Today, I was standing in the gas station, pulling out my wallet to pay the $100 of gas I just filled my car with. I opened my wallet and found a note saying "borrowed money for food". 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 lost my wallet while out shopping. Panicked, I retraced my steps and found it at a store, turned in by an employee. Grateful, I opened it to find a note that read, "We left the money but took one dollar for karma." I checked. They did actually take one dollar. FML
Today, I pulled into the gas station to fill up only to realize I had forgot my wallet. By the time I went home, got it, and came back, the price had gone up eleven cents. FML
Today, when paying for gas, I realized I'd forgotten my wallet back home. After a moment of panic, I managed to remember my card number. I paid, blowing the cute cashier's mind, and drove away, before my car started sputtering and slowed to a crawl. I'd used the wrong fuel. FML
Today, I realized I'd lost my wallet when paying for groceries. I had to put all the items back and leave the store feeling so embarrassed in front of everyone. FML
Today, I got robbed at the gas station I work at. After only getting $38 dollars out the register, the guy then stole my purse. It had my rent money in it. FML
Today, I had to drive down to my parents' house. On they way down, I needed to fill up on gas but unfortunately I'd forgotten my wallet at home with all of my cash and credit cards. I then had to call triple A and explain to them in all seriousness how I ran out of gas at the gas station. FML
Today, I went to buy some frozen yogurt. I filled up a cup and the cashier rung it up. The total price was $6.92. I only had $5 in my wallet. So I gave her the $5 bill and went to my car to get more money. Little did I know, there was no money in my car. So I drove off. Leaving the $5 behind. FML
Today, I left my wallet on top of my car when I filled up with gas. I drove away and didn't realize it until I got home. I went back and found it on the side of the road. Empty of my credit cards, pictures and checks. All that was left was my driver's license. FML
Today, I went to the store to buy some groceries. Several hours later I realize that I can't find my wallet. After looking all over my house and then the store parking lot, I had my credit cards cancelled. On the drive home, I feel something under me. It was my wallet. FML
Today, a couple came into the gas station where I work to ask for directions. While I was giving the woman directions (and even writing them down to be as helpful as possible), the man stole my wallet out of my purse that was sitting on the other end of the counter behind a display. FML
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Top comments
AnthonyD86 0
you pay after you pump where your from?
Brave_Sir_Robin 4
$100 to fill up your tank? Wow.
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Comments (183)
pitbulllove 0
that's awfull. how'd you manage that with the gas station?
DynamicDave 11
So...what happened next?
diet_otaku 0
it's called a credit card?
DoomJeff91 2
Meet George Jetson.
FarSide 23
Move over. We are married to the same person.
KayRaTan 0
1. you pay first before pumping or else people can just steal gas. 2. what the hell do you drive? a hummer?! my stepdad's van gets filled with at most $50 of gas. 3. eh your life sucks. big deal.
holly_fly 34
1. About half of America and almost every other country is pump then pay. 2. That's per liter... So only 1/3-1/4 of a gallon. You do the math. And I drive a Mercedes that requires premium fuel and have paid $60 for a full tank before. 3. There's a button for that. And yes, not having $100 when you just spent it is a big deal. That looks like you're stealing.
FarSide 23
Gasoline in NZ is around $1.20 (USD) per liter. With the present exchange rate, he put around 15-20 US Gallons in the vehicle.
XOfiestypixie 0
Most places outside of the US still have pump then pay because they don't have the issue of people driving off without paying.
ozymandias_fml 0
So... what's the problem? Pay with your debit or credit card, and collect the money later from whoever you let steal your money.
ozymandias_fml 0
Where are all you pay-before-pumpers from? I live in the USA, and the only time I paid first was when I was paying at the pump. How do you know how much to pay if you pay first? What if you pay too much? too little? Why go to the register twice? Why not pump, then pay, and have the store not act like you are a criminal?
Pandacake 0
If you pay too much, you go back and get your change. If you pay too little, you go back in and pay some more. Pretty simple. I live in Delaware and I've never seen a place where you pump before you pay. The risk of stealing gas is just too high, especially in a time where money is tight and gas is expensive.
ozymandias_fml 0
Why would you shop at a place treating you like a criminal -- and requiring you to wait in line not once -- but twice? They have security cameras, and filing a gas theft is pretty simple.
littlexlion 4
Pump and then pay where I am from, then again, in New Jersey people pump the gas for you. XD
XOfiestypixie 0
That sounds like...fun? It's rare (not unheard of, just rare) for people to steal gas where I'm from, so we still have pump then pay.
holly_fly 34
Because I've never been somewhere that allowed you to pump then pay :P
Darthbane2007 19
In the USA, most places either you pay first if you have cash, or if you have a Debit/Credit Card, you swipe it, and fill up your tank until the gas pump automatically shuts off..
Wind_fml 0
I don't know of any gas station that would let you pump the gas BEFORE paying. That's just silly. This is either fake or you live in some ridiculous part of the world.
ozymandias_fml 0
Since when is "USA" ridiculous? the OP is from New Zealand, but I can verify that every station I ever paid cash at in the USA allowed pump-the-pay. What is ridiculous is guessing how much gas you need, and then waiting in line, paying, pumping, then waiting in line again to pay or collect the difference. My time is worth much more than that to me, as is my self respect.
frigginlicia 3
In Jersey the attendents pump the gas first then ask for my method of payment. The only place I've been to where I had to pay first then pump my own gas is NY and PA... but then again I haven't really been outside of the tristate to see how gas stations work elsewhere (:
MiddleChild08 0
In Indiana some places make you pay first, others don't. If you have to pay first, they give you a receipt, and if you don't need all of it they give you your change back, and if you need more, then you have to go in and pay again, and hope you guessed the right amount. It's not uncommon (at least in the USA) to pump before you pay. Way to insult something you know nothing about...good job!