 18
Well I'm glad I can learn from your mistake cause I'm just like you - can't say no and don't carry cash!
wolfy_fml 5
I always just say that I've already made my donations for this year. I rarely have money to donate to anything... but when I do it is to the spca and water.org. Those are the only charities I want to donate to.
fordneagles 34
"I don't have any money..." Stop there. Do not give them a way around you trying to politely say no. Last time I had someone knock on my door, I tried to give them some coins, and they said "Oh, sorry, we don't accept cash! We can sign you up with your bank account details and set up a monthly subscription though!" Get off my ******* porch.