Today, I witnessed an elderly lady getting mugged. I ran over to the guy mugging her and offered him the money in my wallet in return for him leaving her alone. The old lady snatched my money and ran away with the mugger. What the hell just happened? FML
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Today, I was was leaving the library when I noticed an elderly woman being mugged. I was about to leave on my bike, but promptly went to help her. After I managed to scare off the mugger, I helped her to her car. As I was heading back to my bike, I notice the mugger riding off on it. FML
Today, I saw an elderly woman in need of help of crossing a street. I helped her across. On the way she just about fell and held onto me to keep from hitting the ground. After she left on her bus I reached for my wallet. It was gone. I had just been robbed by a 70 year old. FML
Today, I was walking down the street, when a little old lady bumped into me and fell over. I helped her up and she thanked me for being "such a nice young man". It was only an hour later as I was in line at the store that I realized she'd pickpocketed my wallet. FML
Today, an old lady fell in the street, and I rushed to help her. As I tried to help her to her feet, she started screaming, "She pushed me! She pushed me!" I froze up in shock, and ended up being chased by some guy who thought I'd attacked her. FML
Today, I was mugged at gunpoint by a senior citizen. She now has a lousy $20, and I probably have PTSD. FML
Today, I saw a woman being mugged. I ran up to help and pushed the guy off of her. She then punched me in the face and called the cops because she was, "just living out a fantasy" and I'm, "a lunatic for trying to help." FML
Today, I was in the middle of walking home when I saw an old woman trying to get away from what looked like a mugger. I go over and try to help her out and get the man off of her, which was successful. Turns out she was having a heart attack and the man was a doctor. FML
Today, I saw a my neighbor being mugged on the street. I wanted to help, so I tried to yank her purse from the mugger's hands. I guess my neighbor didn't see me clearly, because she thought I was another mugger and kicked my directly in the Hacky Sacks. FML
Today, my grandmother and I got mugged. As I stood there paralyzed with fear, she grabbed the mugger from behind as he escaped, and gave him a suplex, knocking him out. Then, as if nothing happened, she dusted herself, picked up our things, held my hand, and said, "Come on baby, let's get you a clean pair of shorts." FML
Today, I was out shopping when an old lady bumped into me and dropped her purse. Trying to help, I bent over to pick it up, at which point she battered the shit out of me, called me a "filthy thief" and threatened to open an umbrella in my ass. What the fuck has the world come to? FML
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graceinsheepwear 34
Sounds like you've been scammed.
sassy2085 16
Have you not learnt by reading FML the elderly are not to be trusted. :$
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Comments (116)
smurfdoll 8
Poor you ;( cyber hug
noelasis94 18
I call that getting swindled and pimped.
jaybaldi 15
Bit of a farfetched plan by that elderly woman. Bold assumption by her that someone would offer money.
Okapi_fml 12
Well I'm assuming a scam like that plans to have someone come to try and help the old lady and fight off the mugger, but then they double team and steal from the person trying to help by force or something. In this case they probably just got lucky that the OP was such a naive passerby.
SlapAndTickle 20
Ditto #15. I smell bullshit.
deepunder 17
Aren't people more likely to use threats and call the police? 1 possibility is that the old lady was desperate for money after her purse was stolen. Op just happened to be naive enough to offer paying, in the hopes that would prevent trouble
brackaman 18
You've been hit by.. You been struck by.. An smooth criminal.
sabbyheartswhat 23
I wish I could thumb you up twice. I laughed so hard at this. Well done, well done.
zevo1415 10
This comment is perfect in every way.
Lexilulu44 13
You got scammed. But at least you tried to do the right thing!
DeathDisplayer 9
im confused why you offered your money when didnt you just take the purse from him?
slappomatt 4
Wtf is wrong w you op? Man up and do something about crime. Giving the mugger your wallet is just plain stupid.
Ins0mau 20
It's safer for him and still saves the old lady from injury. The mugger could have easily been armed. Not necesarilly what I would have done but I can see the logic.
ThiQQ 9
Y'know, I really hate to be the one to point it out, but why are all the old ladies on this site so... Evil?
OscarDV 8
Well, I don't want to be the one to point this out, but this is FML. People come here to tell of their misfortunes with the world. If there were sweet old people, then there wouldn't be a good FML, don't you think?
VeganVampyre 27
Not necessarily... The FML could have just been that the mugger then robbed and/or beat up OP for interfering, and the little old lady could have been perfectly sweet. But it seems like there are never FMLs that happen to involve nice old people by coincidence, they're always jerks that are part of the set up.
edvin_fml 10
actually, the real mistery is why you couldn't outrun the old lady ...
Azeri_fml 11
You'd be surprised. Some old people can really book it.
BlackPhenom 9
They wouldn't have planned this set up if the old lady couldn't run.
RedPillSucks 33
And perhaps she wasn't that old. Some seemingly old people are pretty fit. I got my ass kicked in tennis by a 78 yr old guy who ran down every ball I returned.
GAeroNKissR 26
I laughed...but I can't run for shit either.
cmac86 24
you just got robbed by a little old lady, and you didn't even see it coming.
noreallywhat 17
Got an idea for something WWYD should try doing to people