Today, the security at the airport were nice enough to remind me to take the laptop out of my bag. I wish they'd also reminded me to put it back in before I left. 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 was proud of myself for remembering my wallet, keys and phone before leaving for the airport. I got all the way to security before realizing I’d left my passport on the kitchen table, right next to the travel mug I also forgot to bring. FML
Today, I was flying home from LAX when I realized I'd left my ID back at the hotel. After making phone calls to the hotel and rental car company, I found it and made it back to the airport in time for my flight. After going through security, I realized I'd left my phone on the hotel counter. FML
Today, I was going through airport security. Trying to get things over and done with quickly, I dropped my pants without a second thought. Turns out they just wanted me to remove my shoes and belt. FML
Today, the airport security guard told me to lift my fat rolls so he could finish patting me down. FML
Today, I arrived at the airport with time to spare, only to realize in the middle of security checks that I'd left my phone in the Uber that got me there. I suffer from anxiety and depression, and despite getting my phone back in time to board, I can't enjoy my trip because I'm obsessing over this trivial mistake. FML
Today, my flight landed after a 12-hour trip, and I walked out of the airport without checking a single bag. Twenty minutes into my drive home, the airline called asking why I'd left my passport at immigration. FML
Today, I left my book on the plane after I'd finished reading it. The flight attendant thought I'd forgotten it, so he chased me through the airport, past security, past customs, and past baggage claims. I didn't have the heart to tell him I left it on purpose. 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 missed my flight because I was stopped by airport security. They found "small, suspicious, spherical objects" in my purse on the X-ray. After pulling me out of line, taking my purse aside and carefully opening it with tongs, they removed the bag of grapes I had packed as a snack. FML
Today, someone stole my laptop from my car. However, they were nice enough to relock the doors after they smashed in the window. FML
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cassiecassie559 21
I'm sorry, but that's your responsibility. Don't blame other for your carelessness.
2ndSucks 15
They can only do so much.
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Comments (72)
yorkite 10
Bad luck OP
yorkite 10
YDI though. Can't blame anyone else for your error.
TheNoobySpartan 13
You'd think that if your laptop was that important to you, you'd remember to put it back and at least feel the weight difference of not having it in its laptop bag.
WaxenSecrets 5
Doesn't appear as if she's blaming anyone but herself. Unfortunately, this is a pretty common side effect of being human. I'm just surprised this didn't end up happening to myself as often as I forget things just like this! That really does suck and it's bad luck that you had to have a brain glitch that cost you your laptop.
ashyknees 13
What does op stand for?
Respect101 17
The person that lost his laptop. that's what OP is for this FML. Or original poster. something like that.
lpaz 14
Original poster
sirliam99 12
God dammit #31 how could you forget the fml tradition
cinskeep43 15
original poster
RedPillSucks 33
Octopus Penis... Damn it!!! Who told?
Kougeru 12
He/She is blaming the security team just by saying "I wish they reminded me"
enddmd 27
No, #59, it's "Octagonal Procreation" how could you forget?
powelale0000 19
I don't think luck had anything to do with it.
2ndSucks 15
They can only do so much.
nchic01 17
or they only want to do so much...
orbit 22
Yeah security got a free laptop by not telling her
cassiecassie559 21
I'm sorry, but that's your responsibility. Don't blame other for your carelessness.
nix1993 41
She's clearly not blaming them, it's just a way of explaining that she forgot it. She said she wishes they reminded her, not they didn't or they should have. The FML probably wouldn't have had quite the same effect if it simply said "Today, the security at the airport were nice enough to remind me to take the laptop out of my bag. I forgot it. FML"
cassiecassie559 21
Yes, however it's the security guard's job to alert the passengers of large electronics. This FML is saying "Today, someone did their job, and then I was careless. FML." This is a total YDI.
mannatee 19
"Today, security did their job, FML"
DropTheDaggerxx 31
#12 is right. OP isn't blaming the security agents for anything. It was a sufficient way to get across the message of the FML- that OP lost her laptop. I don't think OP's wording or anything else implies that the loss was her own fault (objectively, yeah, *she* left the laptop, but who isn't absent-minded every now and again?), it sucks to lose something so important. Even if it's by her own doing, I don't think that's quite the same thing as her deserving it. FYL, OP. FYL.
nix1993 41
Im not certain you understand the concept of 'YDI'... Why on earth did she deserve to lose her laptop simply because she forgot it? Yes she was was at fault, but that certainly doesn't mean that she deserved it.
KittehFreak 25
Thank goodness SOMEONE said it....
huelassketchup 2
Dont be such a shit dragon you dirty **** knocker. The Airport is a huge **** that hates to be sucked.
ThisIsSoOriginal 12
That really sucks of them to do, but how did you forget it? I don't want to sounds like I'm blaming you, but I love my laptop like a child, so I can't stand the thought of losing it. I hope you got it back ok, OP, and I hope you weren't inconvenienced too much.
imagineapc 11
What sucks of them to do? The tsa agent who told op to remove the lap top would have been on one side of the scanner, whereas the agent who did not remind op to grab it was on the other side of the scanner and probably had no idea who it belonged to. Completely deserved.
ThisIsSoOriginal 12
I agree, but they could have maybe said a simple "Miss, you forgot your laptop!"
RedPillSucks 33
I think 34s point is that not only was it not the TSA responsibility, the guard she saw last wouldn't know the laptop was hers. You gotta be extra vigilant in the airport.
imagineapc 11
Every airport I've ever been to has one tsa agent reminding folks to do these things prior to going through the scanner. On the other side is another agent entirely. Harry asked her to remove her laptop before she stepped through. John would have no way of knowing it was hers.
imagineapc 11
Two words - personal responsibility. More so in this case, a lack thereof. If I left my keys in my car in the inner city and it was stolen, there would be no argument that I deserved it.
Saub 19
I'm going to have to say YDI. You shouldn't blame others for your mistakes.
nolannolan16 8
Op did not blame them, she said that she wishes they would have REMINDED her that she didn't put it back in her bag..she never said it wasn't her fault lol..
killerdana 19
That sounds to me like she's blaming them. Usually they put forgotten items to the side so you can come back and get them. Hopefully op remembered before getting on the plane
ShowMeKay 20
It wouldn't be an FML if she remembered to get it before her departure lol. OP's name says "a continent away."
stargirl_95 24
Maybe you could call the airport and ask if they still have it? The chances aren't too great but it's better than doing nothing.
zevo1415 10
Happened to me before. Luckily the lady at the security desk ran it back to me!
buster113 15
Let's hope you didn't go to another country
cadillacgal79 32
Her name depicts that she is.
malaak2 16
She went to another continent, check her username. Poor OP.
bettyxoxo 11
why would they do that? their only responsibility is to thoroughly check your belongings...
imagineapc 11
Their responsibility is to get folks through the line. The agent who reminded her to remove it and the agent who did not remind her to pick it up were likely on different sides of the scanner, and the second agent likely didn't know it was hers. Either way - how the hell does a laptop get forgotten?
redstone7693 29
Wow... That really sucks that you lost something as valuable as a laptop... Hope everything gets sorted out, OP!