Today, I had gone to the store and bought a new wallet. 5 minutes later a security guard asks for my receipt. Turns out I had dropped my receipt. Some guy had picked it up and pretended I had stole his wallet. The guard confiscated my wallet because the guy had "his" receipt to prove it. 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, I realized the dress I bought yesterday still had the security tag on. I returned to the store to get it removed, only to realize I'd lost my receipt. The lady at the counter thought I stole it, called security, and had me escorted out, dress-less. FML
Today, I went to the store, but after I'd selected my items, I saw that I'd forgotten my wallet. When I tried to explain to the cashier, he thought that I was trying to steal and called the cops. My roommate had to come to the store to save me. FML
Today, while at the mall, a lady dropped her credit card while in line to buy something. I came over, picked it up and gave it to her just for her to shove it in my hand and scream, "She's stealing my wallet! My wallet!" The police came. FML
Today, I found a wallet on the sidewalk and spent an hour tracking down the owner. When I finally returned it, he opened it, counted the cash in front of me, and asked if I was sure there hadn't been more money in it. FML
Today, I lost my wallet while out shopping. Panicked, I retraced my steps and found it at a store, turned in by an employee. Grateful, I opened it to find a note that read, "We left the money but took one dollar for karma." I checked. They did actually take one dollar. FML
Today, I realized I'd lost my wallet when paying for groceries. I had to put all the items back and leave the store feeling so embarrassed in front of everyone. FML
Today, I walked into Best Buy to buy a 42" widescreen TV I'd been saving up for many months. As I walked in, a man stopped me and handed me my wallet that I'd accidentally dropped. I thanked him. Five minutes later at the checkout, I opened up my wallet to realize it was empty. He had stolen everything. FML
Today, I felt a tug on my backpack and found my wallet missing. A nice stranger pointed to a guy running down the stairs and said "There goes the guy who took your wallet!" I ran to catch the supposed offender. The 'nice' stranger was the actual offender distracting me as he got away. FML
Today, I found a wallet containing an ID card. I managed to track down the owner, who now is threatening to call the police if I don't return the 400 dollars that he insists were also in it. FML
Today, I was shopping with my husband. At the self-checkout, one of the items I was buying for him as a gift didn’t register. As we were walking out, I get stopped and escorted to the loss prevention office, where I was accused of stealing. FML
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Teffie 0
Didn't the sales person remember you?
dragon_fml 0
yea, ask for the salesperson. ask the security to check the cameras. there is always a camera above the cashier.
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Comments (93)
csigabajnok 0
Creativity at its best! I feel for you, though... :(
nnefj9 0
Its the economy.
Mish_fml 0
Wow. :/ Yeah you shoulda checked the tapes or at least with the cashier. That police officer's pretty dumb too, depending on ONE piece of evidence. Anybody could have taken the receipt and gotten the wallet.
spartan2600 0
actually, you had ZERO legal responsibility to hand over the wallet, you didn't have to show your receipt to anyone, at least if you were in the US, though I don't think most countries would be much different. security guards have zero legal authority, they can't detain you, and even if they called the cops and you stayed for that, the police can't make you hand over the wallet.
WeStayCrunk24x7 0
oh no! you lost like 40 bucks, you're right your life is F******
crazydoug 0
lol i would kick that guys ass
Lion_fml 0
why didn´t you kill the guy? you should at least kick his ass
mondope 0
Why did you even hand it over? I would've laughed at his face because they wouldn't have been able to prove that you had stolen it. The receipt didn't mean anything. I hate to say it, but you deserved that one if you let it happen that easily.
Chaos_Faction 0
wat a dick
listenbarnaby 0
Um.... Contents of the wallet should have absolved you. Your face is on your driver's license inside of the wallet......