Today, I saw an elderly woman drop $20 while shopping. Trying to be a good samaritan, I picked it up and tried to hand it back to her. She accused me of stealing it and beat me with her purse. The manager had to fend her off me. FML
LittleGina tells us more.
OP Here: Hello, let me answer some questions I am seeing and straighten things up a bit. 1. I don't work here, I was a customer, therefore, it was not my manager, just the store's manager. 2. The elderly lady had not seen me walk up to her, I was unable to explain anything before I was being beaten with a purse and called a thief. So, I guess she saw me at the corner of her eye holding a $20 before any words came out of my mouth. I may just simply be giving her excuses, but I honestly think that's what happened. 3. The solution was that she was escorted out immediately, but she did get her $20 back. 4. Will she ever know the real story? I don't know, and frankly I don't care. 5. Don't worry, I still have good intentions, she didn't mess anything up!
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GeorgiaBea 28
No good deed goes unpunished...
LadyKayDee 23
Aww. Atleast you were right in your intentions OP. :)
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Comments (63)
Tripartita 45
If you want to look on the bright side, some people would pay a lot more than $20 to have a woman beat them. Okay, so the bright side is still a bit dark…
GeorgiaBea 28
This wins the internet today!
ThrottleJockey 36
Eh, $20 seems about right for a geriatric beat down.
FlamingColor 30
Hey man, you were just trying to do good and I'm sure you'd would rather get hit with a few harmless purse hits than forcefully get her off. What goes around comes around and I'm sure you have some kindness coming your way :D
ImTheAlpha 30
Have you never touched an old woman's purse? Those things hurt.
SomewhatNuts 19
If you think it doesn't hurt to be hit by an old womans' purse, I highly suggest watching '4 old women car accident' on YouTube. I had to make an account just to mention this because that video is hilarious.
BoxFullOfLazy 25
Don't worry, she'll be dead soon.
Moskaaa7 26
i like your way of thinking!
xninix_fml 36
I feel kinda bad that I laughed when I read your comment #14 lol
Moskaaa7 26
Don't worry OP, working in retail for 3 years has taught me that elderly people can be a huge pain in the ass. My worst customers were always the grannies who thought they were entitled to everything and didn't care about (literally) hurting other people.
Vagitarian4life 14
I think grannies has the hots for you.
bluesky7 4
At least your boss took your side.
smxiricky 23
hope she at least accepted the 20 dollars and hopefully u got a point on the state farms be a good neighbor program
west546 13
Should have hit her with the rico
Brandon1000 10
If she thinks you stole it...why would you give it back to her?
LittleGina 8
OP Here: Hello, let me answer some questions I am seeing and straighten things up a bit. 1. I don't work here, I was a customer, therefore, it was not my manager, just the store's manager. 2. The elderly lady had not seen me walk up to her, I was unable to explain anything before I was being beaten with a purse and called a thief. So, I guess she saw me at the corner of her eye holding a $20 before any words came out of my mouth. I may just simply be giving her excuses, but I honestly think that's what happened. 3. The solution was that she was escorted out immediately, but she did get her $20 back. 4. Will she ever know the real story? I don't know, and frankly I don't care. 5. Don't worry, I still have good intentions, she didn't mess anything up!
AyeJay101 25
Keep to up :) Good deeds aren't always recognized but people like you that are doing things like this keep humanity alive.
Shmatterhorn 38
Good to hear that you are well, and that she got the boot from the store. I hope that you will keep up doing good as we can all use more good deeds in this world.
DenBriZel 31
Good!! I'm glad one sour experience isn't going to cause you to not want to help people still!
PhoenixChick 26
So as far as she knows, she just assaulted a guy who was holding money.
sammiaaron 16
LOL jeez. crazy old broad. I'm just curious as to why she thought you were a thief? if she saw the money, why she assume it was hers? also, if you were a thief, why would you be returning anything at all? lmao crazy. old. broad.