Today, I used a public bathroom. I hung my purse up on the hook on the door. Two minutes later, a hand reaches over the door and steals my purse. I got robbed while taking a crap. FML
I agree, your life sucks (35315) - you totally deserved it (4769)
On 07/18/2009 at 6:32pm - misc - by xobeachbabi428ox - United States (New Jersey)
this story's fake or at least not an FML. if you really cared about your purse, then you would've chimpanzeed that shit and throw your poop at the person and try to get it back. and since you just sat there shitting, the purse didn't mean that much to you in the first place, so it's not an FML.
#62 - On 07/18/2009 at 10:02pm by Casualt1234
why do people care so much when people put first?
SIXTY NINE
#69 - On 07/18/2009 at 10:22pm by adorepink86
#69: Because these comments are supposed to be your thoughts on the FML. Not that you're a fucktard and think we are going to be impressed you have no life and the only accomplishment you can attain is posting first on an FML. And on the FML, I've never seen a hook on a bathroom door. Not that I'm saying it's fake, just I've never seen one. And why would somebody reach under the door and steal your purse when they knew somebody was IN there and could see them doing that? They must've been really brave because I would not steal something right in front of the person it belongs to.
duh lots of bathrooms have hooks...the majority actually
#104 - On 07/19/2009 at 12:36am by PaulZindelLover
Wow, I must live in a weird place because I have never noticed a hook on the bathroom door. Whenever I have a bag I have to put it on the floor so trust me I look for one. And I work in the mall so I use public restrooms a lot. I have no idea :/
And someone wanting to steal a purse wouldn't have to go under the stall door so much as over it.
#113 - On 07/19/2009 at 1:08am by AAAAHHHH12
I've almost had my purse stolen like that.. except I was peeing. I just held on to the bottom of it with both hands until they gave up. I'd rather have a broken strap than a stolen purse. After that, I sit it on the floor and loop my foot in the strap or just sit it in my lap.
I've also never been in a bathroom without a hook :/ That's weird.
#138 - On 07/19/2009 at 9:53am by Loverfli
Almost all of the bathrooms have hooks on the doors, but maybe not where you live. And to the OP, uh... That must have been some tall ass mother fucker to reach OVER the door. 0_o
#142 - On 07/19/2009 at 11:34am by TenaciousD
So, you would burst out of a stall, pants/skirt and panties/briefs/boxers (hey, I bet some women wear the latter two) also around your ankles or around your knees, flinging your shit at the robber like a woman possessed?
I admit, the OP DOES deserve it for not trying to grab the purse and give some resistance, but still
well "throwing your poop" is a hyperbole for resisting the person. any person who cares about their credit cards, money, personal items, etc would get off their ass and defend their stuff.
#160 - On 07/19/2009 at 11:49pm by Casualt1234
um - most womens bathrooms have hooks on the door. otherwise setting your purse on the floor would be really gross. especially if you go home later and set it on your kitchen counter or table. think about that.
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second :D
#2 - On 07/18/2009 at 7:42pm by nazooer
Stupid. With this FML being #2 is not something to be proud of.
#72 - On 07/18/2009 at 10:28pm by premiermois
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third
#3 - On 07/18/2009 at 7:43pm by NATALiA_15
the thief caught you defenseless!!
just one more thing to fear in public bathrooms :o
#6 - On 07/18/2009 at 7:45pm by sweet_as_arsenic
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seventh
#7 - On 07/18/2009 at 7:46pm by oloie
No, no, we just don't take craps in front of idiots like you. Otherwise, we crap freely and without inhibitions.
#133 - On 07/19/2009 at 8:04am by _rawrasaur_
aw that sucks.. haha but its kinda nasty for someone tdoin that. er stealin while you crap though
#14 - On 07/18/2009 at 7:51pm by Fogie
I hate public bathrooms, I hold all of my things and I never sit down unless I put toilet paper down on the seat. They are disgusting and they smell. That really sucks that you got robbed. FYL
#15 - On 07/18/2009 at 7:53pm by kionnalexus
haha girls dont take craps, you sound just like my friend. He refuses to believe girls can do something that nasty.
Sorry bout you purse, sucks...u shoulda unlocked the door and kicked it out at her
agreed
YDI for succumbing to your bodily functions that you obviously could have held in.
#70 - On 07/18/2009 at 10:24pm by premiermois
She drowned out all her sense with the sound of its beating.
#124 - On 07/19/2009 at 2:56am by biancagolden
#121 is win.
OP, what you should've done is just run out after the person, jump on them, and sit on their faces using your crap-butt.
so the people that make the public stalls need to put the hook lower on the door... then people wouldn't be able to get to your stuff... problem solved haha... probably not but whatever
actually, that really would solve the problem. the hook is there primarily to keep your purse/coat off the ground (where it would pick up TONS of fecal matter), it can be in the middle of the door and still do its job.
and all the retards saying girls don't poop need to grow the fuck up.
#52 - On 07/18/2009 at 9:28pm by diet_otaku
AFAIK, most newer stall doors have the hook placed dead center, and this FML is the exact reason for it.
haha. throw your shit at him. just kidding. you shoulda said that your "feminine products" were in there or something. :)
Yeah, apparently that happens all the time now. My mom told me not to do that anymore
#22 - On 07/18/2009 at 8:01pm by MadeOfAwesome
Finally, someone who's not a complete retard. Girls don't poop. You all know it.
#172 - On 02/07/2010 at 8:05pm by what_the_fail
I wonder how the guy knew that you hung your purse there... Were that glass doors lol?
#25 - On 07/18/2009 at 8:05pm by Fernmelder
Public restrooms are the worst. I avoid them. You'd be wise to do the same. Hold it in. Or keep your belongings close to your person. FYL.
#26 - On 07/18/2009 at 8:05pm by clockworkrainbow
Probably by saying something like, "I was caught with my pants down..."
BTW, this is an extremely common form of theft. As snopes notes: http://www.snopes.com/crime/warnings/handbag.asp
Some places have taken the hooks off the doors as a result - and thieves responded by putting up their own hooks!
#82 - On 07/18/2009 at 11:01pm by fuzzyface73
I THINK i'm # 6. if I am, um yay? if not, oh well. Anywho, that freaking sux. I would've gotten up xD
You're most definitely NOT #6. You're #28. Way off the mark.
OP: Ouch, I'm not hanging my purse on the hook anymore. I'm sorry, I just hope you didn't have anything too terribly important in your purse. :(
#41 - On 07/18/2009 at 9:00pm by AAAAHHHH12
that's super lame, I hope you didn't have anything super important in it.
#29 - On 07/18/2009 at 8:15pm by pieofchrist
I'm a dude, and even I know you're not supposed to hang your purse on that hook for exactly that reason. YDI... though the person who took it is an asshole.
#30 - On 07/18/2009 at 8:16pm by celeritas_5k
I've always been cautious about hanging my purse in the stall cos I've heard about that! Even if I put my purse on the hook, I somehow manage to grab it so that if a person tried to steal it, it wouldn't come off the hook easily. Guess my paranoia is worth something! SORRY FYL
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32nd
#32 - On 07/18/2009 at 8:20pm by CherubInPants
WTF were you looking at if you can't even see a large object reaching over the door.
#33 - On 07/18/2009 at 8:22pm by ahouicommeca
well it's not like they're reaching in slow-mo. and she was in the process of taking a dump, so she couldn't just stand up and yank her purse off the hook.
#54 - On 07/18/2009 at 9:33pm by diet_otaku
This happened to my aunt- who was on her way to the jewelers to get my late-grandmother's wedding ring worked on. Her purse was stolen, along with the ring that was inside it.
I'm guessing she saw it happening but couldn't get up and chase the person in time seeing as how crap is coming out of her ass? Don't know... unless she was supposed to do the waddle. That would be awkward turtle status though... and I'm pretty sure someone could outrun her.
#37 - On 07/18/2009 at 8:38pm by englishmuffin
I'm guessing she saw it happening but couldn't get up and chase the person in time seeing as how crap is coming out of her ass? Don't know... unless she was supposed to do the waddle. That would be awkward turtle status though... and I'm pretty sure someone could outrun her.
#38 - On 07/18/2009 at 8:44pm by englishmuffin
Woah that happened to my grandma at a casino! But she got it back
#43 - On 07/18/2009 at 9:04pm by Colleennn1579
I heard about a woman who that happened to. She reported it stolen to the people at the department store she was in and everything. The next day she got a call, telling her to meet so-and-so at the store at a specific time because they'd found her purse. So she went, but that person had never existed and they said they had never called her. When she got home, she found that her house had been robbed. This was before caller ID. So if anything like that happens to you, when you get off the phone, call back to double check.
I'm always really nervous about that too. I usually try to hang it on the latch instead, if I can. FYL, OP.
wow that sucks! that is like an fml times a thousand
#68 - On 07/18/2009 at 10:17pm by live_my_life245
Isn't that what it's there for? I guess you could set it on the floor, but that would get the bag dirty. You could put it on your lap, but that seems pretty awkward to me.
#65 - On 07/18/2009 at 10:10pm by englishmuffin
I don't think I'll ever hang my purse on a hook again. So sorry it happened to you! :(
#53 - On 07/18/2009 at 9:29pm by memyselfandgod
you should have got up. open the door really fast and knock the bitch down and wail on her face so much and so hard that it breaks her chin and break a knee cap. take your purse back. make sure it is yours and tell her that if she fucks with you anymore that you would get her. or simply just give a beating and take ur purse back. Dont be a pussy about this because she had no right to try to rob you.
#56 - On 07/18/2009 at 9:45pm by car6435
you need to grow up. we all realize you have low self esteem from that comment alone, so stop trying to make yourself feel better by attacking someone random with no relevant insults.
OP, yes indeed that does suck, its not something you even ever expect. good luck getting back or replacing the contents.
open the door. knock her down wail on her face hard enough to break chin ( go gran torino on her ). tell her to keep quiet and that youll keep quiet. and to not pull shit like this again or it will be worse. dont be a pussy about this and know that she had no right to pull shit like this. dont be a wimpy libral
#58 - On 07/18/2009 at 9:53pm by car6435
Wow. So you. Went to the bathroom. With your purse hanging on a hook. And you couldn't grab your purse back from the thief.....Unless you were looking somewhere else. FYL
OR MAYBE crap was coming out of her ass at the time? How fast is your reaction rate that you could push that last bit out, wipe, get up, put your pants back on and bust out of that stall and then outrun the person who just stole your bag?
This is a sad FML.
#66 - On 07/18/2009 at 10:11pm by englishmuffin
Anyone who disses New Jersey obviously hasn't been to any of its suburbs. Too many people judge New Jersey by what they see when they get off at Newark Airport.
Sorry about your purse, that's a really crappy thing to happen...
#71 - On 07/18/2009 at 10:25pm by bandgeek24601
WOW! you kinda deserved this one. Apparently you missed that Oprah, and The View, and the article in Cosmo or ANY womens magazine EVER! i learned not to do that crap when i was 12!!
Some people don't watch shows like Oprah or The View, or read such high quality literature as Cosmo. I know, it's crazy, right?
Op: that's horrible! I have never heard of that before and I'm so sorry it happened to you!
#81 - On 07/18/2009 at 10:58pm by laurilauri
so did the thief knew you had a purse hangin on the door or did the thief just randomly happen to reach over and felt a purse?
Uhh, yeah they do. What grade are you in, or are you just that retarded? Everyone shits buddy.. hate to tell you.
To the op, that sucks but how could they see your purse from inside the stall?
#86 - On 07/18/2009 at 11:29pm by PeacockSHS
I stand by the fact that "when you gotta go, you gotta go." Who cares if it's a public bathroom? At least you get to shit and get it all out.
Sorry but didn't anyone ever teach you not to put your purse there for the very reason that there are people out there who do that?
FYL because nobody deserves to have their purse stolen, but still you should have known better
#84 - On 07/18/2009 at 11:26pm by grlwitperlEring
#22, women have buttholes for reasons other than anal sex.
But yeah fyl
#85 - On 07/18/2009 at 11:28pm by der_Jabberwhock
Wow that really is bad, instead of taking off the hooks completely they need to change the height of the stall doors... i especially feel comfortable in the movie theathers because they have the stalls almost to the ceiling ( no way for robberies)
But yeah FYL, that is horrible hopefully it gets better & there isnt any more of a problem with it..
oh yeah andd 87th =]
#87 - On 07/18/2009 at 11:36pm by x_xlhsjeszix_x
That's even worse! She has no consideration for the other people in the same room who have to smell her shit!
I really don't get people on this site. How can anyone honestly say she deserves this?
She deserves it because...
1. "She used a public restroom?" Um... if you're in a mall, or a movie theater, or pretty much any public place and you just ate a meal and you need to go, are you seriously supposed to wait til you get home? That could be a half hour drive and honestly, there are times when those suckers won't take "no" for an answer. Hell, what if she's in school? If she's in high school, it's not really possible to go the administration office and say, "Excuse me. Can I be excused to go home so I can take a crap?" In college, campuses are friggin' huge. To get from my classes to my dorm/apartment is at least 20 minutes.
2. "She used the hook on the door?" That's what they're there for. Who really anticipates that a douchebag would reach OVER and take something that they can't even see? They also have baby changing stations in restrooms for mothers to use. Should we anticipate a creeper to sneak in other the stall, take the baby, and skedaddle as well?
3. "She's a girl and girls don't poop?" Well damn, I can't help you there. Then I'd have to tell you that Santa Claus and the Tooth Fairy don't exist either. Oh... did I just ruin it? Sorry.
4. "She didn't go catch him/her?" SHE'S TAKING A CRAP. Dropping the deuce. It's kinda hard to react in time and outrun the person who just took your purse.
Damn, what the hell is wrong with people these days.
#96 - On 07/18/2009 at 11:56pm by englishmuffin
Wow. You're kind of pissing me off. Why the hell are you acting like a smartass? It's a bit pathetic to correct and argue with people over the internet.
So what is it that you're doing differently? You're expressing that my post pissed you off, just as I expressed that other people's posts pissed me off.
#111 - On 07/19/2009 at 12:59am by englishmuffin
He wasn't arguing with anyone. He was simply stating that people's reasoning for why someone would deserve this isn't very great. He's being truthful.
#115 - On 07/19/2009 at 1:20am by beaandbunny05
that would suck if it were true. how would someone know ur bag is hanging there? the hook is below the top of the door so no one on the outside is able to see. pathetic how ppl make shit up to get on the site
You can watch someone go into the stall with a bag and hear it go on the hook/see the door move a little. And usually you can see the edge of a larger bag through the cracks on either side of the door. It's completely plausible, actually.
#154 - On 07/19/2009 at 3:56pm by 3drinksbehind
To those assuming she sat there and "shat"/"shitteted"/ whatever while it was going on, it could possibly have been slow reflexes when she saw it already being taken off the hook.
#110 - On 07/19/2009 at 12:54am by shoshizzle
most women know not to use hooks in bathroom stalls unless they're in the middle of the door. Purses get stolen all the time off those damn hooks... so hopefully you learned a lesson. Use a middle door hook or those fold up tables that stay down when a bag is on them, when available, when not, put it on top of the toilet paper! Restrooms shouldn't even have those hooks anymore, they're too risky.
I think they should put the hooks behind you on the toilet instead of on the doors. It'd be easier to protect while you're going to the bathroom. You should go back to that same bathroom, leave the door unlocked but still close it, and if someone reaches over to feel for a purse, kick the door out into them =] unless the doors open inward, in which case you get up and beat them =] sorry for the loss of your purse. FYL
#117 - On 07/19/2009 at 1:31am by beaandbunny05
if only they had a purse with a rat/mouse trap on the strap.....could be the next fad :D
that would be funny
this happened to me back in highschool. definitely sucks, I sat there mid-pee absolutely stunned.
#123 - On 07/19/2009 at 2:36am by 3drinksbehind
Most hooks are pretty high up so I doubt that person couldve reached into it, unless your bag was a shoulder bag and had a long handle or w/e
#130 - On 07/19/2009 at 4:25am by freakshows
....the thief reached OVER the stall door. Meaning the high hooks would only assist her/him in stealing the bag.
#155 - On 07/19/2009 at 4:03pm by 3drinksbehind
Sorry, I vote YDI.
This is the oldest thief trick in the book. Everyone in the universe knows NOT to use the door hook. Hell, most places don't even put a hook there anymore.
#135 - On 07/19/2009 at 8:55am by LadyAlathia
Most places now have a little platform next to the toilet, or an indentation in the wall behind it. MUCH better than the thief-hook.
#136 - On 07/19/2009 at 8:56am by LadyAlathia
well you could always try keeping it on your shoulder next time.
but yeah i didn't know thieves actually did that. that's awful
#137 - On 07/19/2009 at 9:47am by theshinepolice
You should have kept it with you or on the shitty floor in front of you. And if it was a guy that stole it, WTF is a guy doing in a girls bathroom?
#140 - On 07/19/2009 at 11:18am by Shyman4ever
That actually wasn't robbery, it's theft. For it to be robbery, she would have to have forced it out of your hands. Because it was just sitting there not within your control and they snatched it without any use of force against your person, it's just theft which is a much lighter sentence if they're ever caught. Not meaning to be a smartass; just want to share some interesting information.
All-in-all, YDI. Never let your purse/wallet leave further than a few inches of your range of control.
Jesus, didn't your mom ever tell you not to hang your purse there? they are for COATS. if the floor is nasty, HD your purse in your lap. duh.
#144 - On 07/19/2009 at 12:13pm by somebodyshy
Why is it that the majority of people assume that the thief was a male? I mean for goodness sake, she was in a ladies rest room. Not all criminals are men, us woman fuck up too sometimes.
As for the OP, that really sucks. I'm so sorry ): I hope that most (if not all) of your belongings were replaceable.
#148 - On 07/19/2009 at 1:13pm by KaylaRene
this is why you should hang on to your purse. this happens ALL the time. it's also why now you see more wall trays in the bathroom stall instead of coat/purse hooks on the door.
#153 - On 07/19/2009 at 3:56pm by lisadanger
YDI. idiot... you dont use the hook. everyone knows that. AND... if you MUST... you use the bottom prong. thats what its supossed to PREVENT.
Ive once went to the mall and saw a lady running out of the toilet to a security guard saying a woman just grabbed my purse and ran away, i think this is a common case.
This is why they now no longer have hooks at the back of doors or are placed quite low. I'm glad I always carry 2litres of water in my bag along with all the other crap i have in there. If anyone had tried to grab my bag they would either be too slow coz of the weight or the bottles would fall on their heads in the process since I have no zip either.
Didn't your mother teach you never to hang your purse on the door like that?!
#164 - On 07/21/2009 at 10:51am by greenleisuresuit
Yikessss and at the same time I'm glad I never use the hooks. THAT was precisely my fear. Someone could easily snatch and run. And by the time you stop your bathroom work and run [no time for wiping!] - it would still be too late.
#166 - On 07/21/2009 at 2:38pm by shelboo
Dude, you have no idea how much I agree with you. Thumbs up, x10, man. Seriously.
#169 - On 07/26/2009 at 7:32am by GiannaxRevenge
I hate to say it, but ydi for not trying to give resistance bc I bet whatever was in that purse was worth more than your crap.
#168 - On 07/24/2009 at 3:42am by yzarci57
