Today, the arts company I work for cancelled our 8 pm sold-out outdoor performance at 7:30 due to rain, and will have to reticket 550 patrons. I'm the only person in the office trained in ticketing. It stopped raining 10 minutes after we cancelled it. FML
Collection
Fall
Dead leaves, the first cold of the season and an umbrella flipped inside out: fall, the season of grace.
Today, I played a Jazz gig. It rained, making the tent the band performed under heavy with water. When I stepped forward to play my solo, the front end of the tent collapsed under the weight of the rain, drenching me. FML
Today, I'm stuck in traffic and the rain is pouring. I guess I'll just have to wait until this is over. I wonder what I'll say to the interviewer when he cancels. FML
Today, I arrived at work to find an email from the manager whom I had bought concert tickets from the night before. He said he had actually sold those tickets to someone else. He still expects to be paid. FML
Today, Muse cancelled their upcoming show in Oslo. I bought my sold-out tickets on the black market for double the retail price, and have no way of getting my money back. FML
Today, working in PR, I've been unable to attend 2 out of 3 of my booked tours. That "non-refundable, zero excuses" policy with the billion dollar online activities provider has me out $400. So, instead of enjoying what should be a beautiful PR birthday trip, I'm online now scheduling returns of clothes and jewelry to cover the losses. FML
Today, I had to cancel a plane ticket to a friend's wedding, because first he gave me the wrong date, after which his fiancée cut me from the guests because of Covid safety. Instead of paying $600 to be in the ceremony, I'm paying $400 to not go anywhere because the ticket could only be partially refunded. FML
Today, I was telling my co-workers about how I'd gotten tickets to a concert in a few days. My boss overheard. Later, he told me I now have to work on the night of the concert. However, he was kind enough to offer to buy the tickets off me for half of what I'd paid for them. FML
Today, a friend texted me to get a ticket and go to a theme park with her tomorrow. I bought a ticket and didn't hear from her until 5 hours later to say she was sorry, but she doesn't think she'll be going. It was $65 and non refundable. FML
Today, after taking various trains to get to Marseille to see Bruce Springsteen in concert, whom I've been waiting about 30 years to see, I found out only a few hours before it was supposed to start that the gig had been cancelled due to The Boss having "vocal issues." I'd even spent 50€ on a t-shirt. I actually cried. FML
Today, I wanted to bust my introverted routine and posted on social media an invite to see a play. Two friends responded. I took the first up on the offer but she backed out later. When I tried to get tickets for the day the second friend was going, they were sold out. I'm now going to the play by myself. FML
Feel like sharing it with the other FML users?
Thanks, your FML was submitted, and will appear in the moderation queue soon!
Top comments
HowieDoIt 21
Why don't we take the concert, and push it somewhere else?!
Supergirl1988 16
Well why didn't they uncancel it?
Add a comment · Reply to
You must be logged in to be able to post comments!
Comments (58)
GothickNihilist 15
Well time to get off FML, and get back to work.
BlowinChronic 18
It takes awhile for an FML to be approved, so OP should be done by now.
GothickNihilist 15
I know that. I guess my attempt at being humorous failed.
possy 19
Sounds like overtime to me!!
perdix 31
With extraordinary power comes extraordinary responsibility. Before you start the re-ticketing, it might be a good time to discuss a raise and promotion with your boss, as well as a company car, stock options and access to the corporate jet.
DanielleinDC 34
Not to mention training other people in ticketing in case OP can't do it for one reason or another.
klutz44 28
But then OP loses all their leverage.
DocBastard 40
The good news is the you can only do it one at a time and no faster than that. Don't complain about doing the job that you actually signed up for.
gc327072 31
Just 'cause they signed up for it, doesn't mean it's fun.
anythingmustbe 18
I feel it for you. To bad your the only one who has to face the music for cancelling the concert. Don't be to down maybe it could be a one way ticket to a promotion?
BlowinChronic 18
Go home, you're drunk.
andyyroxx 20
I feel you*, Too* You're* Too* Not drunk, just little mistakes
BlowinChronic 18
When it's such a short comment, even that many mistakes is just kind of embarrassing though.
lambda_fml 40
I wish you good luck in reticketing the 550 Angry patrons. Having been to a couple of concerts, I know things can get messy if the croud isnt happy.
Enslaved 38
FYL but your patrons are lucky! All the Amphitheatre concerts I've gone to states "Rain or Shine". If it rains, you better bring a poncho 'cause you're damn out of luck! Mayhem was hell this year!
THExistentialist 13
almost every ticket I've ever bought said "rain or shine". I'm not sure this FML is legit, because after all, wouldn't the theater just say the tickets were redeemable in case the show happened? no company goes out of its way to loose money.
perdix 31
"Blame it on the rain, yeah, yeah Whatever you do, don't put the blame on you, Blame it on the rain, yeah, yeah." That's really me singing . . . me singing . . . me singing . . .
Ominn 6
Sucks to be the only one. Feel for you, meng. Gotta ask why more people aren't there that can do the ticketing with you. Unrelated, is there like 200 people that come to this site and vote YDI on every single post or something? I don't see how OP deserved this tedium, but apparently 288 (atop) people feel that OP's responsible for the moodiness of nature.
Satoaoi 13
omg I would be so pissed