Today, I was told off for not holding the door open for a woman behind me at work. Yesterday I was informed that chivalry is offensive to women, as it implies that they are not equal to men. I can't win. FML
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Today, a woman yelled at me for holding a door open for her. FML
Today, I got told off at work for not saying hello to someone in the corridor.. FML
Today, I learned that chivalry truly is dead when a seemingly fit man pushed me into a door to get a seat on the train before me. My leg is in a cast. FML
Today, after telling my boss that trailing a hand up someone's leg and leering at them constantly is counted as sexual harassment, I got called an "unappreciative little whiny bitch." FML
Today, I was leaving the grocery store when an old woman started yelling at me for not holding the door open for her. She accused me of being "everything wrong with the younger generation". It was an automatic door. FML
Today, I held a door open for my boyfriend and jokingly said, "Chivalry is dead?" He responded with, "Who's chivalry?" FML
Today, I held the door open for a woman and her kids on my way out of the bank. She started accusing me of patronizing her, and when I just let go of the door in protest, she deliberately leaned in so it hit her in the face. I felt the glares from the entire bank as she pretended to cry. FML
Today, I was called a "transphobic bigot" at work because I told my coworker, a trans woman, that her clothing and behaviour were disrespectful and inadequate for the workplace. I'm also a trans woman. FML
Today, I got into an argument with a militantly feminist co-worker of mine. She threw several vulgar insults at me and debased the entire male gender before storming off. I'd only asked if she needed help while she was doing a crossword. FML
Today, while serving two middle-aged women at the coffee shop, I was screamed at and accused of being a "sexist and chauvinistic bastard." This was prompted by me charging one of them 40 cents for the addition of steamed milk, which is clearly stated on the price sheet. FML
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Top comments
zephyrnok 9
True equality is never equal.
Roevera 14
Isn't it just normal to hold the door open for anyone? I'm a female and I hold a door for male, female, older or younger because where I'm from its not an act of chivalry but courtesy.
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Comments (237)
djxerxes9000 18
Bitches be crazy
TheMathMajor 26
Ugg, can we stop posting these chivalry FML's? The debates they cause in the comments get really annoying.
THE_A_TEEN 28
Nah, let the debate carry out. We'll weed out the misogynist Douchebags and put them on a Space Shuttle to Venus. Chances they'll die before they get there of they'll be captured and vivasected by aliens.
Clay_K 17
Don't worry about them OP and just keep being awesome some people are just rude no matter what you do.
spottyblanket 8
you always hold the door open for someone regardless of gender.
hhhwat 0
Indeed.
turtlegrl66 11
Just holding the door open for anyone, any gender, is the right thing to do.
charloemm 7
Uhhh, you should have held the door open because it's the polite thing to do??? The idea of chivalry is pretty sexist (that is, being nice to a woman simply because she is a woman and you'd want to maybe bone her); being nice to a person because they are a person is the way to go.
Tempest559 12
I feel ya bro, manners are a dying breed.
morgiepuff 14
When in doubt, go with the chivalry anyway because most women like to be treated nicely. Also, it's just polite.
charvisioku 22
I hold the door open for anyone who's close behind me... any woman who's actually offended by 'chivalry' is an uptight bitch anyway. Or one of those pseudo-feminists who make women look bad. They're dicks too.
bluelagoon24 19
Just stick with opening the door for people. It's better to have the manners to do it even if you're getting flack for it (whoever that idiot was).