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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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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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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cuttlefished 7
I've been there OP. I was doing after school care when a kid ran out of the school and down the busy road, so I ran after them and then held their hand as we walked back so they wouldn't take off again. Got in trouble for touching the kid.
assistantrachel 2
Gee, if someone saved my child's life, I'd be grateful. People can be so damn stupid.
Taurus_ChicKa 37
Wow, people like this really piss me off. If the mother was actually doing her job as a parent, which 90% of the population doesn't do anymore, this whole situation could have been avoided. OP, you did a good thing, and the bitch had no right to crucify you over it. You did not deserve to get written up, and I hope you told her that if she'd been watching her damn kid, you wouldn't have had to intervene. Ugh! People make me sick!
Cheezes 7
Seriously dude, you saved a life. I would trade my job any day to save the life of a child. Good job man, chin up, you are a hero. Who cares what your boss thinks.
kiaora_fml 11
Please give us an update OP, your boss sounds like a dick, he should of listened to both sides and asked the kid also. Fail on the mums part for being out in public and not notice that her child was choking.
Huddisher 10
It's a lose/lose. Help a child live, get punished. Ignore the choking child, get punished.
an3ph 20
You did the right thing, my friend. You saved a kid's life. Take that to bed and sleep on it.
why57why 21
But..you you saved their kid
engineerosaurus 26
The struggle here is deciding who looks worse: the mom for complaining or the employer for acting on it. Would your management rather you let choking patrons die? Can't see how that works out better for them.
liveoutloud912 0
She cannot do that, because the child is under 18 and the parent wasn't in sight, consent to assist is implied. children aren't allowed to make that decision and if there's no parent, it is assumed the parent would give you permission to help