Today, I was on the London underground reading a newspaper. A huge guy was sitting next to me and there weren't many other people around. As I turned a page, he leaned into me, glaring, and said, "I'm not finished yet". At the next stop I put down the paper and jumped off. It wasn't even my stop. FML
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Today, I was quietly reading in the subway, when all of a sudden, at a station, the man sitting next to me stood up, slapped me, yelled "Bitch!", and rushed off the train. FML
Today, while I was on the bus to work, a morbidly obese man sat down next to me. When my stop came and I stood up to get off, he just looked at me, said with a smirk, "good luck with that," and went back to reading his paper. I missed my stop. FML
Today, I was on the subway, when the girl opposite me suddenly started shouting and accusing me of photographing her. I was reading a book on my phone, and I showed her the screen, but I got shoved around anyway by another guy, who threatened to report me for being a pervert. FML
Today, I was reading a newspaper at a bus stop when a creepy guy rested his chin on my shoulder and said, "I miss the good old days, when people would read newspapers together and it wasn't classed as weird." He then walked off. FML
Today, I was on the subway and saw this cute guy eyeing me. I crossed my legs, tossed back my hair, and raised my eyebrows slightly. As he came up to me, my heart started racing until he finally started flirting... with the girl next to me. FML
Today, the subway was extremely crowded and I ended up with my butt in a man's crotch. I kept trying to inch away or turn a different way, but there was no room. He could have turned to face the doors, but didn't. He got an erection. I was on there with him for 20 minutes. FML
Today, I went on a busy train. I packed myself in close to a very good looking woman and, too scared to say anything, looked out the window. After feeling a hand on my ass, I assumed it was her. To not ruin the moment, I didn't look back. After a few stops, I looked back. It was an old man. FML
Today, while on the train to university, I realized it was my stop and quickly stood up to get off. Or I would have, if my leg hadn't gone to sleep and caused me to fall, landing face first into the crotch of the old guy in front of me. FML
Today, I took the subway. The man sitting across from me would not stop staring at my breasts, so when the train came to my stop, I said, "Nothing to see now, asshole." Then I noticed his white walking stick as he got up to get off. He was blind. FML
Today, I was sitting on the bus and as I'm quite short my legs were dangling. Some guy, who wasn't looking where he was going, tripped over my foot and went flying. He and everyone else on the bus glared at me like it was deliberate. The man next to me even changed seats in disgust. FML
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krundale 6
Poor guy didn't even get to finish reading.
christian1509 21
Leaving before your stop is kind of overdramatic. Couldn't you just have given him the newspaper or something?
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Comments (118)
teotsi 28
Hate it when people do that. I wanna read the damn page too!
brewmasterg 34
Buy your own damn newspaper/book/use your phone so you don't end up creepily leering over someone's shoulder.
Rainhawk94 27
Just a joke, calm down
ineedagooduser 12
Couldn't you have just moved spots?
G_bear24 9
That's really creepy...
LCPLStewie 23
I'll confess I read over people's shoulders but I try not to let them know it lol and getting off the train before your stop? that was a bit over dramatic don't you think?
MissStephanie 10
Not if you're the type who has social anxieties, rather just get off the train and avoid more awkwardness then to continue sitting next to that person.
ZY1431 24
So your "that guy".....
LCPLStewie 23
not exactly... I don't openly say "hey I didn't finish that page." It's more like "hmmm I wonder if that articles any good" then maybe ask the person with the paper what they thought about it. not so awkward if you do it in the right tone
GeneralySpeaking 11
Maybe it was just a prank..?
ileenefudge 29
Getting off before your stop is a little over dramatic. You could have either moved to a different area to get away from him, give him the paper, ignore him or just tell him to leave you alone. No need to leave just because of some creepy guy when you are just going to end up waiting again. You could have handled the situation in a better way.
doodlecloud 27
The tubes come every like 2-3 mins. I personally wouldn't have been that bothered but if OP was then that was honestly the easiest and least confrontational way to deal with it.
ileenefudge 29
Oh. I didn't know that. I live in America but where I live personally we have trains that come every hour to to 2. And they don't stop at every stop. It depends on the train you get on to get on or off a specific stop. Thankfully I drive my own car so I never really have to worry about a train or a bus.
doodlecloud 27
That's fine, just letting you know. :) We have normal trains as well that usually come every 15-30, I wouldn't advocate getting off them on a whim. But yeah, the tube is a lot quicker.
stilinskis 15
I don't think it was that dramatic. It would've seemed a bit rude to just move away.
Goblin182 27
And telling somone to stop turning their paper because you weren't through reading is polite?
Jakob2255 12
how is having your personal space not seen as rude, I would have made a remark to the guy about stop being slow or should I read a section with smaller words. that would be rude lol
JuzReading 23
Aww you could have started a nice little convo with him about what you were both reading.
bug87 9
I don't understand how this is an Fml. Grow a pair and deal with it. Worse things could have happened.
oddities 20
This isn't about "growing a pair," this is about someone who, as far as OP knows, could have violent tendencies and might have lashed out. Given the man's reaction to OP flipping the page before he [the man, not OP] had finished reading it, violence doesn't seem to be too far a stretch. OP may have had a slightly dramatic reaction, but not without reason.
slyde32 12
yeah, plenty of worse things, very few passengers, big creepy guy, op could have been beaten up. always best to hold your ground, you never know what people are capable of.
xR3cKl3sSx 12
Poor guy's just a slow reader ahaha