Today, my taxi driver kept falling asleep and swerving off the road, so I asked him if he was okay. He stopped and burst out sobbing about the long hours he had to do after his divorce, and his wife taking all he had. Long story short, I ended up driving him home and getting another taxi from his place. 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 fell asleep in a taxi. So did the taxi driver. FML
Today, I was late for work and took a taxi. The driver told me he tried to commit suicide recently. I listened to him for 20 minutes, sat outside my workplace with the meter off. He charged me £5.80 and my boss gave me a warning for being late. FML
Today, I rode in the cab on the way back to my dorm from the airport. The taxi driver was on the phone and not really paying attention. I paid him and got out of the cab, but he drove away before I could get my luggage out of the trunk. FML
Today, while I was taking my driver's test, my instructor received a text message. He promptly had a panic attack and screamed for me to pull over. It turned out his wife wanted a divorce. The last 15 minutes of my test consisted of him sobbing to himself as I drove back to the DMV. FML
Today, I took a cab ride home from a bar. After a few minutes of horrible driving, I felt sick. The cab driver got so mad she locked me in the car and started driving me to the cops unless I payed her extra. Basically, I paid $120 for a five-minute cab ride. FML
Today, I took a taxi ride with my friends. As we were getting out, I paid the taxi driver. With a grin, he drove away fast. It turns out my friend had already paid. FML
Today, the two and a half hours it took our poorly air conditioned taxi to go 20 miles in stop-and-go traffic was highlighted by our son projectile vomiting all over my wife, a suitcase, and the car. It ended with me having to pay both for the ride, as well as for cleaning the inside of the taxi. FML
Today, during a driving lesson, I stopped behind a taxi, and got more and more annoyed when the traffic wouldn't move. A few minutes later, my instructor couldn't hold his laughter any more and pointed out I'd somehow zoned out and entered a taxi rank. FML
Today, I went out drinking with my friends. Being safe as we were a little intoxicated, we took a taxi back. The cab driver was also drunk. FML
Today, a stranger pulled me out of the path of a speeding taxicab. He then took one look at my face, said, "I should've left you there", and walked away. FML
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Top comments
sionis 3
I agree that sucks but good on your for driving him home
Welshite 40
Compassion is becoming rare. You did a good thing.
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Comments (82)
malea_17 16
Sorry you didn't get to where you need to go on time but at least you helped someone out :)
more4me 27
You banked major karma points. And people reading this FML all over the world are feeling a little better today because of you. Thank you for your compassion!
Sakuraashita 15
You're a really good person, OP, by the way, I accidentally hit YDI but didn't mean to, sorry!
thatguy240 27
Did you keep the taxi?
cjmedic 12
You're a wonderful person, OP. I'm going through a divorce, too, and it's absolutely heart wrenching. Any kindness can be the difference between a good night or crying to sleep. I'm sure he will never forget what you did.
jake_braves 25
You're amazing OP!
ohSNAPyall 27
You're a decent human being.
Sansa_fml 38
Well good for him he had a nice person like you in his car. It might have taken you longer to get to your destination but you did a good thing!
crunchycheeto99 11
Atleast now you'll have a good story to tell.
Beckei 18
That was so nice of you! But that sucks..