Today, a customer called the restaurant I work at to ask if our coupons were always valid, or if they expired on the expiration date printed on them. FML
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Dead leaves, the first cold of the season and an umbrella flipped inside out: fall, the season of grace.
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Chill the **** out, Todd
Today, I noticed a customer looking for expired products in hopes of receiving a coupon from my store. I told them to let me know if they found anything. They promptly began following me around, telling me how to do my job, only to later file a complaint saying that I was harassing them. FML
Today, my boss showed me a two-page letter from a customer, complaining about me because I couldn't honor a coupon that expired in 2009. He agreed that I did the right thing by refusing it, but said it would be a black mark on my record anyway due to the complaint. FML
Ungrateful
Today, a customer called me a "smart ass" because I helped him scan his coupon correctly. FML
Frustration level: infinity
Today, I was working drive thru and took a huge order. When the people pulled around to the window, they handed me a stack of coupons. None of the coupons were even related to what they ordered. They made me change their order to fit the coupons because they couldn't read. FML
Today, I was fired from my job over a coupon a coworker offered me for bonus reward points. Apparently, it wasn't one I was entitled to. I never even looked at the coupon and assumed it was fine since they offered it to me. FML
Today, at my cashier job, I got written up for accepting obviously photocopied coupons. Last week, I got written up for "inadequate customer service" because I refused to accept the same bogus coupons from the same customer. FML
Today, I had someone place two separate to-go orders, so that he could use two of his "25% off" coupons. He couldn't understand why it wasn't 50% off his total bill, no matter how many times I plainly explained it to him. FML
Today, a customer became irrationally angry and called me a "stupid bitch", all because she couldn't use the coupon clearly marked "30% off grocery items" on a prescription from our pharmacy. FML
Today, I learned that instead of discarding expired products at my work, we change the label to make them 'expire' later. FML
Today, while working as a cashier at McDonald's, a man came in telling me that he had not received his hamburger. I looked at his receipt and the date said 11/17/09. FML
Top comments
VynaVail 12
Actually totally valid. Loads of places accept coupons after their expiration date.
woainishamu 21
Stupidity at its finest.
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woainishamu 21
Stupidity at its finest.
J3R3MYY 14
Stupid is as stupid does.
GreatGeak 8
to be fair, some places do take expired coupons. I used to work for a guy who would. his opinion was: if they expire, they're not doing their job and getting you in the door. but since it was a franchise, he didn't print them.
Ali_Br_fml 33
And Bed Bath and Beyond takes expired coupons too. It doesn't matter how long it has been expired, they take it...or the one my mom shops at in Mount Vernon does at least...But the wording on that question...that makes it sound like they're talking about food expiring.
itsalanis 25
Yep, Bed Bath
itsalanis 25
Wait, what happened to the rest of my comment? I typed out a good length out and felt good afterwards and everything. Goes to show that typing on your phone isn't perfect. My apologies.
thefmlman2011 37
They just went full Retard, never go full retard
gniii 12
"All men have the right to stupidity, but some abuse the privilege"
spignona84 11
I think that applies to women too #59
anythingmustbe 18
Quite sexist to assume that it is a man. Seems like you are abusing stupidity here.
kingdomgirl94 29
1) Its a quote 2) its talking likely about "man-kind"
Rallred32 20
"Why not woman-kind? When will the prejudice end?" Lol.
VynaVail 12
Actually totally valid. Loads of places accept coupons after their expiration date.
Kalipczo 21
I work at bed bath and beyond and we accept expired coupons. we pretty much ignore the expiration date. I've seen people bring coupons in up to 8 years old
junkman6 22
Hell I don't even go to places that refuse to take expired coupons. If they're too greedy as a company/franchise to accept a few days expired coupon they aren't worth much as a company/franchise.
Ian7890 23
mcdonalds accepts expired coupons
soccerguy2 11
I work at Burger King and I've seen a couple coupons from the 80s before. And yes, my manager accepted them. I don't know why you have coupons from 30 years ago though.
aire101 16
Some of the coupons from back then had no expiration dates. My grandmother used to have a whole folder of coupons like that. Putting dates on all coupons is mostly a recent thing. On the note though of accepting expired coupons, at my store i would sometimes accept them if they were only about a day over and if we had yet to send in that weeks coupons to corporate. Bc really in that case who really knows which day you got it ? But we would get in trouble with corporate for accepting coupons way passed the date bc the companies wouldn't reimburse the cost of over date coupons. But there were a few bitches i wouldn't make exceptions for, and those were the extreme couponer assholes who went out of their way be as hateful and rude to you as possible when they came in buy their 50 tubes of toothpaste and 30 bottles of shampoo. I don't know why but extreme couponers were always the most hateful customers in the store (and that was saying something) .
Cassie4840 7
What? I totally thought the expiry date was just a guideline, like the "sell by" date on canned food.
Bcfrmkc816 17
Lol well said and why shouldn't they accept them mostly only saving about .30 cents
gracehi 33
That's not stupid at all. Many stores and restaurants have the policy of accepting all coupons, even expired ones. The Chik-Fil-A in my home town has that policy.
singer0421 32
Even if this was a valid question as those above me claim, she should've worded it differently, perhaps "Will you accept a coupon after its expiration date?" It sounds less stupid.
gracehi 33
I don't see how that's a stupid way of wording it. If the restaurant accepts the coupon after the expiration date, then it's always valid. Besides, the phrase was not in quotes, therefore that's OP's own paraphrase. We don't know how the customer actually worded the question.
singer0421 32
It just seems stupid to me to ask if "they expired on the expiration date printed on them." True, it's a paraphrase so it may not be totally accurate, but phrasing it that way sounds as if the lady doesn't know what an expiration date is.
WMFG16 14
Either way, you both have valid points.
StillUsesMyspace 22
57 is trying to run for fml office, being all political and stuff.
DArthurVaderian 18
#79 I believe the word you're looking for is "diplomatic".
meladuh 16
Kindly announce to them that your coupons have an expiration date for a reason. They should understand.
SillyGirl4602 23
Some people don't understand. A woman told me off once because we wouldn't accept her expired coupon. The coupon was for a totally different restaurant and she demanded that we accept it.
PrincessCastiel 27
That's when you say, "No, this is Patrick!"
baconbits00 9
Hm .... ._. Ur customers aren't so bright
singer0421 32
Says the girl pulling a Miley in her picture. Don't pull a Miley.
baconbits00 9
Oh I'm sorry, I wasn't aware that she was the one who showed the world that we're capable of sticking our tongues out our mouths Plus, me sticking out my tongue doesn't determine how bright I am. But thanks anyway
mackdeezy 22
13, Gene Simmons did it first. How come we don't call it pulling a Gene? And I'm sure Miley won't be the last either.
Schizomaniac 24
13 saw that 9 was going to be thumbed down into oblivion and decided to post an antagonistic comment in hopes that it'd be thumbed up. It's a phenomenon on FML known as "capitalizing on the down vote." Just kidding. Actually it isn't known as anything and I just made that up for the purposes of this comment. But seriously, that's probably what 13 was doing. **** I'm going to regret this comment tomorrow. This is why you don't drink on weeknights, kids.
laden_swallow09 35
And yet here we are, 17, with your profile picture taken off. It was Simmons's shtick to let his tongue out for showmanship. Cyrus merely did it like making a face for a silly photo and she looks stupid, especially with with her idea of twerking.
powelale0000 19
"Pulling a Miley" might not determine how bright you are, but your use of "ur" does.
igive 29
I really hope that was lame prank call, and not that there are people that stupid.