Money: Today, while at the vending machine, I put in my $20 instead...

By quarterback - 23/01/2011 05:43 - United States

Today, while at the vending machine, I put in my $20 instead of my $1. I got my change back in quarters. FML

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By aianmoo16 - 01/05/2016 21:52 - United States - Chicago

Today, I was at a mini arcade and accidentally put a hundred dollar bill through the quarter machine. FML

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By Eodowoiono - 06/08/2013 16:20 - United States - Cedar Rapids

Today, as a joke, my friend put my bus money in the vending machine. Not only did the machine not return my money, it wouldn't give me an item in return. FML

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By totallyembarassed - 07/07/2012 04:08 - United States - Charlotte

Today, when I went to pay for my groceries, I accidentally handed the cashier a condom instead of my $20. FML

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By iblamethetories - 11/10/2012 17:49 - United Kingdom - Colchester

Today, I had to pay my bus fare in very small change. After carefully counting out coins under the withering glares of a bus-load of people, I quickly slid them into the machine, and somehow ended up jamming it. FML

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By lovelife - 27/09/2010 13:09 - United States

Today, I was robbed of five bucks by a vending machine that said "Enjoy Life!" FML

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By Pimaan - 26/10/2011 16:14 - United States

Today, I decided to be a generous guy and slip a dollar from my pocket to a beggar. Turns out I'd slipped my hard-earned $100 bill instead. FML

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By broke and hungry - 30/05/2015 18:53 - United States - West New York

Today, I had to skip lunch to work on a big project, so I stopped by a vending machine. The number I wanted was 126, but I accidentally typed 124, using my last dollar. 124 was the only empty row. FML

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By priceycommute - 19/08/2017 04:33

Today, after rushing to the bus stop and frantically boarding at the last possible second, I realized that I didn't pay my fare with a single, but a twenty. FML

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By booooo - 07/03/2011 21:38 - France

Today, I withdrew €40 at the ATM to pay for dinner later tonight. It wasn't until I went to pay for it that I realized I'd taken the receipt, but left the cash in the ATM. FML

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By DeniedAgain - 29/06/2009 04:04 - United States

Today, I walked into a gas station and saw some $.25 gum. It looked good and I thought I had a quarter in my pocket. I found no change in my pocket once I got to the register, so I pulled out my credit card. The cashier laughed a few seconds later when my card was declined for a piece of gum. FML

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MzKylz 0

Sunday 23 January 2011 12:23

at least you got change.. now go use a quarter to call someone who cares.. lol

MagicMushrooms 0

Sunday 23 January 2011 12:22

At least you didn't get it in pennies?

Comments

misfitmarta13 0

Sunday 23 January 2011 15:44

did you really think you'd get bills? it's a vending machine. YDI for bot using smaller change

Kain05 0

Sunday 23 January 2011 22:11

There actually are vending machines that will give bills as change.

OhShuttup 0

Monday 24 January 2011 9:48

the vending machines give $1coins, where I live

LesCDeal 6

Sunday 23 January 2011 15:48

Most vending machines don't hold that many quarters in the coin return magazine. Once this magazine, or clip, or whatever you want to call it is full, the overflow goes in to a bulk change bin. Those don't come out until the vendor opens the machine and dumps them. Sorry, but I have to call BS on this FML.

latinablanca 24

Tuesday 17 March 2015 8:31

Trust me, it can happen. It happened to me in high school, I put a $20 in for an ice cream (which was like $2.75) and got back a shit ton of quarters! It sucked.

Chunkylover76 4

Sunday 23 January 2011 15:59

This would never happen if you were Canadian! Most Americans make fun of our money saying it looks fake or like Monopoly money, but I can tell you one thing, I've never got stuck carrying 80 quarters around in my pocket because of a vending machine mix up! YDI