Today, I was walking through town when I saw a plastic bag on the ground. Trying to be a good citizen, I picked it up, intending on throwing it in the trash. When I looked up, there wasn't a trash can for another hundred feet. So I put it back down. Now I've got a $200 fine to pay for littering. FML
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Today, it's garbage day. My mom accidentally threw away a receipt she needed to return something and told me to go get it. While I was looking for it, a cop gave me hell for "stealing recyclables on private property." This all happened in my front lawn. FML
Today, I was walking through a rich part of the city and saw 2 dollars on the ground. I didn't pick it so people wouldn't think I was poor. FML
Today, I went to drop the garbage in the compactor as I left to do some shopping. I quickly put my handbag down on the side, threw the 'garbage' in the machine, watched it do its thing, and then turned round to find... the bag of garbage on the side. FML
Today, I was taking my dog for a walk and forgot a bag to pick up his poop, since it's illegal to not pick it up in my town. Right as my dog started to take a dump, a cop car drove by and continued to watch me as I was forced to pick up the poop with my bare hands. FML
Today, I watered a dying communal plant. I was fined $250 for littering. FML
Today, I tried to help my community by cleaning up a patch of waste ground covered in litter. Instead of gratitude, I was reported to the cops and issued with fines for noise complaints, trespassing, causing a nuisance, littering, harming wildlife, and about 15 other offences. Screw this community. FML
Today, feeling angry at the world, I threw a bottle, that had been clearly marked to be recycled, into a garbage can as an act of defiance. Minutes later, I guiltily retreated and spent the next few minutes with my entire arm stuck up the stinking ass of a city garbage can. FML
Today, the new security guard of my apartment building tackled me for "suspicious behavior" while I was taking a bag full of dirty kitty litter to the trash chute. He broke my arm and cause the trash bag to explode. When I got back from the hospital, I was fined for littering in the hallway. FML
Today, in a desperate attempt to get my business "out there", I dropped a few of my cards on a station floor. I got a call, even a quote. A $500 fine from the transit for public littering. FML
Today, I was on a walk when I saw a man dump a bag of trash into the creek. Furious, I shouted at him, and when he shoved me, I threw him into the creek. Later, I was arrested and charged with battery. FML
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earwig12 1
So walk the extra hundred feet. How is that a big deal?
burritobird 0
a plastic bag doesn't weigh anything and it wouldn't have taken any extra effort to walk the 100 ft. your laziness disgusts me. you completely deserved it.
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Comments (163)
zoomster 0
well i don't know #25 I was just trying to give him the benefit of the doubt, perhaps he didn't have the time to go that far out of his way. I think we've all had our moments where we've gone, "Meh. **** it."
nushadow 0
#21, 29 You hardly get it, he doesn't HAVE to pick it up however, I feel its a moral obligation for anyone living on this planet to pitch in and keep it clean. So what if you're not on litter duty, keep the streets clean, I catch any plastic bags on the ground that I happen to walk by, and one time, there wasnt even a trash recepticle nearby, I had to DRIVE home to throw it away.
beffburger 0
#33 driving home to chuck it out would do more harm than just leaving it
zoomster 0
amen to #29 hallelujah.
Seegtease 0
33, that's absurd reasoning. If you truly held by those values, you'd never get anywhere, especially if you went to some of the dirtier cities. You'd just be picking up garbage every couple steps. Small or large, you'd never run out. Only plastic bags? What about the rest of the trash? It's nice and all that you would try to keep things clean, but at least the OP THOUGHT about it. Most people don't even think about it. I think a YDI is highly unnecessary. Nobody deserves a $200 fine for not cleaning up after another slob.
no_one_fml 3
He was fined for dropping the plastic bag, no matter what he intended to do with it. Would you also say he doesn't deserve it if, say, it was his own bag, he'd thought "I'll just throw this into the trash" and then noticed the trash can was too far away and dropped it? Next time, either don't pick it up, or follow through with it. 100 feet? That's like what, 30 metres? You could just have walked there, what's the big deal? If he really was so pressed that walking to the trash can was too much, why did he stop to pick up garbage in the first place? I certainly don't when I'm in a hurry.
LordP123 0
100 feet is like 20 seconds of walking
Larawr 0
I don't think the OP really deserves the $200 fine, but they are a twat for picking it up then putting it down again. As has been said, 100 feet is not far.
kevi_N_fml 0
to everyone saying he deserved it, do you go out of your way to pick up trash and toss it? i bet you don't
Jigga_PaNG 0
The OP is a lazy ass who in my opinion deserved the fine for his laziness, if you want the world to change, start with yourself!
Dhamy 0
Exactly what number 4 said. People stop being rude to the OP. :/