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
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Today, I was at the grocery with my 4 year-old daughter. She needed me to tie one of her shoes so I bent down. When I was done, I tickled her under the armpit, and she screamed, "Don't touch me there!" Everyone in the store turned to stare. FML
Today, at the mall, I ran into a lost, crying little girl. It was my best friend's daughter. She recognized and clung on to me. As I called her dad, some nosy lady snatched her from me and caused a scene, screaming, "KIDNAPPER!" As I got apprehended, her claim was she heard me say, "If you still want to see her…" FML
Today, I was grocery shopping, when an elderly lady walked up to me and tripped over her own feet. I caught her by the arm, at which point she shrieked at me for "groping" her. She ended up smirking as security threw me out of the store. FML
Today, my daughter and I went to the mall. While we were looking for clothes, she walked away from me and touched a man on the arm and smiled and said "Hi!" The man freaked out and screamed at me for letting that "thing" in public and to "wear a condom next time." 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, I was at the mall, I saw a girl crying that her ice cream had fallen on the floor. Feeling generous, I bought her a new one. She threw it on the ground, laughed, and came over to her mom and told that I was bothering her, so the mom called security. FML
Today, I noticed a young child wandering out onto a busy street. I managed to grab his arm just as he stepped off the sidewalk and yank him away from almost certain death. My reward was his mother, who was on her cell phone the whole time, screaming at me for touching her child. FML
Today, I tripped getting on an escalator and instinctively grabbed the nearest person to steady myself. That person was a toddler. The mom screamed, I fell anyway, and the toddler just stared at me like I’d ruined his whole week. FML
Today, I was at the mall with my mom. She was pissing me off, so I started screaming at her and causing a scene. I ended up falling all the way down the up escalator. Everyone saw and people clapped. 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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ImNotAnAngel 0
You should have slapped them. Both.
DahkLohd 4
The little kid should have screamed, "DON'T TOUCH ME THERE!"
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IneffableLullaby 13
You should've told the mother that you wouldn't be needed to prevent the child from falling over if the mother was being responsible and keeping an eye on the child the entire time. Also, you should've scolded the mother for not teaching the child how to act in public.
ninjasaurous 0
Win.
RedPillSucks 33
In the past year, I've had to 1. grab a kid to prevent him from getting swept out to see by a big wave. 2. grab a kid who stood up in a shopping cart and was about to fall over. 3. save a kid who got his clothing caught in the escalator. None of these kids were mine and they were all between 4 and 7 years old, their parents were nearby but weren't paying attention at all. Each of these instances could have resulted in a dead kid, if I just stood by and watched.
Honesty4U 0
Didn't know anyone could be "swept out to SEE" It's not your problem if the parents don't love their children enough to care for them, so why stress over it? You could have been held legally responsible for any injuries the child received while you were rescuing them. I normally enjoy your comments but this just seems like you were fishing for praise and that sucks. Plus, I'm calling "FAKE" on all your heroic deeds.
Terezi 0
I've had #2 happen to me twice, and it was the same stupid bitch mother both times, but a different kid. Both time she was too busy perusing the magazines to keep an eye on her toddler. The first time, I said something ti her first, warning her. Her response? "Well if he falls, he'll know better next time." This kid looked to still have a soft spot in his head. Second time, I got the "Don't tell me how to raise my child!" bullshit. I hate people.
RedPillSucks 33
@61 I wasn't looking for praise. I was simply pointing out that sometimes you can't just sit back and let things happen just because it's not your responsibility. If you were in that situation and you did nothing but watch someone die, how would you feel?
Honesty4U 0
@RedPillSucks It just seems entirely implausible that one person would have been a first hand witness to that many near child death experiences. And for such a hero to get on a web site an inform everyone of his heroic deeds? I call shenanigans! Why do you have the need to tell people? Isn't the good dead supposed to be it's own reward? And as for me not wanting to or thinking I should help, Well, I have a family of my own so I can't risk my life to save someone else. If I died, who would rock my baby to sleep? Who would be there to play dinosaurs with my toddler? You have to look at both sides of the issue. Here's a person who doesn't love their child enough to protect him, so I'm supposed to ruin my children's lives to save their kid? I'm all for helping my fellow man, but if it's going to chance some harm upon my children (physically, emotionally or financially) then I'll take being considered a bad person any day of the week.
Leetswaglordmaybe2 9
ydi for trying to be a good person
baybiegurl 3
next time let the kid fall, it'll prove a lesson to the kid not to run in stores, and a lesson to the parent to put the kid in a cart, or actually be a parent and watch their kid.
sirdolittle 0
Yesterday, I saw a young girl fall of the curb, and I was a little sad to not have been closer to try and catch her before she hurt herself ... but now, I'm starting to think that it's better the way it happened. ... What a ****** up world !
MLuckyCapoeirist 6
Tolerance zero for these kinds of person. You didn't follow your child, or taught her better than running everywhere? Then you have no reason to criticize me. That's what I would have shouted, and if she continued, I would have punched her (and hoped that her husband isn't a 6'4, muscular freak).
mea_iloveskiing 26
you should've said: well at least I'm not the one she's running away from (:
smurfette88 0
lol ppl r ignorant these days... good for u for attempting to catch her, but unfortunately let em fall nxt go round... u a good 1 tho cause i would have talked bad to her ass for tryin to cause a scene. but thats me lol. u'll be alright tho ain't that crucial
ciwanski 0
Next time let the little brat fall. It's her mother's fault for not paying more attention to her in the first place. Maybe the resulting hospital bill will be steep enough to teach her that lesson.