Today, I woke up excited for my trip to Jamaica with my friends. We went to the airport, and I gave them my passport to check in. They gave it back. It had expired three weeks ago. I watched my friends board the plane while I'm stuck in the city. FML
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Dead leaves, the first cold of the season and an umbrella flipped inside out: fall, the season of grace.
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, 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 went with my girlfriend to the airport for some much needed vacation time. We arrived on time but were stopped at the gate when they told me I didn't have the right passport. The plane left without me. My girlfriend did too. 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, my mom and I went to catch our flight to Jamaica. She ended up being detained and questioned, because she packed hairspray, shampoo, drinks, basically half the shit you're not allowed to have in your luggage. We missed our flight. FML
Today, we're taking the plane home from Dublin after a school trip that I only barely got onto after troubles with my passport. Luckily for me, a kind person had decided to save me from the passport this evening - together with the rest of my wallet. I'm stuck. FML
Today, I was unable to go on my dream vacation because I thought I'd lost my passport. Feeling incredibly stupid, I had no choice but to watch my plane depart without me. Shortly after, my brother handed me passport, saying that since I wasn't going on my trip, I could use my refund to pay for his cat's surgery. My trip was non-refundable. FML
Today, I was heading out for my flight to Australia. I'd put a padlock on my luggage to keep my wallet and passport safe, only to realize way too late that I'd left the key at home. I couldn't get at my passport and ended up missing my flight and my whole vacation along with it. FML
Today, I was stuck at the airport overnight waiting for my flight for about 5 hours. I then went and looked at the departures board. It said that my flight had already departed. 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
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Top comments
morbidsweet 0
Ha ha, oh ouch, but YDI, you should've checked it out beforehand. Still sucks majorly though =/.
timtam24 0
shouldn't you check these things before you go, especially if you were really excited.
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Comments (64)
ashapasha 11
don't worry....jamrock is basically the same all year round so just come when you can
Shuinoshina 0
Than you'd probably look like an idiot. Bitching at people for rejecting you access because YOU forgot to check whether or not YOUR passport was up to date? Please.
noshitsherlock 0
TOTALLY DESERVE IT. How stupid do you have to be? The expiration date is next to your picture and WHY WOULDN'T you check before going on an international flight? LOL this should teach you, dumbass.
sharpe15 0
you deserved that. anyone who thinks otherwise also deserves it.
LittleGigiK 0
at least you weren't stuck in Jamaica
gwobble 0
A lot of people out there have to learn how to have more sympathy. People lately have been clicking the YDI button a lot without thinking and this one is proof. You deserve it means that they DESERVE it. Like they did something bad that brought it on themselves, or just something so completely stupid that it seems outragrous. This one is neither. Their life does suck. They did nothing to deserve missing a much needed vacation, just misread a date on their passport, or made an assumption that it lasted a little longer than it did. I'm sure if any of the 5500 people they YDI'd had posted something like this they would've expected a little sympathy. It really disgusts me how often stories of small mistakes like this get posts like #6's and #19's.
ihatestupidppl 0
Yep, I'd totally expect sympathy. Just like I would expect a police officer to be sympathetic and NOT give me a ticket just because I was driving with an expired license. I'd also expect my insurance company to be sympathetic and cut me some slack. Sorry, but it's OP's responsibility to make sure her documents are in order. Just like a student who doesn't turn in an assignment deserves a zero grade, OP deserves this. I haven't had to use my passport in years, I don't have any plans to any time soon, but I still renewed it when it expired last year. Again, personal responsibility. If OP did misread the date, well, that's why you check important stuff like that more than once, and with plenty of time before the trip. If they indeed "assumed" that it lasted longer, then they REALLY deserve it.
gwobble 0
Just because they were dumb, doesn't mean they deserve it. Yeah, it is pretty obvious that you should make absolutely sure your documents are in order, but did they do anything mean or hateful to DESERVE IT? No, they simply made a big mistake, and therefore their life sucks.
Sniper3000 0
wow i thought i was the only 1 who thought ppl need sympathy. too bad only a very few replied to this...
mr_get_silly 0
both YDI/FYL. . .cause shoulda have checked beforee you left. .and. .cause u missed out on a nice trip!
Greek_Hitman 0
.... you can still use your passport even though it has expired i used my last year and i got it when i was 14 and im 22 it expired and it is still good untill ten years later
feed_the_ducks 0
I hate to be a bitch, but that is something you should have checked
aero_fml 0
Double FYL since you're stuck in RI Place is a shit hole