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Gottem

By murphslaw - 29/03/2009 05:15 - United States

Today, as I was doing the morning count for the registers, a lady walked by and saw me. She's got Alzheimer's, and thought I was robbing the guy I'd bought the store from, so she called the cops. I spent six hours in jail while they looked into it, and didn't even get an apology. FML

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You deserved it 3 127

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By Michelle - 01/09/2010 08:27 - Netherlands

Today, I went to pay my grandma a visit. She called the cops because she didn't recognize me and thought I was a robber. FML

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You deserved it 3 473

Go away, lady!

By KatieElizabeth - 27/10/2013 04:57 - United States - San Francisco

Today, at work, I had a customer accuse me of taking the giftcard I had issued her for her return, after spending 15 minutes trying to fix her screwed up transaction. She began to yell, and follow me around the store. Security had to intervene and I had to be locked in an office until she left. FML

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You deserved it 2 741

The cat's out of the bag

By Anonymous - 26/03/2024 14:00 - United States - Milwaukee

Today, I was shopping with my husband. At the self-checkout, one of the items I was buying for him as a gift didn’t register. As we were walking out, I get stopped and escorted to the loss prevention office, where I was accused of stealing. FML

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You deserved it 400

Help!

By clip_kate - 01/07/2016 02:36

Today, I went to the store, but after I'd selected my items, I saw that I'd forgotten my wallet. When I tried to explain to the cashier, he thought that I was trying to steal and called the cops. My roommate had to come to the store to save me. FML

I agree, your life sucks 14 323

You deserved it 1 408

By anonynomi - 19/11/2015 17:26 - United States - San Francisco

Today, I was accused of shoplifting, after the alarm started beeping as I walked into the store. FML

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You deserved it 1 612

By what_the_hell - 20/06/2013 08:35 - Finland - Helsinki

Today, while bagging my groceries at a store, a lady came over to me, took a good look at the food I'd bought, picked out an item and put it in her bag. When I confronted her, she called security on me and told them I wanted to steal her stuff. I got thrown out and she walked away with a smirk. FML

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You deserved it 3 607

Jedi mind trick

By Anonymous - 12/04/2018 19:00

Today, while covering lunch for the self-checkout host, I noticed a customer walking away. I smiled and said, "Have a nice night!" A few minutes later, I saw that she'd left without paying on her machine. I'd smiled and waved at a lady as she stole from me. FML

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You deserved it 826

Weird old lady of the day

By Anonymous - This FML is from back in 2013 but it's good stuff - United Kingdom - Swindon

Today, I was at the supermarket when an elderly lady asked if I'd grab some coffee for her from a high shelf. The moment I took my hands off my almost-full shopping cart, she made off with it. I ended up getting thrown out by security after she claimed I was trying to steal it from her. FML

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You deserved it 3 457

J'accuse !

By Anonymous - 10/08/2010 21:34 - United States

Today, I was shopping at a store from which I had previously bought a shirt. The clerk accused me of trying to steal my own shirt and called security. They examined it and argued with me for so long I was late to work. FML

I agree, your life sucks 34 209

You deserved it 3 017

Scam artists

By oldladiesbecrazy - 03/09/2021 07:59

Today, in a market, an old lady stood beside me for a few moments, not saying a word, before turning to me and screaming that I'd taken the money out of her purse. Security was called and I was given the ultimatum to either go to jail or give her the money back. Now I have no food for next week. FML

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You deserved it 141

reset_button 0

Sunday 29 March 2009 16:09

Wow, I hope she doesn't do it again tomorrow! And the next day, and the next day...

plethora 3

Sunday 29 March 2009 16:24

They do need to apologise for wrongful arrest, though, #4.

Comments

musu_fml 0

Monday 30 March 2009 15:48

How can this even be true? The OP says "bought the store from", suggesting the OP owns the store. Surely it'd only take 20 seconds tops to demonstrate ownership of the place? Hell, even if it's just jangling the store's keys at the cops. Six hours in jail either didn't happen, is a gross exageration, or the OP got abusive.

mon_e_mons 0

Monday 30 March 2009 22:28

XD well she probably didn't apologize because she forgot

storyteller07 0

Tuesday 31 March 2009 1:51

Da POPO don't 'palogize...

knuckifyoubuck 0

Tuesday 31 March 2009 4:30

this is why ALL old people should be put in homes...me included once i go senile

yesbutnotyou 0

Tuesday 7 April 2009 19:30

sucks for you, but I am forced to agree with #76, you'll never get an apology from the justice system. or most any government institution, actually

hi_people430 0

Friday 10 April 2009 4:01

Dont feel bad one time when I was skating in my friends driveway we decided to skate his car like in the magazines. his neighbour called the cope on us and we were stuck in jail for 3 days until we could provide proof that he owned the car.

nocturnal_crazy 1

Wednesday 15 April 2009 0:49

Put her in a home. The OP deserves an apology.

meleecow 0

Thursday 16 April 2009 19:15

epic law enforcement fail

derailed 1

Tuesday 28 April 2009 20:10

Well thanks for settling that, krhds25. Obviously, every business in the world follows exactly the same procedures as your grocery store and since that is not the case here this definitely cannot be true. How silly of us.

yohaun12 3

Saturday 16 May 2009 0:48

wow. this juss solidifies my opinion that all pigs suk. i wouldnt hold my breath for that apology, either. they might juss arrest you for hogging up all the air. dumb pigs.