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Once, I went to a fancy spa and paid for a body wrap — but what I got was a claustrophobia-induced panic attack.Or —I paid for a meet and greet with Justin Bieber; what I got was a photo with a cardboard cutout of JB.
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#1
The Fringe in Edinburgh has everything: over 20,000 shows, over 200 venues, over two weeks. You get to see everything, from long-established acts ("The Apprentice" a play in Roslyn Chapel, about the Apprentice Column, highly recommend). And then there are the acts just starting out, very rough. I paid just a few pounds for one of these.
They clearly hadn't practiced much, if any. It took time for them to set up their equipment, after starting time. Microphone, amps, instruments kept giving out. No one was in tune. They weren't in sync, either. A couple of them were singing way off key; not sure if there were substances involved, but looking back, I highly suspect so. It was just bad all around.
I gave it about 10 minutes, and just got up and walked out. I guess I was the first one to break the spell, because about 30 seconds after, first one, then all audience members, all 10 of them, came pouring out. Finally, even the lead singer came out, just shaking his head, and muttering. I was trying not to laugh out loud. I hope they got better, and after that start, nearly anything would be an improvement.
Final score:
4points
Huddo's sister 5 months ago
I had a similar experience at the Melbourne Comedy Festival. My dad often took us to the cheaper shows and usually it worked out great (discovering Celia Pacquola being the best). One show though was terrible. I can't even remember the comic's name. Every second word was a swear word and most of the 'jokes' were crude sexual descriptions. Nothing on the ad said it was R rated, so my dad had taken my brother and I (in our late teens) and my little sister who would have been about 10/11. I wouldn't have cared so much if anything she said was actually funny but it wasn't. We ended up leaving less than 10 minutes in, which felt really rude as it was a tiny room with only about 10-15 people in the audience.
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#2
Laser hair removal. This was about 20 years ago. I had light colored hair, and asked them if it would still work. They assured me that it would. I had 6 very painful treatments that didn't do anything. That was about $600 down the drain. No refunds.
Final score:
4points
#3
I had a massage in a beach resort in the Maldives. I had metal rods down my spine at the time and made sure they know about it and would steer well clear... perhaps their English was not up to it but they just pretended to understand, although the huge long and very recent scar should have been a clue, but the masseuse climbed up on the table and started to walk up my back, until I shouted to stop before she'd done ay actual damage,
Final score:
3points
#4
Trying to keep out and get rid of a pest infestation, caused by unsanitary neighbours, in my last apartment, just to get so fed up with mgmt not pulling their weight enough to eradicate the problem we ended up moving.
It put me and my mom in red, and now I'm still currently paying her back for helping and the move.
At least we ended up in a better place and no more pests. But still an awful experience. Took us a while to get adjusted.
Final score:
3points
BeesEelsAndPups 5 months ago
Oof, that's the worst. Especially since if you're not super careful, you could end up bringing your neighbor's pests to your new location.
StrangeOne (Submission author) 5 months ago
We were very careful and I was deep cleaning every evening. Mostly, it was a mouse problem. Due to them chewing and making messes everywhere, there was a lot of furniture and stuff we had to get rid of and pack away. Food was stored in sealed containers and placed in the fridge. Board games and puzzles were kept in storage bins. We shampooed the whole carpeting a month before moving. It was seeing the roach that was the final straw. We saw one and found some evidence to where they were coming from. We missed a spot in one of the closets. Threw away all our winter gear. Pest control gave us roach bait traps. Didn't catch any in them while we were there. But the smell was putrid. The caretakers chalked it up to a type of drywall plaster that has a strong ammonia smell until it dries. Apparently. So far, it's been 8 months in our new place and have not seen any strays or signs of a problem, thankfully. Caught up with an old neighbour, she said the pests worsened a month after we left.
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Marriage
Final score:
2points
JK 5 months ago
One day I got a knock on the door. It was the sheriff serving me with divorce papers. No discussion, he had it done when he was out of town. So I went to the law library and represented myself in the response. He got nothing. I sold all of the furniture I paid for and moved out of state. Dumb#ss didn't pay his lawyer, so the judge ruled in my favor due to his lack of a response filing. Never again.
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Roller coaster ride. Had Whiplash injury of the cervical spine after that.
Final score:
2points
#7
I paid actual money to let someone wax my underarms. JHC! Worst pain of my life - and I've had 3 kids.
Final score:
1point
#8
I booked a night at the Hilton Hotel on Valentine's day, 2001. £300 for one night, no breakfast, and room service was £5 for a cup of tea. We got up and went to McDonalds for breakfast.
Final score:
1point
#9
Windows
Final score:
1point
BeesEelsAndPups 5 months ago
The operating system, or the things that let you see through the walls?
Michael P (Perthaussieguy) 5 months ago
I thought those were x-ray glasses ...
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Cruise to the Bahamas.
Incredibly small and cramped cabin, right across from the staff toilet as luck would have it, tiny little porthole window, luggage piled in a stack outside of an elevator and not delivered to the room like it was supposed to be, no snacks or treats or food anywhere between designated meal times, bars and clubs basically empty, meals were average at best, entertainment was nowhere to be found, two of the three ports of call were disgustingly dirty tourist traps.
NEVER again.
Final score:
-1point
#11
I had a massage in a beach resort in the Maldives. I had metal rods down my spine at the time and made sure they know about it and would steer well clear... perhaps their English was not up to it but they just pretended to understand, although the huge long and very recent scar should have been a clue, but the masseuse climbed up on the table and started to walk up my back, until I shouted to stop before she'd done ay actual damage,
Final score:
-3points
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Robert Beveridge 5 months ago
Colonoscopies have never been bad for me, but maybe they don't give everyone a general when doing them? (OTOH, waking up under anesthesia during an endoscopy--twice!--not fun at all...)
Load More Replies... Robert Beveridge 5 months ago
Colonoscopies have never been bad for me, but maybe they don't give everyone a general when doing them? (OTOH, waking up under anesthesia during an endoscopy--twice!--not fun at all...)
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