Today, I picked up my passport, as my previous one was damaged in a car crash. As the teller warned me that a pattern of damaged passports would result in longer processing periods, she spilled her coffee - all over my new passport. I'm supposed to go overseas in a month. FML
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Halloween
A failed costume, stolen candy and a very real scare: Halloween, the one night when fear is allowed.
Today, I found out that my passport expired two days ago, two days before my first vacation abroad. I only found out when the airline employee scanned it at check-in, looked at me with sympathy, and said, "I don't think you're going anywhere today." My friends are currently posting beach photos while I'm filling out passport renewal forms. FML
Today, the passport office informed me I won't get my passport in time to go on holidays. However, they took the money for the passport out of my account 2 months ago, causing me to go overdrawn, and not pay my travel insurance. The same insurance I needed to get the cost of the holiday back. FML
Today, after cancelling work, arguing with my family, scrambling to pack my bags, speeding to the airport and filling in immigration forms to fly out to have a much needed holiday, I wasn't allowed to check in. My passport has less than 6 months away from expiration on it. Yes, that's a thing, apparently. FML
Today, I finished filling the pages in my passport. Also today, my mom's cat urinated on my backpack, soaking my passport with rancid pee. I have visas that last 10 years and can't be moved to a new passport, so I have to keep this nostril-burning booklet. FML
Today, I finally received my passport. Too bad my flight to Italy left last week. FML
Today, I went to the airport to start the amazing 3 week vacation in Costa Rica that I've been saving for and planning for more than a year. They wouldn't let me on the plane because my passport expires in less than 6 months. FML
Today, I had to call the Australian Passport office to track my passport. Turns out they lost it in the mail. A week ago, I got my dream job as a flight attendant. Without a passport they won't accept me. I lost my dream job before I even started it. FML
Today, after spending 2 years saving for my flights, I was denied boarding due to issues with my passport. I heading straight to the embassy only to be told a replacement will take 8 days. The airline will only hold my place for 7. FML
Today, after months of planning and saving for our honeymoon in Italy, my wife and I were turned away at the airport because my passport only has a month until it expires, even though it's only a five-day trip. FML
Today, my purse was stolen. Too bad it had all of my money and my passport. My flight is tomorrow, and the embassy is closed until Monday. Guess who gets to stay in a foreign country with no money and no identification for the next three days. FML
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1Tsk 0
did you, or did you not, slap her in the face?
plethora 3
Stupid woman. Can you get her to explain that it's her fault and waive the waiting period?
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rukusrazor 0
#18: "Curb Stomp" always makes me think of "American History X" and in so: *shudder* Well, you CAN get a passport process expedited by paying an extra fee. You'd have it in 2 weeks. They should cover this extra cost since this was mos def. their fault. Not a FML, but an inconvenience.
lolsan 0
Heyyy so everyone knows, passports now have microchips in them. The coffee could have damaged that as well as the paper. And people are very fussy about passports. If anything is the slightest bit wrong you get questioned and/or rejected.
cdj 0
Not to mention, we don't know how much coffee she spilled. If she spilled a drop, it doesn't sound like a big deal, but if she spilled her whole cup on it, I could definitely see how it could ruin the passport. My cousin actually had his passport ruined because it was spilled on and if the OP is going to somewhere like the US, they could have a problem. Countries like the US are very picky about passports and very strict about getting in, unless you are a US citizen.
alexgisforme3 0
oh hey im back LOL thats stupid haha but did the coffee like ruin it? i thought you could wash it or something. but id be really pissed at that chick lol its like dont ******* spill your coffee on peoples new passports bitch!!! lol
LeftHanded_fml 0
Haha #1 made me lol. But yeah, that sucks.
AK 2
Her fault. Make her put you at the top of the queue.
amykillswitch 0
cut her head off and take it to her manager. demand a new one asap.
mattmag 0
Demand that the passport office give you one with rush-processing. They can get it done in a day.
WildClown 0
I hope you bitch slapped that woman.
MonkeySpeaks 4
If you have to go over seas in a month why dont you just go to a private expiditing service. Although I have to tell you, I think this is a fake. My boyfriend's family has their own expiditing service and i've NEVER EVER heard of some bogus line like "a damaged passport..." They just reissue you one. If anything that is what takes a while. but again, you can go througha service that can get you your docs within 2 wks, 1 wk, 3 days, 24hr.