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By Wealthyparrot - 10/05/2013 08:24 - United States

Today, a client refused to pay after I mowed her lawn. Her reasoning? I had entered her basement "without permission." I require on-site equipment be provided, and she kept her mower in her basement. I only knew it was in the basement because she'd showed me, and told me where the key was. FML

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By Anonymous - 14/09/2019 04:01 - United States

Today, I mowed our lawn without being asked. My sister wouldn't stop yelling at me for not checking with her, because she wanted the grass to get long enough to "play jungle" in. My mom sided with her. FML

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By its still broken - 11/06/2015 00:13 - United States - Jacksonville

Today, my neighbor came over to borrow my lawnmower. As I have previously loaned it to him and he returned it broken, I refused. He then promptly ate the strawberries off my daughter's small strawberry plant and stormed off. FML

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By Zoe Avila - 09/08/2011 22:55 - United States

Today, a downstairs neighbor of mine claimed money from me because apparently my dog took a dump on the fire escape, and the poop fell through the grates and on her groceries. I don't have a dog, but I paid the money anyway, because I was too ashamed to tell her it was my husband. FML

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By NeedToBeMessier - 17/10/2015 21:32 - United States - Hardwick

Today, the couple I've been housesitting for returned. Apparently, I kept the place too clean, and they don't believe that I actually stayed here. They're refusing to pay me. FML

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By Anonymous - 07/01/2015 16:29 - Sri Lanka

Today, my scumbag landlady broke into my place and stole my mop, which I refused to give her earlier. She denied everything and tried to convince me that some criminal broke in using a key, stole only my mop, and was nice enough to lock up on the way out. FML

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By nothingtoseeherejuststealingtrees - 05/04/2016 20:31 - United States - San Francisco

Today, I met my neighbor. When she saw me cutting down trees on my lot, she interrogated me and called the police because she didn't believe I owned the property. She didn't call the cops when she watched someone steal a cord of wood from my property two days ago. FML

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By Anonymous - 14/09/2019 00:02 - United Kingdom

Today, I was in the garden of my new house when a neighbour came over and told me to clear off or she would call the owner to tell them they were being burgled. When I told her I was the owner, she said I was clearly unsuitable to be living on this street, and to stop lying before she called the police. FML

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By Anonymous - 17/08/2013 10:52 - United States

Today, one of the kids in my neighborhood told me he would mow my lawn for 10 bucks. After a few minutes, I heard the mower stop. He had mowed a penis into my front yard then run away. FML

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By StaceZN - 22/12/2016 08:52

Today, on site, my client was certain she had switched off her electric fence prior to me conducting an inspection of her boundary retaining wall. I overbalanced on my ladder and grabbed at the fence wires for support. The electricity was not switched off. FML

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By :/ - 03/12/2012 01:57 - United States - Moreno Valley

Today, I finally summoned the courage to ask my dad to pay me as he promised, after I cut the lawn and cleaned all the house windows last week. His response was, "Get fucked." FML

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Friday 10 May 2013 16:30

There is a lovely product that many have tried and have had success with. It's called Slap-a-hoe. Works wonders.

BjgUsername 12

Friday 10 May 2013 16:32

She probably just wanted an excuse not to pay you, some people are just pathetic OP.

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txerdoc_fml 2

Saturday 11 May 2013 12:30

What she did via called theft of services and you can take her to small claims court ( don't need lawyer) and nail her. I would write her a bill and present it to her and keep copy as evidence. Good luck!

Ypetrol 11

Saturday 11 May 2013 14:47

She broke!

suzunaetsuko 7

Saturday 11 May 2013 22:04

The senile are getting worse these days, it seems...

wvcheesehead1 9

Saturday 11 May 2013 22:35

You should be able to get a lien on her property until she pays, if she does not pay, this ties up the property, making her unable to sell or transfer the property without clearing this lien.

xhhrunner 3

Sunday 12 May 2013 6:03

Time to Round Up maybe even a personalized message

Iceman226 17

Sunday 12 May 2013 23:43

OP YDI. Although she is being a douche by not paying you, you still should have made her aware of your presences before entering her house especially if she was unaware you were coming over that day. I mean I let my neighbor know where I hide my extra key to feed the cat when I'm gone but that doesn't mean I want her coming over unannounced feeding my cat whenever! When I use to mow lawns with the clients mowers, I always let my clients know I was coming over to mow or that I was there to mow, I never assumed they wanted me to invite myself in to get to the equipment.

sulitak 27

Tuesday 14 May 2013 8:41

Sorry, but unless he had NOT scheduled with the lady at all (highly doubtful) it sounds to me like she used it as an excuse to not pay

TheShadyMilkman 15

Monday 13 May 2013 14:25

Go to the store, get several boxes of rock salt, the. Go draw a huge penis on her front lawn... It's a slow payback but it's lasting...

jboy66645 8

Tuesday 28 May 2013 23:59

You can sue her for breach of contract

ShenaniganNinja 20

Thursday 1 May 2014 22:59

Perfect revenge. Go over to their house and fill up their garbage container with water. Go lean it up against their front door. Ring the bell. Run like hell.