Today, I went to a restaurant and only brought $14 with me to eat. I ordered and ate my meal, then went to the counter to pay for it. I threw $2 into the tip jar then got my bill. My bill was $13.86. I had to reach into the tip jar and take my $2 back so I could pay for my meal. 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 went to a restaurant to order food with just a $100 bill. They no longer had what I came for, so I left. When I got to my car, I realized - no bill. I went back in for them to say they hadn't seen it, and they wouldn’t check the cameras. I know the lady working there picked it up since I was the only customer. FML
Today, I went out to eat with my friends. When the bill came, all three of them had "inconveniently" forgot their wallets at home. I ended up having to pay. It was a $178 check. FML
Today, I went out to eat with a friend. I was supposed to be paying, but when I tried to, there wasn't enough money in my bank account. She didn't have money with her either. 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 ordered take out, and paid with a credit card. The cute cashier gave me the receipt to sign, and under 'tip' I gave a couple of dollars. I realized that I had given too much, crossed it out, and changed it. Unaware she was watching, She then responded, "Did you just lower the tip by $1?" FML
Today, I was doing takeout orders at the restaurant I work at. I spent a long while putting together this guy's $135.00 order. When he finally got there to pick it up, I told him to fill out the credit card slip. I looked at it after he left. He gave me a 40 cent tip. FML
Today, a customer tried to pay for a $1.55 cup of coffee with a gift card, but he came up a dollar short. He let another customer through while he fumbled in his pocket for money. I later noticed a dollar had disappeared from my tip jar. FML
Today, I ordered pizza for dinner and left cash by the door so my son could pay for it, in case it arrived before I got home. I told him they should get all the money, but I just found the tip. Apparently he thought I'd miscounted. I'm a server. FML
Today, a lady handed me a $10 tip on a $45 bill. I was happy with it, since it was more than 20%, until she came back in and said, "I'm sorry I gave you the wrong amount." I handed it back to her and then she gave me a dollar. FML
Today, I withdrew €40 at the ATM to pay for dinner later tonight. It wasn't until I went to pay for it that I realized I'd taken the receipt, but left the cash in the ATM. FML
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Top comments
blkmagick 0
Honestly, YDI because you need to pay more attention to the prices of what you're going to eat.
azeem 0
Lol why would you tip before you paid for your bill and second why would you tip at a fast food place .
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Comments (121)
sourlysweet 0
this is barley a FML
JDsaltyfalls9 0
1. i agree with sourlysweet...thats not FML worthy at all... 2. Tip AFTER you pay...dumbass
containsnosoy 0
totally agree with you on that..
funkymonkey90914 0
dont tip until after uve gotten the bill, dumbass!
jmar87 0
It's embarrassing but I'm going to say that perhaps you should pay attention to the prices on the menu when you know you have less than $20 in hand, depending on the place you go to. :P Unfortunate, but you sort of deserve it for simply not paying attention. Better luck next time. ;)
PohTayToez 0
If you can't afford the tip, you can't afford the meal.
Ub3r_Crippl3 0
Always pay BEFORE the tip lol.
Caayouteepie 0
Hahaha did anyone see you pull it out?
skierguy 0
You know they make these amazing little plastic cards called debit or credit cards which allow you to pay for things at most establishments in the developed world without even using cash. You should try it.
wordgirl 0
DUH, OP. When you know you're close to being short, (under-order firstly), then, wait till you get the bill before tipping!
Dummie 0
Ummm F your waitress' life. I work at two different restaurants as a waitress and we just LOVE getting your 14 cents in change as a tip! On the plus side you didn't piss her off until after you ate so chances are she didn't spit in your food!