Today, I went to work only to serve one table, make a $9.00 tip, get sent home because it was slow, have the city busses stop running because of weather, and have to pay a $20 cab fare to get home. 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 had to take a taxi to work, because I was pressed for time, and didn't have a ride there. When I got to work, I paid the cab driver, and realized I had spent more money on the cab than I was going to make at work. FML
Today, I went into work to waitress on a table of 40 guests. They were my only table for the day and the bill came to over 700 dollars. After they left the busser was cleaning the table and threw out the credit card receipt which had my tip on it. FML
Today, I was the only carhop at work for the last 2 hours. In that time, I waited on about 50 cars. I make server pay so I depend on tips, but none of them tipped me even a penny. I averaged under $3 an hour tonight. FML
Today, it was snowing really badly, so my boss said that everyone who drove to work could leave. But because I got the bus in, she said that I should stay and do a full day. By the time she eventually decided it was bad enough for me to leave, the buses were cancelled. FML
Today, I found out that I have to work Christmas Day. There's no public transport running and taxis are triple fare. It'll cost me more getting to work than I'll actually earn during the shift. FML
Today, I'm so broke that I had to call in sick to work because I couldn't afford to pay my bus fare. FML
Today, I spent an hour in a snowstorm waiting for my bus to show up. After I got fed up, I decided to just clean off my car and drive to work. After I was halfway finished swiping off the snow and ice stuck to my car, the bus drove right past me. FML
Today, I was working as a Valet driver. After getting no customers for 5 hours in the pouring rain, a woman driving by stops and asks me for directions. Before leaving, she said, "I should probably tip you for that, since that's probably the only money you'd get all night." She didn't. FML
Today, at work, I got to wait on one of those tables where everyone had very complex orders, and some of them sent their food back. When the time finally came for me to bring them their check and receive my well-earned tip, I returned only to discover that they'd dined and dashed. FML
Today, despite getting to the bus stop early, the first bus didn’t turn up. The second one was late, and severe traffic caused me to be late for work. I can’t afford for my wages to be docked from this. FML
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Top comments
ihpb09 2
ouch.. cant say i feel for u, but i hope the rest of ur week turned out alright. sunny smiles! :D
brkn_hearted 0
damn, talk about shitty. hope that doesn't happen again
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Comments (22)
ihpb09 2
ouch.. cant say i feel for u, but i hope the rest of ur week turned out alright. sunny smiles! :D
Gettinmahlulz 2
Am I the only one wondering why this is in the "love" category? (FYL OP)
Edwinadii 4
Tha ****?...9 dollar tip from just one table?...either im cheap or there rich.
mxij 13
My thoughts exactly #14
christinamarie17 29
Depending on the price of their tab $9 might actually be cheap. I've gotten $30 tips before because their bill was $130 and they wanted to leave me 20%.
brkn_hearted 0
damn, talk about shitty. hope that doesn't happen again
24788 7
You will always have bad days.
leia07 6
Lol, sounds like my life....
Broeman 0
Buses don't ever stop running here in NYC, for any reason except a bus driver's strike.
ltrtbt666 0
wow this barely has comments hehehe
kykeon22 0
Ordinary life :D
mahimalil 0
wow almost no comments right now. Hey at least u got a $9 tip to spend on the cab. No advice here srry
rawrimmacupcake 0
lmao only 8[now 9] comments? haha
duckymoomoo 0
**** you're life indeed