Today, my card got declined at Subway, so I walked to the nearest cashpoint thirty minutes away to frantically figure out how much cash I had in my card. As I went to pull my card out of my purse, it slipped from my grip and fell into the sewer. The guy behind me snorted with laughter. FML
Collection
Fall
Dead leaves, the first cold of the season and an umbrella flipped inside out: fall, the season of grace.
Today, after buying dinner from the supermarket, I had the change in my hand, and my wallet. In the parking lot, a quarter fell out of my hand, and right next to the street drain. As I went to pick it up, my wallet fell down the drain. FML
Today, I waited in line at Subway. There were two people in front of me. The first lady had seven sandwiches and the second lady had four. So after patiently waiting, I ordered my sandwich, only to have my credit card declined. FML
Today, I walked into a gas station and saw some $.25 gum. It looked good and I thought I had a quarter in my pocket. I found no change in my pocket once I got to the register, so I pulled out my credit card. The cashier laughed a few seconds later when my card was declined for a piece of gum. FML
Today, I went to have a drink with my friend. On the way I withdrew 20 bucks and when I arrived at the bar I realised I had taken my credit card but not the banknote. FML
Today, while paying for dinner, my card declined and my date immediately left. The waitress then ran my card again successfully. FML
Today, I had an extremely embarrassing moment when I tried to pay my restaurant bill. First, I tried swiping my card, only for it not to work. After the cashier suggested I insert my chip card, I tried putting it on the bottom, only for it not to be there. I finished by putting the card in the proper place upside-down. FML
Today, I had to pay my bus fare in very small change. After carefully counting out coins under the withering glares of a bus-load of people, I quickly slid them into the machine, and somehow ended up jamming it. 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, after going to the convenience store and getting my card declined, the clerk let me come back home with all the things I'd bought so I could look for money and pay with cash instead, so I went back to pay a few minutes later. Karma paid back the goodwill 3 minutes later by making me burn my left hand with boiling water. FML
Today, I dropped my wallet and it fell into the perfectly sized hole in the storm drain. FML
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Top comments
purplemango 21
Don't you have an app for checking that?
jentrynicole 20
I'm sorry, OP! I hope you can get a new card quickly! I know my bank will give you an ATM card from the bank while your new credit/debit card comes in.
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Comments (46)
purplemango 21
Don't you have an app for checking that?
Nilorak 24
Apparently not.
amourmourant 18
Not everyone has a smart phone.
ber4fun 23
Could have just called the number on the back of the card.
tj4234 36
Some people don't trust online banking apps.
YourOpinionSucks 22
Comment moderated for rule-breaking.
But she has Internet to bitch about how stupid she was to use the Internet to check her balance. If you don't have Internet or an easy way to get online in this day and age, you're not rebellious or cute, you're ass backwards, and need to put your stupid ideals to the side, and join the rest of the word.
cheeeksss 29
It would have made more sense to call or to check online than to walk 30 minutes just to check a balance. Also OP, I highly recommend having more than one payment method. I usually carry 1 debit and 2 credit cards with me. So if one fails, I can use the other.
Oyas12 14
#34 YourOpinionSucks
Musicstruck17 24
OP is probably older. My parents refuse to use an app to check their stuff. They're even afraid to buy stuff online because of fraud. OP most likely likes doing stuff the old fashioned way or does not have a smartphone. Who knows maybe OP ran out of data to check on their phone.
evilscorpi 29
i would say the same, but people can be like my father. they like things old fashioned
guss5441 18
Or maybe she cant afford a phone if she can't buy a subway how the hell is she going to buy a phone!!!
charmingdisaster 14
sounds like your cash went done the drain
UncleCaitlyn 21
I hate when my cash goes done the drain also
firefighter925 18
That done right sucks.
Tejanoswhy 19
Fyl that's sad hopefully it all works out
jentrynicole 20
I'm sorry, OP! I hope you can get a new card quickly! I know my bank will give you an ATM card from the bank while your new credit/debit card comes in.
jentrynicole 20
My bank does the ATM card for free. So in this case, if it is the difference between paying and free, OP needs free if they can get it. Lol
freya1998 23
Karma will get him. Let's hope the ATM/cashpoint was broke.
UncleCaitlyn 21
He did nothing wrong. In the same situation I probably would've done the same thing
freya1998 23
You would laugh if someone would drop their card in a sewer? That's mean..
SixthSinEnvy 39
I'm sorry that happened. Why not just call the bank next time?
False_Stupidity 42
This could have been in the afternoon, Most banks aren't open very late.
pedinhuh 23
I want to downvote you because I like to eat at Subway, but I'm giving you thumbs up instead because that was a good one :)
gatorgirl1023 9
you walked 30 minutes for that...you were either really hungry or just stupid
gichikku 14
Or really worried about their money missing.
legendof90 14
How much was subway?!
NickACD 27
Feels like this situation could've been easily avoided