Today, I went out and bought a copy of Black Ops 2. I got home and opened the case, only to see the game disk was missing. When I went back to the store to complain, the guy at the desk accused me of trying to pull an old scam on him. 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 was caught stealing a video game. I realized after my parents were called that the case was actually empty. FML
Today, a customer got angry with me, because store policy says we can't accept returns of unsealed video games unless there's actual damage to the disc. The guy got enraged and started yelling about how I'm a "useless fuckwhistle". I almost got written up for laughing so hard at the insult. FML
Today, at work, a woman demanded a refund for a video game. She had no receipt, so due to company policy, I couldn't refund her. She reacted by loudly accusing me of being racist, then yelled that she'd see me in court as she finally stormed out. FML
Today, in an effort to try and be closer to my girlfriend's son, I bought him an expensive Xbox game I know he desperately wanted so we could play it together. He was excited, until he realised that I that paid for it. He snapped the disc and threw the pieces in the bin. At least I tried. FML
Today, after getting home from shopping, I noticed a security tag was still on one of the shirts I bought. I decided to take it back and ask them to remove the tag. They then accused me of trying to steal (even after I showed them the receipt) and kicked me out of the store. FML
Today, I had gone to the store and bought a new wallet. 5 minutes later a security guard asks for my receipt. Turns out I had dropped my receipt. Some guy had picked it up and pretended I had stole his wallet. The guard confiscated my wallet because the guy had "his" receipt to prove it. FML
Today, I went shopping with my two sons and my wife. We got separated after a while, and I spotted my son in the video game section of the store. I snuck up behind him and playfully slapped him on the back of the head. The kid turned around and it wasn't my son. His mom was none to happy. FML
Today, I was holding on to a shirt that I planned on buying, when an elderly man bumped into me. The shirt fell out of my hand, and slid just out the door. I went to the counter to explain what happened. Everyone accused me of trying to steal it anyway. FML
Today, I told a customer that we don't do refunds. He responded by throwing his wallet at my face and accusing me of stealing it. FML
Today, a customer spent ages bitching me out, because he refused to believe he needed to upgrade his computer, which still runs Windows 98, in order to install a modern game for his grandson. He ended up calling my manager and trying to get me fired for scamming him. FML
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saIty 17
I don't think two ducks ******* will appreciate you joining in...
pheebs314 17
The opposite happened to me last year. I got an extra game in my bag and had to return it. It was kind of awkward...
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Comments (127)
illmatic2 16
Get your "friend" to talk to her. Then beat the shit out of him.
LSS_fml 18
There's a slight chance you might have the wrong FML....
illmatic2 16
**** wrong FML. Thumb me down.
pheebs314 17
The opposite happened to me last year. I got an extra game in my bag and had to return it. It was kind of awkward...
dinorider_fml 4
Well you probably didn't have to return it
obnum 19
Why return it? You got an extra game for free! Sell it on eBay or something!
pheebs314 17
Okay. I technically COULD have kept it but I didn't because I didn't buy it. The craziness of a huge sale and a new cashier isn't really an excuse to shoplift.
humorizer 14
Sadly enough, knowing how society is, I'm almost completely sure the comments above me are not joking.
TrueTriage 16
Good job Pheebs you kept your integrity. A quality less and less people seem to have today
pheebs314 17
It actually worked out because I ended up needing to exchange a wiimote I bought for my brothers in law and I didn't need my receipt.
Krajjan 9
I know it makes me a terrible person, but I probably would have kept it. I always return things to individual people, small businesses, or if I think it'll come out of an already underpaid employee's pay. However, I have very little respect for the sanctity of GameStop's loss allowance since you so rarely get a chance to screw the people that screw you so often. Assuming it was a large chain store that makes 500% profit on used games without paying the developers their rightful cut. Rationalization of behavior complete.
kakarot2 11
I may sound bad, and the sudden holiness and righteousness of everyone will probably thumb me down, but hell... If I got a game for free, I would keep it.
Officiency 4
15, get real.
krad204 21
34, you've been watching total biscuit haven't you?
Anai08 17
34- As a former GameStop employee, I can personally relate/agree that it is a company that makes a shameful amount of profit off of other people's used games. And I don't have much sympathy for it, or any, large corporation when it comes to one game vs. their bottom line. But if it was a GameStop OP went to, I would ask that you all think about the individuals working at the store. When things go missing, corporate tends to hold the employees of that store, and especially the managers, at fault. If stuff is constantly having to be written off, they will write up, or even fire, those that work there. So I would say even though I don't care about GameStop as a whole, I would go back and return the game because I wouldn't want the employee who made the mistake of giving it to me to get in trouble or fired. Or anyone else. If, due to lack of training or effort, too many things get mistakenly given out, those people's jobs are in jeopardy!
opoopu 8
Would've given the last comment a thumbs-up if only I could reach the icon without scrolling and having the tab automatically slide back in.
NakMuayAdam 19
45- Please tell me you're joking. 15's comment is completely realistic, in today's world less people show respect when and where it's due and people's integrity as far as stealing goes, is definitely in the decline.
iammeorami 25
**** yea
saIty 17
I don't think two ducks ******* will appreciate you joining in...
dinorider_fml 4
I am confused by this comment
saIty 17
I saw OP's name and this is what came into my mind.
Inheritance 10
Dinkleburg!
ImACat_fml 7
32 salty gets that comment every time!
wickedninja918 1
haha i've noticed that too
lolfood 24
This has 69 thumbs up :3
SpikyG 3
Did he at least get a Dragonfly to kill that shit/rude cashier?
Matt_greener 8
Thinks he's clever^
redhedsaysrawr 18
Its like McDonalds, I guess you always have to check what you bought before you leave, because if you try to go back with a problem, youre gonna have some sort of an issue. So, Op, did you get the game back?
MrPlopper 9
If you leave without checking your bags, your gonna have a bad time.
amayasoma 19
69 - Depends on the McDonald's. The one I used to work for would always ask for the receipt and the product return. If you didn't have both, you weren't getting shit.
onlychildFTW 34
Here you can go back and they will not even ask for a receipt if you looking trusting.
thebiglloydtree 12
If anything, i'd argue he was scamming YOU, and knew it. He could've easily checked the stock list vs the number of available discs...
MidnaLink 35
The stock list only counts towards the # of cases for each video game, not whether this disc or cartridge is in it.
wickedninja918 1
he ment check the stalk list and count the number of available disks in inventory (unless you have some weird disk to container ratio it should work just fine)
MidnaLink 35
Um is this at like a gamestop or something... because OP doesn't say so but that would make sense. Gamestop should sell games new and wrapped in plastic.
winkydog4056 16
#50_wat da fuq up wit dat speling!? We talkin boot vegies here or is there a video game disk stalker stealing discs?
onlychildFTW 34
What are you guys talking about? Don't you people buy BRAND BEW SEALED copies of games? I always do and have never had a problem.
Raesin 21
In most Stores where I am (UK), stores keep the cases on the shelves and the manuals/discs rubberbanded together in draws behind the desk. I think mostly to prevent people stealing them. The only time the game is on the shelf sealed is when it's so crap or cheap they don't care if you steal it anyway.
thebiglloydtree 12
Exactly my reasoning.
thetechdude22 0
I don't know who the f*** would go to that much effort to get a retorted piece of sh*t game... I'm sure that activision realized that the game was just that terrible and didn't want to have to force other people to force them selves to play it because they think they look cool while doing so, so they decided to just make the boxes
iammeorami 25
in Canada too
0RedPenguin0 8
It's probably better that you didn't get to play it
littlemsweirdo 12
Great logic there buddy! (:
littlemsweirdo 12
If there was any.
MisterMichael 9
He's saying that the game sucks ass
wickedninja918 1
rather or not the game is fun is beside the point its the fact that op got ripped of by paying for a product and not reciveing it
onlychildFTW 34
If it was a PS3 copy then no disk or having a disk, it won't matter. Can't play it anyways. Haha.
lulzcoaster 3
Black Cocks 2 Rise of the anaconda!
Delta117 2
#35 I'm sorry, but once anything is sold to another individual as used, no money needs to go back to the original manufacturer. The manufacturer doesn't "deserve" a cut. You wouldn't call up Dodge upon selling your car to a friend to give them their fair share, since they paid a group of South American laborers $0.50 an hour to make it four years ago.
skizza_fml 3
I had this happen, but with an old game, fable 2, I brought the special edition recently, it was two disc, game on one, special features on the other, luckily the cashiers where I am are pretty good and he gave me the game disc without even needing my receipt
Zedd_fml 8
That's why I buy games from "pure game sellers" like GameStop, because they always open up the case to verify there is a game disk inside, you lose the enjoyment of unwrapping the game though.
loufol22 5
Come to America the gaming is great!
Trilly123 10
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buckdharma 38
how did the disc get out of the case ?
pheebs314 17
A lot of game stores keep the discs in sleeves behind the counter and the cases on display to help prevent shoplifting.
Fuzzidio 2
Yes and that's why you Pre-order like I did, you get it on the release night and you see them get pulled out of the box
Pandaman_92 10
I heard that some stores have problems with people opening games to get the disc out then trying to make it look like it had never been opened so they can return it for money. This may or may not be the case here.
intelliDude 7
That's one reason it's great being a PC gamer; you can just download games without a risk of purchase issues like that.
YouSoClear 6
You can download games on the Xbox store too....
Shrike 24
Uh, yeah, except Black Ops 2 is out for Windows too. OP didn't mention a console.
YouSoClear 6
22, I was replying to 19...
Shrike 24
So was I. You just posted while I was making 100% sure of my facts, hence the lack of an "I'm talking to #19, by the way."
SApprentice 34
23, 24- That's why it helps to leave a little tag at the beginning, directing the comment to who it goes to, even if no one else seems to have commented yet. It avoids confusion like this.