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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Halloween
A failed costume, stolen candy and a very real scare: Halloween, the one night when fear is allowed.
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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Comments (111)
plasticspoons 0
Ah. Well done. At least you learnt something new today XD ps. I lmao-ed @chimpy91 (#65)
theArkenstone 0
it says right on the certificate that you aren't allowed to laminate it
KapiTezuka 0
I'm happy for you, you seem to have a very carefree life if you can complain about something like that. Just get a new one, it's not like you have to swim through an ocean and cross a desert to attain it. Drama queen much? Lamination hadn't reached my country when I was born, I think. Here it's an A4 sized paper, or was, not sure how it's now. I once got problems because I have 2 birth certificates with different last names on them, so I had to terminate my evil twin, but even that worked out, surprisingly. OP, good luck learning how to read before applying for a new one.
blueknight1st 26
So buy a new one from the office of records. Are you really that stupid?
Espion_fml 1
How do you void a birth certificate?! Does that mean no one will believe you exist anymore?
Jasper8713 2
YDI... The back of the Ontario health card specifically says NOT to laminate it. You should have known this.
phoenix03 0
YDI !!!! have you never looked at the back of your birth certificate? it says "VOID IF ALTERED OR LAMINATED" duh
harveywallbanger 0
So go get a new one.
TheIrishJaneDoe 9
I'm surprised no one has said this yet. Perhaps the employee was also unaware that lamination would void it, and only read the VOID IF LAMINATED OR ALTERED after he had finished? Maybe he even saw it while checking to see if the job was done right so, y'know, the customer would be satisfied? Geez, so many people flip when an OP assumes a barista was a lazy jerk, but it's ok to do the same with a "copy-monkey"?
cruncheweezy 0
Uggghh. I HATE people who don't read. It says it on EVERY birth certificate in EVERY province not to Laminate or Alter. Here (Alberta, FTW ) t's $22-ish to get it replaced, so it's not even a HUUUGE amount.
warrreagle0101 0
chill, no need to hate its an honest mistake