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By Angelica - 28/10/2011 01:48 - United States

Today, I had to sit patiently at the checkout at work, listening to my own father rant about how the twinkies he was buying were "twice the size back in my day", and how "you could buy a dozen of these suckers for just 10 cents." He didn't stop there. No, he tried to haggle over the price. FML

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By PineappleOfMyEye - 24/09/2018 17:30

Today, I work at a general store and a customer came in trying to bargain a set price of an item. The item? A 50 cent candy bar. He wanted it for 34 cents. This is not the first time he's done this. FML

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By ilovemypup - 31/10/2016 11:20

Today, while at my job in a candy store, a boy stuck his hand into the bin, contaminating the candy. As I politely explained that the dad had to purchase the affected candy he refused, yelled, then angrily agreed to buy them. The total cost of the candy with the extra pieces? $1.69. FML

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By Anonymous - 12/03/2021 15:30 - United States - Brunswick

Today, at my store, I had an old man violently accuse me of charging him for an extra pack of 99¢ Mounds candy yesterday. He held up my line for 10 minutes, fighting me about it. I didn't even work yesterday. FML

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By ohaifml - 04/09/2011 21:17 - United States

Today, my dad got into an argument with the cashier about how overpriced the scented tampons were. FML

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By Anonymous - 13/01/2011 23:00 - United States

Today, while working at a dollar store, I was clobbered by a woman because apparently, I was ripping her off by charging two dollars for two doughnuts. She didn't understand that she couldn't buy multiple items at once for one dollar. FML

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Presumption

By fmlgrl - 30/07/2012 06:59 - United States - Los Angeles

Today, I went to a corner store to restock my chocolate stash. A guy from work walked in to see me and the cashier arguing about the amount of candy I was trying to buy with a jar of pennies. He took one look at me and said, "That time of the month, eh?" FML

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Help yourself

By AshamedDaughter - 17/08/2011 07:14 - Canada

Today, my Dad and I went to McDonald's, only to have him shove two handfuls of sugar packets into the bag. He said, "If it's for free, why only take one?" To make it worse, my crush was at the till, watching what was happening. FML

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By Anonymous - 14/04/2012 19:27 - United States - Phoenix

Today, I was waiting in line for what seemed like forever at the only open lane at the grocery store. The guy in front of me took his sweet time and had multiple cards rejected, before finally pulling out a $100 bill and demanding exact change. He was buying a carton of milk. FML

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Cashback

By elle_hamilton - 25/08/2020 23:01 - United States

Today, when I told a gentleman that, no, he couldn't have cash back on his return without a receipt, he started screaming at me that I was calling his mother a liar. He told me to lawyer up and yelled at me for smiling at him. He also screamed at me to go on a diet as he left the store. FML

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By Anonymous - 30/03/2013 20:38 - Germany - Bad Windsheim

Today, I went to the supermarket to get some Easter gifts for my kids. At the register, I was verbally abused to the point of tears by the cashier, for having way too many items for the 12 items or less lane. I had 13. FML

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khaya 9

Friday 28 October 2011 6:03

Can't wait until he does this for a pack of condoms.

armorf0r 7

Friday 28 October 2011 6:36

"shiiiiit, back in my day, you could get a pack of 20 sheep intestines for a dolla! Man, you NEVER had to worry 'bout gettin yer sister pregnant!"

Comments

TipOfTheHat 10

Friday 28 October 2011 6:42

Haggle over the price? Old school!

JadedJarOfHearts 3

Friday 28 October 2011 6:53

I love funny daddys. :)

perdix 29

Friday 28 October 2011 6:54

Security! Haggler on Register 5! Don't worry, it's not Marvin the Hitman, but bring the Taser anyways. Now, go away, Dad, do you want me to become an unemployed loser like you?

leadman1989 15

Friday 28 October 2011 7:05

You young whipper snappers just don't realize back in the day men were men, a horse was a horse (of course) and women and blacks were second class citizens. Ahh the good ole days. Sarcasm!

GypsyRover 0

Friday 28 October 2011 7:19

Now they have there damn "rights"! :-/

leadman1989 15

Friday 28 October 2011 7:36

Now gays want 'em too it's a slippery slope I tells ya... slippery because it's covered in santorum. Sarcasm! (that means I don't actually mean this stuff it's used to point out how ridiculous it is and you SHOULDN'T BE OFFENDED!)

Cmdr_Shepard 17

Friday 28 October 2011 7:21

FYI for having to put up with that; your dad is out of his mind for thinking that the grocery store was gonna sell him Twinkies at a huge profit loss. I work retail and I do get the occasional customers who give me the "Back in my day, I could buy a weeks worth of jeans for $10" bullshit. I try to tell them "yeah but you also made like $3 an hour" but they don't listen. :/

Enslaved 36

Friday 28 October 2011 7:50

I've heard those stories too. "Why is it so expensive? Is it made out of gold or something?" ***Ugh!

mojobanks 8

Friday 28 October 2011 7:28

Cool. Your dad was a stoner! Only stoners buy their twinkles in bulk!

every1luvsboners 11

Friday 28 October 2011 7:31

How can anyone not like Twinkie's?

Enslaved 36

Friday 28 October 2011 7:44

Just think how expensive they'll be in the next few years. When he finally gets that special bargain price, have him stock up big time for the future. Twinkies never go bad.