Today, a child was choking in the store I work at. He was alone in the aisle, so I started the Heimlich without his parents' permission. After dislodging what was caught, his mother turned the corner and went screaming to my manager for touching her kid. I got a write up. FML
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Fall
Dead leaves, the first cold of the season and an umbrella flipped inside out: fall, the season of grace.
Today, I was working the register at a local grocery store. A kid about 5 years old was having trouble zipping his jacket. I reached out to help him and he started screaming "No bad touch bad touch!" and kicked me in the knee. Everyone looked. FML
Today, I had a violent coughing fit while at the store, which caused a lady to think I was choking, grab me from behind and start doing the Heimlich maneuver incorrectly. She broke two of my ribs. FML
Today, at my job working retail, I had just finished cleaning and straightening a whole aisle. This kid watched me do the whole thing. When I was done, he stuck his arm out, and ran it down the whole shelf, knocking everything off it. His mother just grabbed his hand and walked away. FML
Today, while working at my local supermarket, I found a boy lost and wandering about, so I took him to the front desk. My reward from his mother was a slap around the face and harsh words for supposedly having kidnapped him. FML
Today, while I was working at a supermarket, a kid started to cry in line because he couldn't get candy. Since we have free lollipops behind the desk, I gave him one. His mom complained to my manager and said I was grooming her child. FML
Today, I stopped two little boys from spitting over a railing at the piano player two floors below in the department store I work at. Their mom complained to my boss about me. FML
Today, I was in a shopping centre when a little girl was running up and down the aisles. She started to fall over so I put my hand out to catch her. Her mother then ran up to me and screamed about me 'touching her child' so loud that everyone could hear. FML
Today, I introduced my mom to my friend who performed the Heimlich maneuver on me when I was choking. She proceeded to loudly berate and chew him out, saying that he should have gotten an adult and could have hurt me. Now he won't talk to me and I'm grounded for calling her a cunt. FML
Today, at work, we had an extremely rude customer who started cussing at us, and my coworker started cussing back. I jumped on the register to quickly bring down the line, and apologized to everyone for the scene. A secret shopper was in the line and claimed that I was rude. I got written up. FML
Today, I tripped over a kid at work. She was sitting on the floor with her legs sticking out into the walkway. Her mom caused a scene, accusing me of doing it on purpose. FML
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Top comments
redwolf56 2
Parents have no common sense these days
Theglc20 27
Hey OP. At least you saved a life. Many people would have just walked by
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Comments (164)
stitesy29 18
You need to argue
Laxoxo224 8
******* ridiculous.
Neesalun 20
So she would rather her child be dead? Wow...
JSever 9
Go call the news channel.
alycion 39
Good for you for doing the right thing. There was a local story where a mom was at a park with her three kids. She lost attention of her youngest for a minute and he wandered off. Nobody said or did anything. After a night of searching he was found dead in the river. All I kept asking was why nobody grabbed him or even said something to the mom. I'd rather take the chance of pissing the parent off then something going wrong. I'm glad to hear there are still some who do that as well. Don't let getting written up bother you. You did the right thing and your company should have stood behind you. Just because they are the ones who would turn their back doesn't mean you have to change who you are and do the same.
Pandacupcakelove 26
At least you saved the child! Too bad he has such an airhead for a mother...
NatalieOntheTram 11
Oh for ****'s sake, men can't do ANYTHING with children without being accused of something ridiculous. "Pedo, don't touch my kid!" Does she really think you would just touch her kid in the middle of a store in front of all these people? Ungrateful wench.
Opheliae 22
EXACTLY! I remember a while back when a woman threw a freakin' FIT because a volunteer father at her daughter's toddler day care was helping kids of both genders go to the bathroom. She accused him of being a pervert for taking the girls to go potty (mind you, he had a daughter who was the same age) and petitioned the school to ban him from helping anymore.
dont_doubt_me 29
Are you serious? They didn't ban him did they?
sicksadworld1317 30
I'm really hoping for a happy follow up comment to this FML. It was a wonderful thing you did- you deserve an apology and an office party in your honor. I think you would be disrespecting yourself very much to not say something and stand up for yourself. Fight for documentation- if your boss decides he has a problem with you standing up for yourself, take your documentation and great work ethic somewhere where it will be appreciated. You went above and beyond being a good employee- you became a life saver. You deserve better. Go make sure you get it- best of luck.
hntandjlt 8
But you saved his life?!? That's crazy
sjbartholome 14
Hey OP, you only got a write-up. A lot of places do this when customers complain. It may be standard procedure but your manager may know the truth and not hold that write up against you. Like being in an accident that's not your fault. You did nothing wrong and won't be penalized but the incident is still documented.