Today, the canteen of the company I work for introduced a cash-less payment method to purchase food. To use it, employees must download the app, which is only available for iPhones. I have a BlackBerry. FML
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Fall
Dead leaves, the first cold of the season and an umbrella flipped inside out: fall, the season of grace.
Today, I thought it'd be cool and trendy to buy a Blackberry Storm. FML
Today, just like every other day, my company is so dysfunctional that local food chains require us to pay cash up front for our catering, because we routinely take 6 months or more to pay for a chicken sandwich. FML
Today, I overdrew my account and ended up paying an extra 35 bucks for a 1.99 item. It was an application on the iPhone that is supposed to help me keep track of my money. FML
Today, in the doughnut shop I usually go to, I bought 3 dozen to take home. A new clerk rang me up and, with an attitude, said the store is cashless only now. Despite me showing cash to pay with like I always do, I was judged by other customers as if I was a deadbeat. She then threw a fit for cancelling and returning the items. FML
Today, I entered a restaurant just to use the WiFi. In order not to look cheap, I ordered a meal and a beverage. The WiFi didn't work and now I don't have enough money to buy dinner. FML
Today, I used the last dollar in my PayPal Tap to pay to get myself a little something for work lunch. The register glitched just before the transaction finished, but it still took the money. No cash, no lunch. FML
Today, I had to sell my phone to pay for the phone bill. FML
Today, I went to the self-checkout line at Walmart. When I tried to pay, the cash wouldn't go in, so I stood there trying to cram money into the thing that's supposed to take your money. What I didn't realize was that there was a sign up top that said: "No Cash. Cards Only." FML
Today, at work, I served a rude ass customer and his bratty ass kid, and was forced to swipe her toy debit card so it appeared as if the daughter paid for her snack. In that moment, I questioned my entire existence. Whichever company invented that toy hates cashiers everywhere. FML
Today, my friends and I went out to dinner. Being short on cash, I suggested a game where we put our phones in the center of the table and first to check their phone had to pay the bill. Our conversation died out, and fearful of having an awkward silence, I checked my phone. FML
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MetalxSoldier 26
If you get hungry you could always eat your blackberry. *waits for downvotes*
Queenfaria 12
As a developer, I find this so annoying just because whenever something is launched - multiple platforms are always considered, especially if it's going live instantly. I completely get testing with one platform. But having working system that targets only specific users.. Really careless.
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Comments (84)
Mathalamus 25
i can understand why they did it. there's only one platform for apple. iOS. with android, well, they have to develop it for pretty much every android phone in existence. as well as some custom made android OS's. with apple, all they need to do is develop it for iOS 7 and above. then its done.
Krankerev 10
Also the majority of America either use an Android or an iPhone
mattiscg 22
who the hell has a blackberry?!? they still make those?!?
Dick_diamond 22
I was wondering why no one had asked this yet!!!
LycanGod 27
Sorry #12 and #13 but #9 has already asked that...
dylanj5674 4
It's 2016 bro come on
LycanGod 27
what does the year matter?
harperska 10
It matters because in 2016 the number of people still using blackberry are so small that it makes very little sense for a developer to take the time to target that platform.
LyricaSilvan 30
Did it happen to occur to you or any of the other jackasses making the "blackberry is outdated" comments that not everyone can afford to have the latest or most popular phones? Some people don't even get the name-brand models and have to use prepaid ones. Not everyone is privileged enough to live in up-to-date heaven.
LyricaSilvan 30
And for that matter, not everyone WANTS to. Hell, I kept my iPhone 4 long after the 6S had come out because I liked it and didn't feel like switching yet.
laden_swallow09 35
It's called built-in obsoletion.
freddygasman 18
that's the problem with today's throw away society
grabyourhooks 12
First world problems much? Oh the humanity!!!!!
pechhebber2000 3
I have the same problem with my windows phone. They decided at my job to not email my working schedule anymore and to show it only in the app
SapphireBlueELF 18
so if the app is down you automatically get day off LOL
Kristoffer 35
I don't understand why they wouldn't develop a Windows app. It's a huge platform because those apps can also run on Windows 8/10 PCs. I mean, I know that it's not common to develop for that platform, but I don't know why.
SameerJain 15
Cause its hard to develop in windows phone you need a whole new set of classes and stuff. Though in android you can copy it from libraries.
tabypatchkid 11
my last job did something like this. they made us clock in on our phones but I didnt have a smartphone. and somehow it was my fault for not being able to afford a smartphone.
aareeph 1
The part "I have a BlackBerry" is enough to qualify as a FML.
grtfuldeadlovr 27
Why, though?
Mauskau 36
My school brought in cashfree payments, but you paid with a fingerprint scanner. I'm just hoping they passed the fingerprints to the police so they have them on record, half of the kids in my school would end up committing crime at some point.
Earl_KarmasBitch 36
Blackberrys can run Android apps. So just having an Android app would have been enough.