Today, the area I live in is so rural that the nearest Starbucks is a one-hour drive away. And in another country. FML
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Today, I went to meet a potential client at Starbucks all the way across town about designing his website. I was extremely excited because I really need the work. I sat for an hour. Turns out he was across the street, at the other Starbucks. FML
Today, my friend and I walked 3 miles to a Starbucks. We went inside, paid for our coffees and walked the 3 miles back to my house. We forgot to pick up our coffees. FML
Today, I had to admit that my coffee addiction is really bad when I woke up in a Starbucks with no memory of how I got there. FML
Today, I called complaints for my internet provider because, again, it's slowed to a crawl that would make dial-up laugh. They said that I live in a remote area, so maintenance is difficult. When I pointed out I only live ten minutes from the nearest city, they responded by saying they're my only option, so tough. FML
Today, I had to drive over an hour away to buy toilet paper. FML
Today, while house sitting for my mother and stepfather, their elderly dog passed away. They live in such a remote location, the closest open vet office is a 2 hour drive, and the local one opens in 10 hours. FML
Today, I came to a realization that the closest people to me in my life, the ones who are warm and welcoming, who're happy to see me, who honestly wanna know how I've been and how I feel, whose smiles make me feel warm and fuzzy inside, are the baristas at Starbucks, not my actual 'friends'. FML
Today, I work at a rural hospital where personnel is so short-staffed that we have to take double shifts without time to prepare food at home, and the place is too small to have a place to order food from. I lived off of sandwiches the entire week. FML
Today, on my way to a big convention in Chicago, I found out that when my friend said, "I live in Chicago," they really meant, "I live an hour and a half outside of Chicago." Hello traffic and hours of daily driving. FML
Today, after I spent years making fun of people who buy expensive coffee every morning instead of making it at home, and after I got a remote job and started living alone, I realized the barista at the café is currently the closest thing I have to a social life. Yesterday she remembered my order and I nearly felt emotional. FML
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Generalleroy 12
oh no. you can't drink over priced coffee.
alternative-facts 6
Next time you're craving a iced caramel macchiato, don't forget your passport!
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Comments (50)
Jenmic 16
I am 2.5 hours away from the nearest Tim Hortons and I live in Canada.
Lexyy17 18
Hey me too!
tonyfan00 38
Where the hell do you live? On a ship in Canadian waters?
rgetting 24
So what? How is this an FML?
Ian Ward 3
the nearest hospital is 100 miles and only thing 24hrs in that distance is a crappy gas station
tonyfan00 38
Are you from Alaska...?
kirby1964 20
Sounds like an opportunity for you to open one.
STFU01 14
Starbucks is overpriced swill anyway
jcash52426 5
It might be cheaper to just make coffee at home then.
RememberSchlitz 9
Given that their products are the Harley Davidson of coffee - over priced, overhyped, and honestly mediocre at best - I'm not seeing how not being near a Starbucks is anything other than a small blessing. I traded quiet nights in the boonies for easy access to crass commercialism and noisy crowds years ago and never looked back.
TheNewGuy03 29
That actually sounds like good news. Except for the being in the middle of nowhere bit.
tj4234 36
Meanwhile, the FML for me is that the nearest Starbucks is within my country.
tomas2k 1
First world problem