Today, I got stopped by people asking for donations for their charity services. Being who I am, I hate saying no to people, so I told them, "I don't have any money, only my card." Did you know they also accept payment by card? 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, I donated to a charity website. My card was repeatedly refused by the website but when I went on my account, I was charged for each time I tried. I was scammed by a charity. FML
Today, the cashier asked if I wanted to donate $1 to help hungry children. I said, “Not today, thank you.” The man behind me loudly said, “Wow…” Now everyone thinks I hate children. I'm just that broke. FML
Today, I was paying for groceries when the cashier asked if I wanted cash back. I said yes and handed over my card. She stared at me and said, “You're using a library card.” I'd pulled the wrong card out of my wallet. FML
Today, I went to the self-checkout line at Walmart. When I tried to pay, the cash wouldn't go in, so I stood there trying to cram money into the thing that's supposed to take your money. What I didn't realize was that there was a sign up top that said: "No Cash. Cards Only." FML
Today, I got yelled at by a customer for refusing to give a found credit card to a woman it didn't belong to. FML
Today, I’m hard of hearing and rely partly on lip-reading. At a grocery store, the cashier asked me something I didn’t quite catch, so I smiled and nodded. Apparently, she had asked if I wanted to donate to a charity, so I ended up donating a couple of bucks to a cause I still don’t know the name of. FML
Today, a woman came up to my cash register, where I was struggling with the cash, and asked if we took cash. FML
Today, I went to a restaurant with my friend, where my credit card got denied in front of everyone. The staff teased me and made me sit in the restaurant while my friend begged for money outside. FML
Today, while working as a cashier, I was flirting with this cute girl. When I asked her if she had her store card she said, "No", paused, then said "Can I give you my number?" I said, "Sure, that would be awesome, do you want mine?" She said no. I didn't know I could just enter the card number. FML
Today, a customer gave me the dirtiest look ever and muttered, "Goody two-shoes prick" after I asked if he'd like to donate a few cents to charity. FML
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Top comments
hafyyyy 17
you shouldnt be ashamed of saying no, no one is forcing you to pay them.
brookenicolee29 27
It's your money, don't be ashamed if you don't want to donate it.
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Comments (57)
Harry_19901 14
it doesn't matter if they accept cards or not, there are so many scams out there, they can wear any shirt and call them we help poor people.... be real careful.
saffy66 34
I wish you hadn't given up your card details. If I was you I'd have the card stopped and a new one reissued. You may have fallen victim to scammers. Hope it's not already too late OP. Next time just say I'm sorry but I have already chosen my charities to help out.
beeriah17 14
I'm fully the same! I try to say oh no thank you sorry and not give a reason because as you've found out you can end up by digging yourself a bigger hole lol
RealSuperSand 21
YDI for not telling them to **** off.
Abhinow 7
you could have 'forgot' your PIN
abNormal62 23
Portable debit machines make you put your money where your mouth is my friend. either you want to give or you don't want to give. don't wuss out by saying I only have credit cards. Clearly say yes or no and go from there, your bluff was called
NostalgiaFreak9 43
Nobody is forcing you to donate.
HuiEtyud 7
With the invention of good ol' Square, if you have a smartphone and a PayPal account, anything from "charity" to small businesses can take credit/debit card purchases.
Ashfyr 18
Yep, around here, even the girl scouts have them
chosha_fml 27
YDI for being who you are...a chicken shit.
OysterPearls 33
That's rude. While OP could have used a different (and better) excuse, they do not deserve to be called names for trying to be polite.
chosha_fml 27
#51 It's not rude. It's true. OP didn't have the courage to be honest. And he didn't do it to be polite. He did it to look like he would have donated if he'd had any cash on him and then (literally) paid the price for that lie.
Fmlsea 28
wow that's harsh!
Captain_Debilos_fml 13
It may be a scam, sometimes people make up false charities and then ask for money