Kids, Cars and Animals: Easy mistake

Easy mistake

By Anonymous - 26/03/2009 23:39 - United States

Today, I was at QuickTrip. As I was leaving, I passed a woman who was saying, "Stay!" very sternly through her open driver's side door. I smiled as I passed, saying, "Your dog wants to follow you huh? I've been there." She glared at me and said, "No. That's my son. He's mentally challenged." FML

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By Treats For Days - 19/07/2013 13:54 - Canada - Medicine Hat

Today, I was on drive-thru where I work. Our policy is that we can give free treats to dogs that come through. A woman came in and I noticed her dog. Without a thought, I grabbed a treat and asked if her dog wanted one. I looked again. The 'dog' was her daughter. FML

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Cool your boots, lady

By thebigpeezy - 27/05/2009 18:37 - United States

Today, at Jiffy Lube, a woman and her 4 year-old son were waiting at the checkout counter. As I walk by them, her son mistakes me for his father and holds my hand. The woman immediately grabs her son's wrist, looks at me, and says, "Sicko." FML

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Awkward…

By ApolloandDixie - 23/12/2009 06:17 - United States

Today, my mom and I were going to the store. I stayed in the car while she went in. In the car next to me, there was a dog in the driver's seat barking at me. Bored, I barked back at it until I realized there was someone in the passenger's seat watching me. FML

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By me - 19/12/2010 03:20 - United States

Today, after buying some groceries, I walked back to my car. After trying several times to get in the door, I finally look up and see a terrified little boy holding onto his teacup poodle for dear life, frantically waving me away. My car was two spots over. FML

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MOVE!

By AHole - 21/11/2012 14:03 - United States - Grand Forks

Today, the car in front of me in the drop-off area at my son's school parked, and the driver got out. I basically leaned on my horn and gave her every dirty look in the book. She said nothing but stared at me as she opened the back of her van to unload her child's wheelchair. I'm an asshole. FML

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By Anon - 08/03/2012 11:53 - United States

Today, I was called an assortment of names and was almost followed home by a crazy bitch. Why? Because I stated that it was unsanitary for her to bring her dog to a grocery store. She clearly disagreed. FML

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By Anonymous - 11/11/2022 22:00

Today, I answered the door at my boyfriend's house to an obese woman, who looked and smelled homeless, and rudely tried to barge past me to get inside. I told her to get out or I’d call the police. My boyfriend behind me saw this disgusting woman and said those two awful words: “Hi Mom.” FML

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By agstadra - 08/12/2010 15:24 - Canada

Today, I was sitting in a parked car. A woman was having difficulties maneuvering out. She honked the horn repeatedly for me to move, then looked me in the eye and called me a "f**king bitch", before driving off. I was in the passenger seat. FML

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Mistaken identity

By thedogwalker - 09/08/2020 08:02

Today, I was out walking my dog, when a lady called out to me asking, “Is that a boy or a girl?” Assuming she meant the dog, I told her that he was a boy. When I turned away, I heard her say to her kid, “I was talking about the person walking the dog, but whatever,” then audibly laughing. FML

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By Rebecca Palermo - 14/12/2020 11:03

Today, I saw a girl asking for money on the median of an entrance to a parking lot with her dog. Later, I bought a box of dog treats for her. I drove up and handed it to her. She rolled her eyes and said, "How the hell am I supposed to carry that?" I sat there in stunned disbelief with the box she refused to take. FML

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Riina_K 0

Friday 27 March 2009 9:52

Who the hell would leave their mentally challenged child alone in the car?!

RNCftw 0

Friday 27 March 2009 10:46

what kind of mother says "stay" to her child? i don't care if he's mentally challenged or not, you don't talk to him like he's a pet.

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Renfamous 0

Friday 27 March 2009 12:05

I'm confused as to exactly where this woman was afraid her mentally challenged son was going to try to go as soon as she turned her back. Was she concerned that he might unstrap himself and go for a quick jog? Maybe make a dash for freedom?

xNephilim 18

Friday 24 February 2012 6:21

I don't think you quite understand what mentally challenged means. In some cases, the affected person has the intelligence of a toddler despite being in their teenage years or maybe even an adult. They simply wouldn't have the capacity to understand they're, for example, not supposed to get out of the car and run into oncoming traffic.

purplexpinapple 11

Monday 25 March 2013 17:03

#109 at least you understand, a member of my family's disabled.

Colosphe 0

Friday 27 March 2009 12:20

The kid is an invalid. It doesn't matter how she treats him.

Endymion_fml 0

Friday 27 March 2009 12:28

Did she leave the window open a little?

zombiepeanut 0

Friday 27 March 2009 13:10

I would have turned around and told her you didn't think any responsible parent would leave their child- mentally challenged or not- in the car alone.

Hidan_fml 0

Friday 14 January 2011 22:00

Nah, my mom used to leave me alone in the car when I was really young. I was fine.

riceicle1 6

Friday 21 October 2011 2:12

Are you mentally challenged though?

Sicarri 2

Friday 27 March 2009 14:01

hahaha @ 14 ! priceless !

pancakes_n_syrup 0

Friday 27 March 2009 14:21

I agree with #1, why would she A)leave her mentally challenged child alone in the car. and B) Treat him like a dog for it.

babydoll86_fml 0

Friday 27 March 2009 14:22

Not really your fault if you couldn't see the child. I think most people would assume that a person saying 'Stay' to something in the car was talking to a dog, not a child. What kind of parent talks to their child like an animal? Who cares if they're mentally challenged, they're still a goddamn human being, not a freaking dog. And what a horrible parent for leaving her child alone in the car!! She deserved it.

xNephilim 18

Friday 24 February 2012 6:24

Am I the only one who thinks the lady's son maybe needs to be given simple, stern instructions in order to comprehend and follow them? Sweetly saying "honey, stay in the car" might not work on him.