Today, while delivering pizzas, someone ordered $19.41 in pizza and wings. After finally finding her appartment, she paid me in two sandwich bags full of pennies and nickels. I had to count them out before giving her the pizza. We aren't allowed to enter the residence, and it was 22 degrees. 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.
Same thing different taste
Today, while I was delivering pizza in the torrential downpour, I waited 5 minutes in the pouring rain for an old lady to dig 20 bucks out of her purse. Her total was $19.99. She told me to keep the change and make lots of money. FML
Today, I was delivering pizzas for my summer job. I got a big order to deliver for a fellow graduate's party. While I was being paid for the order my friend shows up and says "Don't pay him, his parents are rich, he can handle it." Then they shut the door and took off. The bill was $75. FML
Thanks, lady
Today, I was delivering pizza in the rain. A woman answered the door, saw me soaking wet and said, "Wow this rain is terrible, it must be horrible to be out delivering in it." She then tipped me 21 cents. FML
Today, I had to watch my neighbor's daughter for 10 hours. She wouldn't eat anything I had to offer, so I ordered a pizza for $19 + a $5 tip = $24. Her father came by to pick her up, thanked me, and gave me a $20 bill. I effectively just paid to watch his kid. FML
Today, I got a $20 tip from an old lady I delivered pizza to. Ecstatic, I walked back to my car where there was a $30 parking fine waiting for me. FML
Did I teach you NOTHING?
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, at my retail job, a woman came to my till with her purchases. After I scanned all her items, she handed me two small bags. One was filled with nickels and dimes. The other was filled with cents. Her total was $28.53. The coins amounted to $22.30. FML
Today, I was bitched out by a pizza delivery man. I didn't have the cash to pay him for a pizza I didn't even order. 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
Coinbased
Today, I rang up a customer’s items. The total came out to $24.67. She handed me a bag full of coins and looked at me expectantly. I asked if she had any other payment methods; she got irritated and said ,“If I did, I wouldn’t have given you this, stupid!” I had to count them. She was still 6 dollars short. FML
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perdix 31
At least you got paid in cold, hard cash. :)
JMichael 26
How long did it take?
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JMichael 26
How long did it take?
TourettesGuyFTW 26
He was finished in the nick-el of time! I'd say about a quarter of an hour?
swaggalikethat 22
Oh well, another day another sandwich bag of change
ViRepz 28
22 degrees is the perfect temperature not too cold and not too hot. OP is just a windger....
SpyroCool 13
I thought that too but then I realised that OP probably meant Fahrenheit
naarz 9
What the hell, hopefully she at least gave you a tip for all that.....
perdix 31
At least you got paid in cold, hard cash. :)
mb2_native 15
At least in my work we can only accept so much in change and that's if it's rolled as well, OP fyl.
countryrose92 23
That's what my response would have been- "I'm sorry company policy states that we can only accept change above 5$ if it is bank rolled- do you have another method of payment?"
SuperFail55 10
YYEEEAAAAHHHHH!!!!!!
underscoreguy 8
I see what you did there. Lol
mb2_native 15
78, I said that countless times and each time being given a look of disgust. Sometimes even got change thrown at my head all while trying to keep my composure. Some people are nuts, I pay by the good ol bills, and if it's raining, they guy keeps the change so he don't have to count it out in the rain haha
slmchicd12 23
Was there enough for a tip as well?
KingRay 3
Probably,
cecilk 29
Celsius or Fahrenheit?
Welshite 40
If it had been Celsius, he most likely would not be complaining. Let's use logic here.
MrDespicable 4
There would be no problem if it was 22 degrees Celsius, would there?
NeatNit 33
How much is that in Celsius then?
iknowiwantyou 13
this isn't google, it's FML
cecilk 29
Well. he still would have gotten a bag full of little coins. And I personally prefer 22F over 22C
myeviltwin 20
I would have still complained no matter how nice the weather. Counting out that much change takes time. Time that he could have been making money delivering to non-douchebag customers. Customers who know that tipping in not a city in China.
AnOriginalName 19
22 degrees Celcius is just over 70 degrees Fahrenheit. Given that weather, I'd have enjoyed taking my time counting the change before giving her the pizza and heading back to work. That brings up a good point, actually. Did the woman expect her pizzas to stay warm while OP was counting out the change.
mario2012 18
22 degrees Celsius is 71 degrees Fahrenheit.
perdix 31
#9, 22F is about -5C.
apu_nahasapeemap 10
5 is getting voted down, but she has a point. It's very annoying when people say "x degrees" and assume everyone knows it's Fahrenheit.
littlekellilee 45
OP is from the US. It's pretty safe to assume he uses Fahrenheit.
Jlua13 3
*Facepalm*
Enslaved 38
22F in North Carolina? When did that cold front come through?
riiiiimha 3
Although that's a valid question please shut the **** up
angelofsaturn 23
Last week but it was in the 60's today and will be in the 70's by the end of the week.
amisenho 11
I agree, #77. Unless OP is from the mountain region near App State when it snowed last weekend or delivered pizza at 3:00 in the morning in said region, I'd call bull on that temperature.
olpally 33
If she wanted frozen pizza, she should just have gone to jewel and gotten some. What a waste of time.
TheImaginarySong 16
What I want to know is who the **** (besides those people) keep sandwich bags of nickels and pennies?
AnOriginalName 19
I do. Roll 'em up and bring them to the bank for cash. Last time I did that after saving for a while, I left the bank with over $100 in cash.
ufuqinkiddin 5
Same here! It keeps loose change organized for when i finally go the bank with it all. I don't have to roll them myself b/c my bank doesn't charge to use the counting machine, but last time I went, had over $300. Will probably have just as much when I go in this week.
iknowiwantyou 13
Aren't there laws against paying that much change?
Welshite 40
This isn't Google; it's FML.
jc10x 8
16- What's your point?
rocker_chick105 31
16 was making a joke because 13 said the same thing in a previous thread.
AnOriginalName 19
No, #13, customers aren't allowed to pay their bill with any form of legal tender they so choose. Holy crap. Do you actually believe that pennies hold value when you have a certain amount of them, but as soon as you pass a larger given amount, they're worth nothing?
iknowiwantyou 13
16: funny, but I wasn't asking for the specific laws I was just merely posing a question for OP to think about.
TourettesGuyFTW 26
Hahaha!! Ohh Welshite...your comment caught me off guard. My cough is back now. So thanks. Kudos though!
JunglePanfa 11
Why is #13 getting so much sarcasm here?? Where I'm from, you can only pay entirely in pennies up to the value of £1; I assume that law was made to stop people like OP having such a bad time. So no need for everyone's patronising comments :)
TourettesGuyFTW 26
Because she said the same thing in response to a different comment. So, fully deserved.
kder0aeon 9
Actually in Canada, before pennies lost value altogether and are no longer accepted as currency, it was illegal to pay in pennies past 25 cents but many people were not aware of that. So as a cashier, I could refuse a customers' currency if I counted more than 25 pennies.
bfsd42 20
31, don't act so knowledgable about something when you have absolutely no clue. She had a valid point, and one which IS law in MANY countries. Maybe not in the USA, but where I grew up, there were definitely laws about using small change for large purchases.
Ilmoran 20
Actually 75, unless you can cite the specific law, I very much doubt there are laws against using legal tender in certain quantities. It's called legal tender because you are required by law to accept it as payment. Now, there might be exemptions built into the law that say over a certain amount, you are not required to accept it, but that puts it up to the person receiving payment. It makes it legal to refuse the payment, not illegal to tender the payment.
AnOriginalName 19
No, #83, it's legal tender because the customer has the legal right to pay his debts using any legal tender. However, a privately-owned business has the right to refuse service (and therefore payment) if the business owner so chooses. But otherwise 83 is spot-on.
iknowiwantyou 13
as 71 states there used to be a law in Canada that limited the amount of pennies permitted to pay with to 25 cents. No shit you're gonna pay with "legal tender" but paying huge amounts with change is ridiculous and obviously there will be actual federal laws against that. Of course, the US would be an exception to anything smart.
kiki9_fml 10
Actually, in Canada, you can still pay with as many pennies as you'd like. We just don't give them out as change anymore.
Ilmoran 20
Really, "obviously there are federal laws against it"? So please tell me, is it considered an infraction, a misdemeanor, or a felony? What are the fines or jail time for breaking such a law? If the business owner accepts the payment, are they considered an accessory to the crime?
iknowiwantyou 13
110 you're an idiot and need to get educated.
Ilmoran 20
112, please educate me then, since I did ask for specific details about this law *against* paying with too much change. If there is a law against it, it is prohibited and there is a criminal penalty for it. However, I expect that its much more likely that, as I said previously, that there are exemptions in laws, and that these exemptions allow you to refuse payment over a certain amount in change. That would mean that there is no law against paying too much change, but also no obligation too accept that much change.
drfifi 12
I dont know how it works for US dollars but in britain coppers (1 and 2p coins) are only legal tender up to 20 p so #31 i dont know why youre trying to be a smart ass because #13 has a totally valid point
Ilmoran 20
Edit: Didn't see who was being addressed.
myeviltwin 20
I would have refused it. I delivered pizza in my younger days and mostly made pretty good money at it ($100 or more in a 4-5 hour shift). I worked for a small authentic Sicilian restaurant and not only would the owner have backed me up on that he would have put them on the do not serve list forever.
TShaunik 12
Imagine that! A boss with a backbone! I gotta get me one of those!
cbroady0529 9
I manage a Papa John's and would have done the same in a heartbeat. Though I wouldn't say refuse the payment, just don't stand there and count it either! We'll free out the order, make a note not to deliver there, then run the change through a coin star and make it your tip :)
Ugi 27
Sadly you probably worked for the 1% of employers who would back you up in that situation. Maybe OP can't afford to pay for the pizza if his boss won't support him. Pizza delivery is hardly the best remunerated profession.
SuperDani 27
That really sucks. :/
sammie366 6
You should've hit her with those bags
chanelleyy 26
because that would help the situation