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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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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Top comments
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 $12
birds_fml 7
You don't get a parking ticket for no reason. You get a parking ticket if you parked wrong, or you parked in a no parking zone, or if you park in a spot that there's no parking during a certain time of the day. If you can't be bothered to read the damn signs, then YDI. You know what I did, when I realized it would be impossible for me to find on campus parking at my school at 10am? I paid for parking the first day, and then I went driving around to find the closest FREE legal street parking. Yeah, it's a mile away. And no, I won't get a ticket, because I READ THE PARKING SIGNS and know when it's illegal to park, and when it's not. So I don't get tickets.
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Comments (84)
john_bell 0
I have learned now from several FMLs that I should not try and avoid paying for parking.
LadyMedic 0
Stop copying FMLs!! This is just getting obnoxious.
Matcayn 0
I've got enough of these "I don't wanna pay 12$ for parking lot so I'll pay 30$ for a ticket"
JordoK 0
Did you not see my post from earlier? If anyone is a ******* moron, its you. And as for everyone saying this is a rip off, the world is a very big place, and its possible for this very, very common scenario to happen to more than one person.
crystalelizabeth 0
FAKE
Witchcraft_fml 5
Erm... You obviously knew it was raining when you parked unless it was a sudden freak torrential downpour. I...have nothing to say.
prettystoopid 0
is everyone else as sick as I am about reading about these cheap people that end up with tickets? its like there is one every other day, I think they are all FAKE. And if not, morons.
gopsavior 0
YDI for being Canadian.
crimpy 0
You're a dick :)
mpangz 0
I agree with #24, why would I want to pay to go to work? That's some BS.
crimpy 0
People like to save their money..? $12 seems expensive just to park