Today, on my way to school, I was shouted at by an obnoxious businessman for sitting down on the train when a "full fare paying passenger" was standing. I would normally have given him the seat straight away, except I have a broken leg. I showed him my leg and crutches. He still made me get up. FML
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Fall
Dead leaves, the first cold of the season and an umbrella flipped inside out: fall, the season of grace.
Today, I got on the subway with a broken leg. A kind woman stood up and offered me her seat. Before I could sit down, a guy shoved past me and took it for himself. The woman and I pointed out my cast and crutches, and asked him to give up the seat. He responded by flipping us off. FML
Today, while sitting in a handicapped seat on the bus, an old man angrily approached me and chewed me out in front of everyone for not leaving the seat empty for "those who actually need it." Then he stormed off the bus, stepping heavily on my broken foot. FML
Today, I had to run for the train, but because of my bad foot and limping they held the train, much to people's displeasure. No one let me sit down, so for the 20 minute journey, I stood. With a bad foot. FML
Today, I rushed onto the metro to get to work. I found there were no seats left and asked a perfectly healthy guy to let me sit in the handicap spot. He refused to because "being tired" was a handicap characteristic. I have one leg. FML
Today, a man slapped me in the face with his newspaper because I didn't get out of his way fast enough at the train station. I guess he didn't notice I was on crutches. 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
Today, I got on a train and spotted a free seat. I rushed over, sat down and sighed with relief, only to realize people were looking at me. That’s when I saw the “Reserved for the elderly or disabled” sign…and the man with a cane standing in front of me. I immediately offered him the seat, but he just shook his head and said, “You’re gonna need it after this shaming.” FML
Today, a businessman in his forties tackled me to the ground in an attempt to take my seat on a crowded train. When that didn't work, he called me a fat bitch and gave me the finger. The seat was given up for me because I'm seven months pregnant. FML
Today, I offered my seat to an elderly lady on the subway. She quietly refused. Minutes later on a sharp turn, she almost fell down on two people. As I was clearly the youngest in the disability seating section, everyone on the train turned and glared at me. 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
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JustJumped 22
Should have stayed sat down, some people are just plain horrible. Hope your leg heals soon :)
rintintin19 5
what an asshole, i would have held on to that seat for dear life.
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Comments (152)
ntd309 14
Explain what you mean when you say he "made you get up." Sue his ass if he touched you. If you got up on yor own then YDI for succumbing to his rude and control freak nature.
darkhakai 18
You took the words right out of my mouth.
Tidus0 17
Oh that's right. If he touched you and it can't be seen on camera properly cry sexual molester haha.
lilhellian 27
Why feel for 'em :O they get their own personal scooters!
Unbweavable 17
You shouldn't have gotten up. If you would have held your ground he couldn't do anything. And if he tried to move you, he would have been in trouble.
welsea28 6
I would've stayed seated because if he touches you. You can say harassment and maybe even sue. If your a woman and he was a man
olpally 33
Re-read the fml and the op is a man... The gender is in the upper right corner... You're welcome.
alissa222 15
Only women can get harassed and sue over it?
doodlecloud 27
It's people like you that make it hard for some people to take women's sexual harassment complaints seriously. If the guy tried to move OP with force then he could sue/complain about assault. Harassment (the sexual kind anyways) shouldn't come into it.
poindexter25 5
Exactly don't give up your seat for some douchebag
yankfan89 27
The worst disease is obesity mixed with stupidity.
jerrylee123 8
It's not that easy to just say "**** off, I'm not moving". Here in Australia, there are signs up everywhere on public transport stating that students are required to stand for full-paying passengers (there's only a 50c fare for students). I've seen multiple occasions where some middle age prat with a stick up their arse has cracked the ***** like this and the student has been thrown off the bus. And if your bus driver is a REAL dick (which they so often are) they'll radio the other buses on that route and tell them not to let the student on any of their buses either. People are arseholes OP, and this is one of those cases where a little vigilante justice wouldn't have gone astray - wallop the prick across the knees with your crutches next time.
perdix 31
Now, that explains a lot. I don't think we have a system that requests reduced-fare passengers yield their seats to full-fare ones. With that in mind, fare's fare, give up your seat, cheapskate. Either pay full fare while you're a cripple, or hire a limo to cart you around.
xNephilim 19
I was gonna ask about that too. In Germany, students pay the full fare, so I was like... Wouldn't both of them be full fare paying passengers?
allie2590 31
I would hope they would make an exception for someone with a broken leg, but maybe I still have too much faith in humanity.
organolithium_fml 9
Then who has the priority for the seat between a healthy full-fare paying man, or a student with a broken leg? Or rather, does the fact of being injured surpass that of being a student? I'd guees it would be the one with a broken leg, if the bus driver has to brake hard, or turn hard, you could easely loose your balance, fall and make other passengers fall too.
white16sox 19
In Chicago, students between 12 and 20 can get a card to put money on. It then charges you 15 cents for the first ride then 85 cents for the second( $1 in total). If the student doesn't have a card then it's $1 per ride. Also, we have priority seating only for elderly people, pregnant women, or disabled people.
clueless05 12
I'm a student from Australia and I use public transport all the time, but oddly enough, I never heard the rule you hard to stand for full fare paying customers! I don't think that's really enforced in Victoria- or I've just been hiding under a rock!
clueless05 12
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YouCantBreakMe 9
112- You have it switched around. First ride is 85 cents, second ride is 15, and the third is free.
white16sox 19
159, third is free? How the hell haven't I noticed? Ah well, thanks for the correction.
felixshen 18
Wtf is that how it is in WA? That is the most ridiculous rule ever.
michael666 7
if I saw him pulling that on you bro, I woulda knocked his ass out his businessman socks.
skyeyez9 25
Ignore the bullying asshole. You have just as much right to sit down as the next person.
Tuffay 14
Not in Australia I guess... I learned something today! Thank you FML.
Austyn57 1
what a dick