Today, I searched for free parking near my work for 30 minutes, trying to avoid paying $12 at a pay lot. I scored a spot, but 1 mile away from the office. I trekked through rain, cold, and got to work late. It was a long hard day, crawled back to my car, and had a $30 ticket on my windshield. FML
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Wild Nights Out
Last call, bad decisions and 3 a.m. texts you'll regret until noon. Cheers.
Today, I parked my car in a garage that cost $13 for every 10 minutes past 10 o'clock. When I came back to the garage at 10, I had forgotten where I parked it and spent an hour looking for it. I paid $78 to lose my car. FML
Today, I walked ten miles to pick up my car from the towing station. Turns out there was enough change for the parking meter in the glovebox after all. FML
Today, I went to city hall to pay for a parking ticket. After returning to my truck, I found a parking ticket on my window. FML
Today, I gave my friend a ride to town so she wouldn't have to pay the $10 to park. While waiting to pick her up, I grabbed a bite to eat. Upon returning to my car, I found a $55 parking ticket on my windshield. FML
Today, I was looking for a parking spot and finally found one. Trying to figure out if the spot was legal, I asked a cop that had pulled up. He said it was fine. I came back 3 hours later to a parking ticket. FML
Today, I drove my car to work as I had some errands to do after, even though I only live a few blocks away. After driving round to find a car park for ages, the closest car park available was outside my house. I ended up walking to work instead. FML
Today, I went to pay my vehicle registration in person to avoid paying the $10.00 online service fee. After a long wait, I came out to find a $15.00 parking ticket on my car. FML
Today, I decided not to park in the parking garage on campus, in an attempt to save the $8 it would have cost me. Instead, I parked in a surface lot (about a mile away) and got a $50 parking ticket for not having a permit to park there. 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, I parked my car, went to pay for my spot, and returned to my car only to find a parking violation ticket tucked under the windshield wipers. This all happened in less than a minute. FML
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firebird94 0
that's literally the dumbest thing ever....if you have to walk a mile to get to work then you might as well pay the damned $12
birds_fml 7
You don't get a parking ticket for no reason. You get a parking ticket if you parked wrong, or you parked in a no parking zone, or if you park in a spot that there's no parking during a certain time of the day. If you can't be bothered to read the damn signs, then YDI. You know what I did, when I realized it would be impossible for me to find on campus parking at my school at 10am? I paid for parking the first day, and then I went driving around to find the closest FREE legal street parking. Yeah, it's a mile away. And no, I won't get a ticket, because I READ THE PARKING SIGNS and know when it's illegal to park, and when it's not. So I don't get tickets.
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Comments (84)
big24 0
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King_of_Kings 3
It's whiney little shitheads like you that get the worst luck! Why don't you just suck it up and go with it!
MrsDepp 12
umm almost the same as another FML?......yehh......
plexico 4
30 minutes?! I just make on circle for 2 or three minutes and if I can't find any free parking, I "kaak et betaal." That's a great South African expression meaning literally "shit and pay." If you saw it was raining and cold and you were late anyway, why didn't you just suck it up and pay? Get up an hour early tomorrow to find a free spot, Lock-Pockets!
Qup 0
duh!
mike3e 0
ydi for still using a kettle
2dollabootyholla 0
Wow, nice job commenting the wrong FML post. dipshit.
Ridyn 0
That's what you get for being a cheap bastard. Stop being late and you'll actually get a decent spot.
JordoK 0
For everyone calling him cheap, try sitting down and thinking about this for a minute. 12 dollars to park for the day, now imagine if he works 5 days a week. Thats 60 dollars a week, which adds up to 240 dollars a month, and finally 2880 dollars a year. There's a major difference between being cheap, and between economizing and trying to save money. So think before you make insulting comments like calling the OP cheap. As for the OP, just a suggestion, try car pooling if at all possible. Saves everybody gas, and between a car pool of four or five, that 12 dollars isn't as bad anymore.
gonzolove 0
Finally, someone with some common sense. And I agree with you about the idiots calling "fake". Apparently they've never heard of large cities. Trying to park in Manhattan is like entering a combat zone. People will actually crash into you to try to get a spot.
rhythmbandit 0
another FML ripoff yay.
kurdow 0
cheap bastard