Today, while I was at a business supply store, I decided to get my old paper birth certificate laminated so it wouldn't deteriorate further. The people working decided to wait until after it was done and I had paid to tell me that laminating a birth certificate voids it. 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 went to the print shop to get some work printed. The guy serving me printed my entire order wrong because he pushed the wrong button, so it had to be done again. He tried to charge me a fine for the mistake he made because "it's not a viable business otherwise". FML
Today, I had to get out my birth certificate to prove to my dad that today is my birthday. This has happened before. FML
Today, I went to go cash a check that I'd been holding onto, so that I wouldn't spend the money until we really need it. When I was at the check stand, the man asked why I held onto the check for so long. I told him why. He went on to explain that the check had now expired, and I could no longer cash it. FML
Today, after 3 months of job hunting, I finally got a job. But now my birth certificate and social security card are somehow lost, and I can't start until I let them see a copy. FML
Today, I saw my original birth certificate and realised I’ve spent almost all my life misspelling my first name. Now I’m worried it might invalidate pretty much every legal document I’ve ever signed. FML
Today, I found out that my parents have been lying about my birthday. Now it makes sense how they "lost the birth certificate" or how many photos of me as a baby are dated before I was actually supposed to be born, because "the camera must've glitched, we must've confused the date we wrote in the back of that card." FML
Today, I went to go get my driver's license, only to be told that I need a copy of my birth certificate. In order to get the copy of my birth certificate, I need a driver's license or my passport. In order to get a passport, I need a copy of my birth certificate or a drivers license. I have none. FML
Today, I took my 16 year-old daughter to get a bank account, taking her birth certificate with us as requested. When the teller wrote her name down on a piece of paper, my daughter said, "How do you know my name?" The teller just looked at her and held up her birth certificate. I raised a nitwit. FML
Today, I went to the bank to open an account. It took hours for them to tell me that I needed my driver's license, passport, and residency paper. I returned with the documents. They then said that they couldn't help me. FML
Today, while getting ready to welcome my first child into the world, my father in law decided to "help out" and threw out a bunch of papers I needed. Like my child's application for a health card, social insurance number, and my birth plan, as well as instructions from my doctor. FML
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Julle_fml 0
Bunch of assholes! :P
lenasaur 0
Doesnt is say that right on there? I know social security cards say DO NOT LAMINATE on them.
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xxBAMFxx 0
Those canadian money grubbing mother *******.
derriduh 0
it says "void if altered or laminated" in large letters, right on the back. ydi, jackass.
ttownbeast 0
Just write a request to the town you were born you'll probably have to pay some kind of fee and get a new notarized copy of the original in the records of the city or county annex (or whatever's similar in Canada) what you did was void out a copy of your real birth certificate that's on file the good thing about this is the redundancy of paperwork there's always a copy squirreled away on file in some government offices file cabinets. I could say you deserved it but I give a little leeway for negligence in this instance.
317crystal 0
What? My birth certificate is lamenated. It was like that when I got it [it's wallet-sized].
viveria 0
it says right on the back of my certificate VOID IF LAMENATED I live in BC, you'd think Ontario would be the same
samiams00 0
I didn't know it is voided.. but then again I'm only 20 and rarely take out my birth certificate.
cmac86 24
does the same apply in the us?
chimpy91 0
Ha you have never been birthed!
chillpillplz 0
Huh. Boy, am I glad that a) the laminated rule doesn't apply to us, and b) the process to go through getting a new copy of the certificate isn't so much of a headache.
skiz_fml 0
Today, while I was at a business supply store, I decided to get my old paper birth certificate laminated so it wouldn't deteriorate further. The people working decided to wait until after it was done and I had paid to tell me that laminating a birth certificate voids it. MLIA.