Transportation: Today, I bought a CD off a man who always plays Spanish guitar...

By Raaaaaaarrrrrr - 13/07/2009 02:30 - United States

Today, I bought a CD off a man who always plays Spanish guitar in the subway. When I got to work and tried playing the CD, it was blank. I paid $15 for a blank CD. FML

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By The Last Cockbender - 06/10/2012 17:09 - United Kingdom - London

Today, a co-worker gave me a couple of CDs he said he wanted me to listen to. I got excited, thinking that they were playlists he'd made for me. They were self-help tracks. FML

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By mcfaily - 27/02/2010 20:45 - Canada

Today, I arrived at work to find an email from the manager whom I had bought concert tickets from the night before. He said he had actually sold those tickets to someone else. He still expects to be paid. FML

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By DeannaMarie - 26/12/2009 20:48 - United States

Today, I found out the gift card my friend gave me for Christmas actually has no money on it and was never purchased in the first place. FML

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By honeynuggetviolin - 01/05/2013 00:31

Today, I spent hours playing my guitar and singing in the street, hoping to make some extra cash. About 3 hours in, I realized some punk had been walking around with a hat taking money as if he was with me. FML

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By Rob - 01/12/2009 06:57 - United States

Today, I finally released my first music album. I dropped out of college to pay for it after my friends who liked my music urged me to. They keep telling me how much they love the CD. I've only sold one copy. Turns out they put it on a sharing site so only one of them would have to buy it. FML

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By Jesus - 21/04/2009 14:39 - United States

Today, I was playing guitar on the sidewalk and had my guitar case open for tips. A man came up with a folded piece of green paper, smiled and walked away. After I was finished, I looked at my tips. I unfolded the paper, it was a note that said "You suck!" FML

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By Anonymous - 18/10/2019 04:00

Today, at work, I put my earphones in to listen to some music. An hour later, I realised I never pressed play. FML

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By Jay - 10/04/2009 14:41 - Germany

Today, my mate came over wanting me to listen to a new music CD he got. It was by some unknown band, and at the end he asked me what I thought, and I said it was ok but the lead singer couldn't sing even if his life depended on it. Turns out my mate's the lead singer, and it was his own band. FML

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By Anonymous - 13/10/2017 01:30

Today, I met my favourite singer, but when she signed my CD, the marker was out of ink. By the time I realised there was no signature, she was already gone. FML

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By Smittynumerouno - 28/10/2016 03:13 - United States - Amarillo

Today, I had an old man yell in my face because the boxes in our store only had Spanish words on them. I spent 15 minutes apologizing and trying to explain that the English was on the back side. He stormed out before I could even show him. FML

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DrAwesome 6

Monday 13 July 2009 10:06

Call technical support. Maybe your drive can't read the... Oh, who am I kidding, you got ripped.

yojoeletsmakeout 0

Monday 13 July 2009 10:01

next time maybe don't buy CDs from randoms in the subway.. but FYL, that's really lame.

Comments

blx 0

Monday 13 July 2009 13:41

i bet that was either in L.A. or in N.Y. I'm not even american, and even I know that you're not supposed to do that, they just want money and leave the CD's blank... YDI

aback 4

Monday 13 July 2009 13:46

If he ripped you off, at least you won't have to listen to him in the subway anymore.

mochie 0

Monday 13 July 2009 13:47

Well, you can either go back or treat is as a donation to the poor...not that he is actually poor or anything

Dush_fml 0

Monday 13 July 2009 14:01

OP: You didnt deserve a Blank CD, you did much more to help $15 towards a homeless (I say homeless if your playing spanish gutair everyday in a subway), which is more than he was expecting, but then again, homeless will do anything to make $$ and scam the rest of us.

ihatestupidppl 0

Monday 13 July 2009 14:10

Welcome to New York :) No way you're a native if you were willing to spend $15 on a subway musician's CD lol. Next time, just give them the money. If you really are just trying to do a good deed, you won't expect anything in return. If you're honestly looking for music...again, welcome to New York City, you can definitely find stores with reasonably priced CDs all over the place.

JayXL14 0

Monday 13 July 2009 14:49

you're stupid for buying a cd off a hobo, but even more stupid for paying $15

D2_fml 0

Monday 13 July 2009 15:06

I think it was a nice gesture to try and help someone by BUYING their CD.

GrantEatAirplane 0

Monday 13 July 2009 15:09

If he plays in the subway everyday, I really doubt that he even has a way of recording his music, let alone a computer to burn those CDs with.

SimpleSimon 0

Monday 13 July 2009 15:14

The OP didn't say this guy's a hobo. He could be a genuine street performer. If he was a homeless bum would he really be able to stay in the same place all the time selling blank CDs and never have been caught out before now?

skullbuster 0

Monday 13 July 2009 21:49

If he were a hobo he would have been ON THE SUBWAY, waited for her to fall asleep, and then rubbed himself up against her arms/legs for some hobo lovin. Don't you people follow these FMLs regularly, ITS PANDEMIC!!!

LadyAlathia 0

Monday 13 July 2009 15:53

Honestly, he might not know he sold you a blank CD. If you see him again, let him know. My hubby's in a band, and a few weeks ago we threw out free copies of his demo at a show. Oops, my computer was being the dinosaur that it is and didn't actually burn anything. We replaced all of them, of course. Anyway... just a thought.