Transportation: Today, while driving across country, my car broke down while...

By stillhungry - 22/05/2009 23:25 - United States

Today, while driving across country, my car broke down while in the middle of nowhere. I had it towed to a mechanic in the nearest town. While he fixed the car, I went to get lunch. The only restaurant in town was an old-fashioned drive-up diner. They wouldn't serve me because I wasn't in a car. FML

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By mmv - 18/09/2009 00:02 - United States

Today, I took my car into the shop to get a minor problem fixed. I left several hours later, without my car. Why? The mechanic crashed it while out on a test drive to make sure he'd fixed the problem. FML

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By Forded - 01/09/2010 23:11 - United States

Today, my minivan broke down on the side of the highway. I'm out of work and can't afford a cell phone, so I resorted to standing at the back of my van holding a "HELP" sign. About an hour went by, in which time I was passed by a cop car, a firetruck, and a car that said "Roadside Assistance." FML

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Saturday 23 May 2009 9:24

Sucks that happened to you, guess their food would be as crappy as their policies then.

tWitt3rBuG 0

Saturday 23 May 2009 10:43

If you went on all fours and started making serious vroom noises, Maybe they wud've served ya! L0l, kidding. Major fail. Hope you went to a corner shop thereafter!

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Tim3 0

Saturday 23 May 2009 15:19

so? thats not an fml. so you were hungry for a bit. OH NO!

wordgirl 0

Saturday 23 May 2009 15:21

AAAAAAAhhhhhAA! This happened to me EXACTLTY about a month and an half ago, except I drove my car in, and after standing at the drive-thru (among the exhaust-spewing cars), they did actually serve me, but I felt like a complete doofus. Were you in Tennessee, by any chance???

TryToBeKind 0

Saturday 23 May 2009 15:36

I hate snotty small-town people who act like that. I've had people do that too, "You're not from around here, are you?" "Um, no, we're from ..." "Mmm, hmm, I can't tell." Then they ignore me/my friends. People are disgusting.

graintrain 0

Saturday 23 May 2009 17:22

When I worked the drive thru we served two people on bicycles - surprisingly they were heavy enough to trip our microphone. *24 - it might be the big town corporation that set the no-serve without a car rule. For example, the owner of a sonic could loose his lease for serving someone at a drive up who isn't in a car. Loosing your entire livelihood isn't worth giving one person one meal. And when you work for a big corporation like that, they send in mystery shoppers who create problems just like this to ensure that you don't break said rules