Today, I went for a walk. When it started pouring, I ran under the nearest tree for protection. It didn't occur to me that it might look suspicious hiding under a stranger's tree in a black hoodie, until the cops showed up. FML
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Halloween
A failed costume, stolen candy and a very real scare: Halloween, the one night when fear is allowed.
Today, I was walking through town with my hood up and noticed people giving me funny looks. It wasn't until I got home that I realised the umbrella I was holding over my head had been closed the whole time. FML
Today, while I was walking home from work, it started to rain. Clutching my bag in one hand, I started to run so I wouldn't get too wet. I saw a man running towards me and all of a sudden he tackled me to the ground. He thought I had stolen someone's handbag. FML
Today, I was walking my little sister home from the eye doctor. It was raining out so we were kind of in a hurry to get home. We get home and about half an hour later, the cops show up. Apparently, someone saw me walking my sister and called the cops on me thinking I was a child molester. FML
Today, I was on my way to work and wearing a tank top when I suddenly walked through 10 feet of sprinklers and got completely soaked. A cop flagged me down in front of a bunch of people, because apparently I matched the description of a "suspect". He stared at my boobs the entire time. FML
Today, someone stole my umbrella. It was pouring heavily, and I was using it at the time. FML
Today, as I was running from the cops I jumped behind a bush to hide. Turns out it was a massive thorn bush. I later had the most painful shower I have ever experienced. FML
Today, I was stopped and questioned by two officers for walking on a public trail in broad daylight. Someone (I think it was the older woman with the two dogs I saw) claimed there was a strange man in a hoodie mumbling to himself. I was wearing a hoodie, but I’m a woman and I was singing along with my music. FML
Today, I was on my way home when I saw a cop hiding behind a Budget truck. I immediately slowed down and prayed that he wouldn't give me a ticket. Then I realized I was walking. FML
Today, I hit a parked car and fled because I was so scared. Four hours later, the cops showed up at my house so I broke down crying confessing everything. Turns out, they weren't there about the car I hit. They were alerting me about the string of burglaries in my neighborhood recently. FML
Today, I heard someone try to get into my back garden. I ran to the front door, opened it, and shouted at whoever it was. I then saw a police officer appear, following the person who'd jumped my fence. I then realised I wasn't wearing any trousers. I'd shouted at the police half naked. FML
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Top comments
flockz 20
perhaps hiding under a tree in a storm should not be your first idea anyway.
FeedMonkeyking 4
If you did nothing wrong, then what does it matter
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Comments (79)
flockz 20
perhaps hiding under a tree in a storm should not be your first idea anyway.
sulitak 27
I was so thinking that. I was taught to NOT go near tall things in storms
toxophilia 6
OP just said it was pouring, not storming.
flockz 20
yes because lightning can't strike if it's just pouring.
AndOtherDrugs 5
Lighting could strike even when it's not raining. That doesn't mean always avoid trees and other tall things. Standing under a tree when it's just raining may be only a little more risky than standing under a tree any other time.
patrickalamo 48
Way to go Trevon...
eMurpH 9
I guess you guys can't sense the sarcasm in #25.. Why would they post the original comment if they really thought lightening wouldn't strike if its just pouring...
clever_name_here 7
That is correct 25. Well done :)
FeedMonkeyking 4
If you did nothing wrong, then what does it matter
abbttmc 12
Trespassing
RedPillSucks 33
Seriously? People get shot/arrested all the time when not doing anything wrong. He's lucky he wasn't in Florida in a neighborhood with some overzealous neighborhood watch person with a gun.
KawaiiCupcake 14
It's embarrassing as hell. I got caused of stealing bra from Victoria Secret once because I looked suspicious! >.
Djjooze 4
If u weren't poor you could be driving my Lambo and woundn't be in the rain looking for trees.
IscoreOnU 19
Just trying to stay dry. Just a misunderstanding. It happens. Hope they gave you a ride home :D
BeccaHugs 17
If you were wearing a sweater with a hood on it, then why not put the hood up and run home?
AndOtherDrugs 5
Because the hoods on hoodies are pretty useless during heavy downpours.
SpaceRaptor 8
Look at the bright side, once proven that you are doing nothing wrong, the cops can give you a lift home ?
InvisibleMonster_fml 16
I hope the cops didn't give you a hard time.
AwesomeMe124 9
Next time just carry an umbrella. No one calls the cops on Mary Poppins.
annie_nk 23
"Oh it's raining. If only I was wearing something to cover my head..."
CharresBarkrey 16
If only they would fashion some device to attach to my sweater that I could pull over my head for such occasions.
suboy 10
Since they were running im guessing they were wearing a sweat suit which are usually thin and very absorbent. What good would it do when its pouring down rain.
Sandman366 6
54-"Today, I went out for a walk."
hotshot0185 15
Anyone in hoodies just look dodgy anyway, best to avoid them if possible.
Mossears133 15
It's people like you that make me wish murder was legal
ApollosMyth 22
32- You want to murder people who think hoodies are shady..?
Anai08 17
#10-That's a dangerous assumption dude. You shouldn't assume anything about a person or their intentions based on something their wearing. You don't live in the US so you probably wouldn't have hear about it, but google the name "Trayvon Martin" in your free time. The guy was just walking home after buying snacks, but because he was wearing a hoodie and looking "dodgy", some trigger happy man took him for a miscreant and started a scuffle that would ultimately cost Trayvon his life. Moral of the story: just because someone is wearing a particular outfit you may personally view as suspicious (and maybe that person also looks to fit in a racial stereotype), doesn't mean their up to no good. I understand the people who called the police on OP their thought process, but OP doesn't/didn't deserve any harassment from police after the misunderstanding was cleared up.
efrainelboricua 12
Actually trayvon was also a bully. So you're argument is invalid.
Zomg_Okay 27
43 - So because he was a bully he deserved to be shot dead by an over-zealous vigilante? ಠ_ಠ
RedPillSucks 33
The fact is he was doing nothing wrong. How the hell is walking home in the dark being a bully? I suppose you support the Columbine shootings because the kids were just getting back at school bullies?
xxlizsandraxx 7
as to the fact that only two people know what went on that night, you shouldnt be quick to judge either one. The media made it seem like a racist act but if you heard the actual tape of the 911 call, the operator asked what race the suspect was before Zimmerman implied he was black. black hoodies are associated woth crime, so naturally people will think that person is up to no good. maybe change your hoodie color op.
efrainelboricua 12
No he was beating up the guy that shot him. If you're getting your butt whipped and you had a gun you'd use it.
jannatanelle 5
#59 I'm sure you heard the police tape the little kid and his bag of skittles were being harassed for walking through a white neighborhood he was not beating up an armed 40 yr old 250 lb guy the guy just shot him for walking doesn't matter if he was a bully or a saint he was judged by his clothing and skin color. as it seems op was judged here as being a criminal. This guy must live in the sticks if I called the cops over everyone that stood in my front yard they might as well never leave.
Gmoney12 18
You don't happen to be black by chance? That tends to have similar responses unfortunately