You swiped it quickly ten times? If it doesn't work when swiping quickly the first time, wouldn't you try swiping it slower? I always find when the eftpos machine doesn't read my card, swiping it slower usually helps (not painfully slowly of course, just steadier). And then when it doesn't work after 2 or 3 attempts, I usually switch it around just in case.

You claim the machine is stupid,but it is YOU who is stupid.

Adam, Natalie, can you two cut this shit out or what? There have been 18 comments on this FML, and 16 of them (all of yours) were a grammatical nightmare of irrelevant immaturity.

Lmao whatever:)

hah OP I have done this exact thing but normally realised my fault before abusing staff....

OP, next time, look more carefully. They almost always have a picture, so its really not that difficult. Usually, the magnetic strip faces either left, or down, depending on the pad. Sadly, as a cashier at walgreens, I've even seen people slide their cards without the magnetic strip being slid. And that's the whole point of the card. D: Its ridiculous.

OMG BECKY LOOK AT HER BUTT< IT IS SO BIG. thats what you sound like you lame

I work at tills with these machines and my god, I hate the twits who can't get the card the right way round. There's even a drawing on the machine. YDI

stupidity at it's finest right here

I'm sure he was turned off when you became frustrated so quickly. He probably thought you were hot, too, but didn't want to see you fly off the handle when he sticks it in the wrong hole.