Today, I spent hours playing my guitar and singing in the street, hoping to make some extra cash. About 3 hours in, I realized some punk had been walking around with a hat taking money as if he was with me. 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 came across a street musician. He looked extremely well-fed already, but his music was pretty good, so I gave him some spare change. As soon as I turned away, he started screaming at me for being "cheap", and chased me half a block before running out of breath. FML
Today, I was playing my guitar and singing on the street corner. I did earn money, when some guy threw a quarter out of his car window for me. It hit me in the face. I now have a circle shaped bruise under my eye. FML
Today, I was playing guitar on the sidewalk and had my guitar case open for tips. A man came up with a folded piece of green paper, smiled and walked away. After I was finished, I looked at my tips. I unfolded the paper, it was a note that said "You suck!" FML
Today, as I was coming out of McDonald's, there was a street musician playing outside. He had his saxophone case open for money. I meant to give him a ten, and it wasn't until I got home later that I realized I'd accidentally given him a hundred-dollar bill. FML
Today, I was walking down the street, when a man behind me tapped me on the shoulder. He gave a $5 bill and said that he thought I had dropped it. Not having the integrity to turn him down, I took it. I spent the next 20 minutes being chased by a crazy hobo who claimed that it was his. FML
Today, I had my earbuds in while walking to work. I was so into a particular song that I didn't notice I was singing out loud despite people being around. A random jogger gave me a thumbs-up and said, "Shit voice, wrong lyrics." FML
Today, I found out that a street performer makes more money than I do. I have a full time job at the bank. FML
Today, I found out that pretending to be a bum begging for money can get you stuck in a jail cell for a few hours. FML
Today, it was beautiful out. I decided to play guitar at the park near my house. I left my guitar case open, asking not for money but for feedback. I got two pieces of paper with feedback: 1) You're fat. 2) Get a life. FML
Today, I was walking down the street with my acoustic guitar on my back. I saw a girl that I like coming down the opposite way, so I decided to play my guitar to try and impress her. I started to tune it quickly, but while I wasn't paying attention, I ran into a pole. Now my guitar is cracked. FML
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Top comments
poopsi 19
Wow, I hope you confronted him. That's just wrong, OP. Sorry. :C
Ambient25 25
Did you bash the guitar on his head? I hear it sounds a lot like a Nickelback song
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Comments (58)
Ctrl_H 18
what a genius. I'm going to have try this!
Jharrist89 12
That was the IRS, collecting the taxes.
doodlecloud 27
That's horrible, FYL....I am surprised it took you three whole hours to notice it though...
Nilorak 24
I hat believe it.
Llama_Face89 34
That was truly terrible.
AshaaFerreira 22
I had to read this out loud to try to make sense of it.... Still couldn't...
Wizardo 34
What busker-ed, show him a chord or too and strum his head in.
Not_Impressed13 9
You should have grabbbed the hat with the cash and said thanks.
Enslaved 38
Wow! That guy has balls to do that. There's this homeless guy that comes around my job's neighbourhood. He owns a dog that carries around a bucket in his mouth begging for money. He gets a lot of attention and cash!!! Do you own a dog? Just dropping an idea out there for your next cash collection. (:
fordneagles 34
How did it take you three hours to notice? Hope you got the money though.
GuitarPr0 2
You should've gone up to him and stole it. That sucks
Llama_Face89 34
Technically wouldn't be stealing. Unless OP took the hat as well, I suppose.
lectricpharaoh 9
Technically, it _would_ be stealing, whether or not he took the hat. What the other guy did wasn't particularly nice, but nor was it illegal, unless he actually said he was the OP's partner or something, or the location in question has laws against panhandling. Simply walking around with a hat and collecting money is perfectly okay, and the fact the guy took advantage of peoples' assumptions makes him kinda clever, even if he's a douche.
Hazelino 25
But it also means people really liked you music, if you do it again you can make a lot of money. (they guy who robbed you wouldn't have done it if you sounded terrible and nobody cared to give you money)