Today, I was so excited to finally use my $45 gift card to a hair salon. I walk up to the doors to find them locked, and to look inside to see that the salon was not only closed, but out of business. FML
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Black Friday
70% off something you didn't need, a stampede and a cart that crashes at checkout. Thanks, Black Friday.
Today, it's my birthday, and my coworkers gave me a $75 gift card to a restaurant chain near my house. Later in the evening, I found out the chain of restaurants abruptly closed. All of them. FML
Today, I found a gift card under my bed that I lost a few months ago for $400 to a store that went out of business last week. FML
Today, I went to open my store but corporate had changed the locks without notice. The store's being sold. FML
Today, I didn't have enough money to tip my hairstylist, even though I thought I did and said I was, but I'm so broke, my card got declined at $50. I needed the haircut for an interview. I feel so f@%$>&* bad about it. FML
Today, I went to the hairdresser on a spur of the moment decision to get a quick wash and cut. Forty-five painful minutes and $180 later, I honestly don't know if anything was actually done to my hair. FML
Today, after closing down the gas station I work at, I went to unlock the door to the building. Turned out the lock broke and I was locked inside until my boss could get there to let me out. FML
Today, I locked myself out of my own shop. And I'm a locksmith. FML
Today, I went to the salon to get some acrylics done. They increased the prices recently and it was more expensive than expected. I didn’t have enough money in my account to cover the service, so I planned on running out when I had the chance. I ended up running out only to faceplant in the parking lot. FML
Today, I paid $50 for a haircut. Halfway through, I realized the hairdresser was drunk. FML
Today, I had a haircut booked for 5 p.m. and arrived ten minutes early. The salon was closed, so I checked the confirmation text. I'd booked it for 5 p.m. but on the previous day. I ended up going home with the same shite haircut I'd been trying to fix. FML
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leftnutz 0
aren't gift cards nice? they take something like cash, which is used anywhere, and make it useful at only one place
perdix 31
Did you ever think that whoever gave you the gift card got it for free after the company went out of business? My Xmas bonus at work was a $10,000 gift card to Circuit City :(
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Comments (62)
delaney16 0
hahaha
ChocolateTazer 0
Did a friend give it to you and say "Don't spend it all in one place"? If so, fyl.
MizzHollywood 0
well don't blame the op for waiting too long. maybe she didn't need a haircut then and wanted to wait until she needed one to use it. but yeah, this is no fml. i see no harm done in your life. and yeah, i hate gift cards. I never ask for them, only cash or credit card things. if i get gift cards i want to spend somewhere else I usually sell them to a friend or family member.
sabatical 0
nice.
redbeater 5
YDI for going to a hair salon. Do your OWN hair lazy ass!
amiemariej 0
she's a girl.... you try cutting your own hair evenly with layers when it's past your shoulders then make your dumb comment
fisheatsbear 6
hey now, she said this was the first time since she got the card that she went there. Could also be that she couldn't do what she wanted with her hair, and therefore, have an expert do it.
bulll_crap 0
it's only $45$'
86753O9 0
YDI for waiting so long to use it and F the persons life who spent $45 on you for nothing. At least you didn't lose anything over it. There is nothing wrong with gift cards if done right. I personally think the only good places to give gift cards instead of cash are restaurants and entertainment (movie theaters ect). This forces the person to go out and enjoy themselves one night as a gift from you instead of just blowing it on anything. They will actually think of you when they use it as opposed to cash.
intensitive 11
I would consider it a blessing. If they're out of business, they probably didn't give good haircuts and lost customers left and right. Wouldn't you rather have a useless gift card than a horrible haircut for a month?
ahhhmber 0
suuuuccckkkyyy.
jsrussell8 0
sell it to a blind kid