Today, I was taking a group shot with my friends when I asked a stranger to take the picture for us. He backed up and told us to squish closer together, and when he was at least 20 feet away, he turned and ran off with my camera. FML
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Halloween
A failed costume, stolen candy and a very real scare: Halloween, the one night when fear is allowed.
Today, at a family reunion, we all squeezed in for a picture. I set the self-timer and ran to get in it. 2 seconds before the picture went off, some guy came up, stole the camera, and ran away. FML
Today, I was walking when a man pointed a camera at me. I got bitchy about it, and said "Did I say you could take a picture?" He replied with, "No, but can you get the fuck out of the way so I can take one of my wife and kids?" I turned around, and they were right behind me. FML
Today, I was at an amusement park with friends. We wanted to get a picture of all four of us, so we asked a nice-looking man to take it for us on my brand-new iPhone 6s. He took something. Unfortunately, it wasn't a picture. FML
Today, I saw a group of attractive guys at the mall. One of them looked exactly like a friend, so I decided to take a picture. Trying to be discreet, I put my phone up to my ear as if I was making a phone call, and pressed the capture button. The flash went off. FML
Today, I was down at Disney World. Me and my buddy decided to take our pictures in a photobooth. While in the tiny space, I thought it'd be funny to flash the camera. A women barged in as soon as I did so, screaming "You know there's an outside video feed, right!?" FML
Today, I tried to take a subtle picture of a cute guy reading at a café. My phone flash went off. He looked up, made direct eye contact, and said, “You could’ve just asked.” I packed up my stuff and left immediately. FML
Today, I was trying to take a sneaky picture of a cute guy sitting across from me on a train. My phone’s flash went off. I panicked, dropped my phone, and then had to awkwardly stand up to retrieve it while he just smirked at me, clearly aware of what had just happened. FML
Today, while chatting with my work friend, our work photographer walked in saying she needed two people for a photo for our company social media. My friend said OK, and without hesitation the photographer said, while side-eyeing me, “Great. I’ll go see who else might be free to be in the picture with you.” FML
Today, a couple stopped me on the beach to take a picture of them kissing in front of the sunset. I agreed feeling generous, until they continued making out after the picture was taken, leaving me standing there awkwardly with their camera. FML
Today, I was trying to take a sneaky picture of the cute guy sitting across from me on the train. My phone’s flash went off. I panicked, dropped my phone, and then had to awkwardly stand up to retrieve it while he just stared at me, clearly aware of what had happened. FML
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Amysbodybetrayal 0
See, that's why you look for strangers will chubby little kids to take your pictures. 1- They'll be slowed down by carrying the chubby kids in their arms or 2- The chubby kids will be too slow to keep up with their family and you can use as a trade to get your camera back. Unless the family wants the camera more than their kid. Then you have a problem.
chillbro69 0
at least you still have the battery charger and usb cable
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jwgj94 0
You should've ran after him and put a trash can over his head just like Mr. Bean.
Melephant_fml 0
That's a big fear of mine. Especially since I have a $700 Nikon. That's very unfortunate, but hopefully you learned from it. In other words; don't trust strangers.
zuli_fml 0
That sucks. :/ Shit like this is the reason that no one trusts anyone else nowadays. Hell, I was in New York City and handed people my camera to take photos of my group. Guess what? I got it back.
Stoffer69 0
I love National Lampoons European Vacation!
Atropos_fml 0
National Lampoon, anyone?
bugmenotmofo 34
real easy fix here, hand it to a fat guy next time. just make sure you can out-run anyone you hand it to, so you can get it back!
Sweet2020 4
EXACTLY....How could you not remember National Lampoon's European Vacation? CLASSIC. There is nothing new under the sun. YTDI.
tothepound 0
start carrying a gun. problem solved!
kremit 1
lol that is a good idea
Rydizzle 0
Ooohahhagagajajaja lmao that was hillarious when that guy did it in European Vacation. he made them take their shoes n socks off and stand in the middle of this big fountain so he could "take a good pisture" and when they all got in, the ran away LMAO
Poppycorn22 0
This is like, one of my biggest fears. lol
bre_zip_it_up13 11
when he got far away like 10 ft then you should have did something and if it was a group of a friends then all of yall sshould have chased him their should be atleast one fast one their