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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Halloween
A failed costume, stolen candy and a very real scare: Halloween, the one night when fear is allowed.
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
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
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
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
Today, I was accused of shoplifting, after the alarm started beeping as I walked into the store. FML
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
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
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
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
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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reset_button 0
Wow, I hope she doesn't do it again tomorrow! And the next day, and the next day...
plethora 3
They do need to apologise for wrongful arrest, though, #4.
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rbp_fml 0
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Every store I have every worked at has always told me you never count the registers with anyone is the store, when you open up in the morning you make sure you lock the door behind you so that nobody comes in and when you are done doing the registers then you can unlock the doors and let customers in. So this is 100% your fault and is not a FML.
napoleandynamite 0
yeah #11's right. what on earth were u doing?
BlerbFace306 0
#11, the lady could have been walking outside on the street and looked through the window, she didn't have to be in the store
flaffl 0
I agree with 11. Besides, you could've just said you worked at the freaking place.
trucanadian 0
Why didn't you just show the cops proof of ownership/id or get employees to vouch for you.
Tehalon 0
#11, and everyone who agrees with #11, read the following line "a lady walked by and saw me". If you look closely it says that a lady walked by, not a lady walked into the store. So what happened was that the OP was inside the store counting the $$ while the doors were most likely locked, and the woman walked by/past the store, was looking in while she was walking by and saw an unfamilliare face who wasnt supposed to be there in her idea..
DeeJayD 0
#11, OP says "Today, as I was doing the morning count for the registers, a lady walked by and saw me." implying that the lady was walking by the store, and saw them through the window. You don't have to be in the store to see things inside, and the registers are usually at the front, where they can be easily seen from the street through the windows.
chrisapoo23 0
sue his ass
chrisapoo23 0
^i mean the fuz, not the old man.
krhds25 0
First off, this isn't believable -- if the CSDH was "put in jail for 6 hours," the manager in charge would have stopped that from happening because the front end cannot operate without the CSDH. Second, I work in a grocery store -- waiting until there is no customers makes zero sense. You can't do that. Register sweeps are done throughout the day and money is counted on a regular basis, regardless of the number of customers in the store. Second, everything is double-checked by a manager in a secure, password-protected room behind the customer service desk afterwards. But it is still done at each individual register, too. Third, when the CSDH is counting money like that, there is supposed to be a second employee standing with them to make sure nothing is stolen and what not.