Today, a kid grabbed the receiver to my cochlear implant and ran off with it. I went to a security guard, and, if my lip reading was accurate, he said to "try and make it through the day without it". Without it, I can't hear anything. 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, my brand-new digital hearing aid fell out of my ear as I was walking home from the store. I've retraced my steps, but cannot find it anywhere. It cost $2000, and replacement, like the hearing aid itself, is not covered by insurance. FML
Today, I was taking a bus ride home, listening to some music. The music stopped and I assumed my iPod's battery had run out. Turns out someone managed to steal it, leaving my earphones in. I didn't feel a thing. FML
Today, someone stole my iPhone. I used the Find My iPhone app, and located it in the apartment building next to mine. I can hear the ringing sound I've activated, but nobody will answer the door. FML
Today, while I was at work, a co-worker watched while some kid stole the radio out of my car. FML
Today, somebody grabbed my phone out of my hands and ran away with it. I'm a cross country runner, albeit one with stress fractures, but I was able to catch up with them and get my phone back. Unfortunately, the running aggravated my stress fractures and I have to get a plaster cast. Merry fricking Christmas. FML
Today, I was working at a daycare. There was a 6-year-old boy pretending to be my doctor, holding a little, plastic thermometer. He then, without warning, quickly shoved it deep into my ear. The last thing I heard was his giggle. I think I'm deaf. FML
Today, my phone went missing. My 8-year-old son took it to school and sold it for $10. FML
Today, I bought a mini tracking device to attach to my wallet to keep me from losing it. Unfortunately, before I could put batteries in the tracking device, I lost it. FML
Today, a woman came up to me at a restaurant and asked if her autistic son could borrow my headphones. I agreed, but when they were leaving and I asked for them back, she accused me of trying to steal MY headphones that she BORROWED from me. If not for other people backing me up, I would have lost them. FML
Today, after working out at the gym, I went to grab my bag, and realized that my phone was missing. Panicking, I reached into my pocket, pulled out my phone, and dialed my mom's number to tell her I'd lost it. It took me until the last ring to realize what I was doing. FML
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Mortanious 0
I would have made that kid actually have a need to use it.
sapphirenite 0
security guards wont do shit, next time get a police officer
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Comments (202)
cmac86 24
it's times like this children SHOULD be hit. that's a horrible thing to have happen.
sallen0046 4
I don't understand why you'd have had it sitting somewhere a random child could make off with it in a public place. Maybe I'm overly careful with my things, but if this is something you can't make it through the day without, shouldn't you be paying a little more attention?
Lady_Zydrate 1
It was in my hands as I was untangling my hair from it (there was a lot of windp and he just grabbed it and ran
Beck2209 0
Poor thing.
dannodavis 0
Find the kid and kill him/her. Its the only logical thing to do at this point.
xXDubbleChic 11
reminds me of myself. on vaca my 3 yearold cuz flushed my glasses down and in cant see more then 3 feet infront of my face
ameliabeth09 0
Omg I'm so sorry I used to work with a special needs child with that... Those are so expensive :( go to the police...
beastin69 0
what a b*tch
PrincessNothing 0
I'm so sorry for all the rude things people say on here. :( The last thing you deserve is to have your hearing wrenched away from you, and any person with common sense would try to be empathetic and not judge you or compare you to themselves but rather put themselves in your shoes for five minutes. I don't know, and couldn't begin to understand what it must feel like, and to be honest this was the first time I'd ever heard of the implant that you have. You didn't deserve to have that taken away from you, and I hope that karma bites that person hard one day for what they did. It was absolutely, and completely wrong. I hope you can at least get a new one if you couldn't get yours back, and if you know who that person was, or ever catch them, I hope they have to pay for it. Just horrible. Honestly. :(
peteysmom 0
Punch the security guard in the nads, chase the little brat. When you catch up with him, use your best deaf voice: "im a-gonna get all ASL on yo ass" then proceed on beating the shit using all them handshapes resembling fists on the lil cochlear implaint thief.. Later, use the deaf card with the principal if you are mainstreamed... Just saying...
Frankillin 0
I am proud to say this, I am Deaf with big 'D'.. You deaf with small 'd' I am ashamed of you people! Oh I can't hear.. Come on! You are sending a hearing people a wrong messages! We do not need depend on devices as cochlear implant or hearing aid to live our lives! Deaf Pride!
lucedelsoleee 0
I love you.
Joseph9 4
yeah buddyyy..right on.
BATMAM 0
@148 It's not always the person choice of the deaf person to get a Cochlear. My best friend is deaf and has a Cochlear, her parents are hearing and got it for her when she was an infant, they make her wear it. She's 16 and doing her best to learn the culture she was robbed of. But you can't always blame a deaf person for not being enthralled in a culture they failed to find because they're parents made a decision when they were very young.