Today, at the grocery store, an elderly woman asked for help with some tea. I lent her a hand, spending a good twenty minutes reading different labels out loud until she found one she liked. After she was done, she handed me a pamphlet and said, "You're a nice girl. I hope you don't go to hell." FML
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Today, at the supermarket, an old lady asked for directions to the produce aisle. Having read way too many stories lately on this very site about awful elderly folks, I was wary, but helped her out. She gave me an awkward hug in thanks, lifting my wallet in the process, as I later found out. FML
Today, I was helping my elderly neighbor carry her groceries into her kitchen. When I finished, she sighed and said, "You're such a sweet girl. It's just a shame about your face." FML
Today, I saw an elderly woman struggling to reach the top shelf in my local grocery store, so I went over and asked if she needed help. She then accused me of flirting with her and had me escorted from the property. FML
Today, an elderly woman couldn't afford all of her groceries at the checkout so she started to take out a few things. I offered to pay for her groceries; she thanked me and walked out. An onlooker then came up to me and told me that she does it to someone every week. FML
Today, I tried helping an old lady with her groceries. When I asked if she needed help she smiled. When I took one of her bags she yelled. I didn't know she was deaf. FML
Today, I was working at my job as a cashier, checking out an elderly woman's groceries. She was very nice, and we chatted for a couple minutes. Once she had paid, she leaned close to me and said, very politely, "I'm so so sorry that I mistook you for a girl at first, young man." I AM a girl. FML
Today, I asked an elderly customer at my work if she needed help with her groceries. She responded, "I normally would, but I'm afraid you'll eat all the groceries." FML
Today, on my way out of the subway station, I noticed an older woman standing at the bottom of a flight of stairs with a large cart. I went up to her and asked if she needed help getting it up the stairs. She looks me up and down and says, "No, not from you." FML
Today, I was at the mall, when I saw an elderly lady drop her groceries, so I rushed over to help her pick them up. She took one look at me, called me a "Liberal bastard," and shouted for me to get away from her before she called the cops. FML
Today, I felt like doing a good deed, so when I bought something at a store I told the cashier to keep the change. The cashier then panicked and said, “What do I do???” Turns out, I was her first ever customer. FML
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girlbye23 15
She was just looking out for you OP! At least she didn't call you ugly like most FML old people would.
flashback.miss 28
better than the old ladies that damn you to hell and was nice to just give you a pamphlet rather than try to push her beliefs on you.
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girlbye23 15
She was just looking out for you OP! At least she didn't call you ugly like most FML old people would.
qyka1210 12
am I the only one who thought OP was a guy?
dawnimus 21
Who says "you're a nice girl" to a guy? Unless that's the real FML here. Perhaps we'll never know.
idioticmess 15
she was an old lady so that could be very possible.
meepmerp 20
Hey, at least she likes you
lambda_fml 40
OP should have said "Even if I do, you wont Hear about it".
BillMurray_fml 12
Maybe she'll put in a good word for OP with the Big Guy
FangirlingAlways 14
Or big guys if you believe in that. Or no one.
Lanker 17
Why did #91 get downvoted?
flashback.miss 28
better than the old ladies that damn you to hell and was nice to just give you a pamphlet rather than try to push her beliefs on you.
Beansforbill 14
You might want to get that eye checked out..
HeyTherexxx 21
That looks painful.
well_hi_there 7
your profile picture is going to appear in my nightmares
142_cats 13
I hate assholes like that. When I went to America I had to drive through Alabama -Shudder- and got swarmed by people telling me that "God hates fags". I do not like Alabama.
skyeyez9 24
That is the westboro baptist church, based out of Kansas. They were not from Alabama. They travel around the US protesting soldier's funerals with hate messages. They are pathetic.
ABarrelHorseGirl 8
I don't think 103 was referring to anything about WBC, just general crazy religious southerners
thatkidmal 15
That was strange but at least it wasn't anything mean
CallMeMcFeelii 13
As it may have been strange, I'd have loved to do that for 20 minutes opposed to stocking shelves. Though, I'd have read in ridiculous accents ranging from stereotypical Asian, Australian, and a bit of Swedish to spruce things up a bit.
SundayNightSix 23
Am I the only one wondering what the hell was on the pamphlet..?
worldclassrager 39
Was that a pun?
invadermaythe1st 35
Am I the only uneducated one who doesn't know what a pamphlet is? I'm gonna guess it's some sort of leaflet, right?
bobbyguy 17
#36 it's like a booklet. Normally just it just folds out. It's kind of like a map but smaller and has writing and pictures. I think another name for it is brochure.
ChenEighty 20
37, a pamphlet is a paper normally folded into thirds with information on it. Either you aren't being clear or you're getting mixed up.
invadermaythe1st 35
Ah, thanks! :3
colton_colton 50
That's all I'm thinking about
larrena2377 26
It was probably a religious pamphlet. They have bible verses or little comics that tell short stories about people getting saved and going to heaven. They're supposed to help bring people to God. I'm assuming this since she didn't want OP to go to hell.
murythawn 13
Seems odd that 36 is getting thumbed down for asking a question. On top of that, so grammatical errors or vulgarity. Everyone should stop down voting because other people did.
Raidriar 14
#80, this is FML, comments are down voted when it seems uneducated. It's probably wrong, but hey, what can you do? I assume "so" should have been "no," but since they are not remotely close to each other on the keyboard I am unsure.
Lithiac 11
Haha that's exactly what it was. It was certainly odd though.
KimmyCupZ 21
And why she was carrying pamphlets?
YooperTransplant 8
There's a certain flavor of Christian that carries them everywhere, to give to as many people as they can find an excuse to.
aire101 16
Yeah, the cashiers at work get them periodically. The people always start out saying, "have you heard the good news?" then hand you the pamphlet talking about the second coming of Christ. I kind of find it offensive... I'm just checking your purchases, what about the two seconds you see me makes you think i need one of those? Besides, its a waste since it just ends up in the trash. Though once i did leave it on the desk in the office with the part saying 'Your suffering is soon to end' facing up and a couple pieces of bacon laying on top of it for my boss to find...
Paco_el_Taco 17
If nothing else you did a good deed for the day.
Wakachulak 22
Ah, Christians...
Welshite 39
How do you know which religion it was?
worldclassrager 39
Christians have their so called tracts...it's the only "religion" (that I know of) that gives out their info in information packets...
tiernang 21
Half the people who hand out packets arent even true Christians.
Setareh23 34
Well I've also seen tracts given by Jehova Witnesses, Mormons, and even Muslims (at my school cultural club). Some of them are just informative, some of them are left at your door, etc.
worldclassrager 39
#20 that is true but usually I have Muslims JW and Mormons show up at my door or tape a event to it when I don't answer...but I have never got an information packet from them..,
worldclassrager 39
#22 They all have the same message but in some ways they don't exactly preach the point of salvation...they mention the fact of Jesus Christ taking everything on himself and dying sinless and the points of all of us deserve this "hell" since we are due to sin as they call it but never give the point if the sinner prayer...
nelliegw 26
#21 there's definitely some Hinduism in there.
Tinad01 12
Most pamphlets given out are not by Christians. Infact i have never even heard of any Christians who do that, and i live in the bible belt. Most are by Jehovah's Witnesses, or Mormons.
nightbirdblue 27
I've gotten ones from just about every religion besides those that could be categorized as Christian. I've also gotten ones from vegans who were basically telling everyone that people who didn't refuse to eat meat were horrible and deserved death. I honestly would prefer any religious propaganda to some of the the vegan propaganda that my college is plagued with every few months. Damn me all you want, just let me eat whatever the **** I want without complaining at me about my choices of food. Pamphlets usually are just propaganda really. They don't display opposing viewpoints without committing various fallacies in the process. They're usually pointless reading for the most part, even if they are meant to be informative.
Painterlily 8
most Mormons knock on doors and they start in by talking about Joseph Smith. They don't believe in Hell, at least not the Christian version and they don't tell ppl they are going there, they just encourage them to come to an activity or something in hopes of slowly enticing you in. I should know, I used to be one.
worldclassrager 39
What a good concept...but a waste of time...
KimmyCupZ 21
She thought you were so nice, that she wants to meet up with you in Heaven again ^^,
kyuubi1 14
sounds like every other old lady to me
ChenEighty 20
Every old lady you know is actively religious?