Today, I learned that there is a limit to being thrifty. For example buying a pan from the dollar store is most likely going to cost a lot more than a few dollars. Especially when it melts all over your stove which you now have to replace. 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, my mom came over for dinner. She lost her mind, screaming and yelling, because my oven melted the dollar store cooking dish that she insisted on using. Never mind the fact I’m going to have to pay a couple hundred, if not a thousand dollars for a new stove. Oh no, she’s out a whole buck. FML
Today, I learned that just because the actual part of the pan that does touch the stove isn't hot doesn't mean that the handle won't give you third degree burns, a broken nose from passing out from the pain, and an expensive trip to the emergency room. FML
Today, I was telling my friend how much I love my 20-year-old kitchen scale, because it has this one handy function that even new ones don’t have. Later, my mom melted it on the stove and isn’t even convinced she should buy me a new one. FML
Today, I learned the hard way that my oven mitt has a hole. Time to get a new one, whenever my finger stops burning. FML
Today, I discovered that the more money I earn, the more my personal belongings break down on me. FML
Today, I reached the point in my life where Target is the "expensive" store. FML
Today, in an attempt to be frugal, I tried to repair my own sometimes-faulty toaster. Turns out I unplugged the wrong kitchen appliance, which I only discovered by electrocuting myself while pulling it apart. Now it's definitely broken, will need replacing, and I have a burn. FML
Today, I learned that the new granite countertop in my parents' house cost $12,000. Coincidentally, this is also the amount of money I would have needed to go to the college of my dreams instead of the cheaper school I currently attend. FML
Today, I'm so broke that I got buyer's remorse after buying a $2 bottle of pancake syrup. FML
Today, after I'd told everyone I would finally be starting meal prepping to save money, on the very first day, I forgot every container in my fridge, so I still had to buy my lunch during my lunch break. FML
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her0x3her0ine617 0
wow some people are being really mean. try calling the company and telling them their pan killed your oven. perhaps they'll cover the repair/ new oven costs.
troublant_fml 1
Ah, sucks for you :/ Sometimes investing in more expensive stuff is better in the long run.
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Comments (74)
cthulhu1138 1
Sounds like the pan was made out of plastic. A metal pan wouldn't melt (unless you were using a magnesium pan, in which case melting would be the least of your worries). Either the pan was a toy, or it wasn't actually a pan; in either case, it was clearly never meant to be used as a regular frying pan.
fernandaga3 0
YDI for being such a tight wad. Dumbass.
sayheyyybabe 0
Sue them. That's pretty much the response to any FML.
army1312at 0
why dont u just re-melt the plastic off the stove instead of spending a couple hundred dollars buy a torch and burn it off itll stink for a little bit but take it outside first if u dont want the smell in your house.
Cristaderzi 0
How does OP deserve it! Do the math. I have twenty dollars and I dont gey ANY money unil two weeks later! I can: A: Spend that 20 on a fancy pan with big name label and now have no food, Or B: Spend three dollars on a pan and then I can have food to store and leftovers to survive on until I get paid again! So no OP does NOT deserve that! OP SUE that company or ask for compensation then SUE!!!
whiners 0
"Or B: Spend three dollars on a pan and then I can have food to store and leftovers to survive on until I get paid again!" Of course that pan is a plastic tray, not a pan, cuz someone is a 'tard. It melts and the $3 is down the toilet. I think we know why you have no money.
ostrichman1 0
there are somethings you just don't cheap out on
mason022 0
Wow.... U deserved it, unless you're 4 years old, because at that age u wouldn't understand why things are so cheap in that store.... But shame on your parents for letting a 4 year old use the stove!!
DameGreyWulf 1
Don't be cheap when it comes to things that hold your health in the balance; ex food and food-preparation pieces.
Connkidd 0
damn that just sucks
jane99 0
I love the dollar store!
dent91 0
u should sue them u could die !!!!! and also get poisened