Today, I noticed a young child wandering out onto a busy street. I managed to grab his arm just as he stepped off the sidewalk and yank him away from almost certain death. My reward was his mother, who was on her cell phone the whole time, screaming at me for touching her child. 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, while working at my local supermarket, I found a boy lost and wandering about, so I took him to the front desk. My reward from his mother was a slap around the face and harsh words for supposedly having kidnapped him. FML
Today, I saw a toddler bolt in a parking lot. Since he was running towards the road behind me, I scooped him up to hand off to his mother. She shrieked, snatched him from my hands, and sprayed me with mace. While I was writhing in pain, some punk kid lifted my wallet and phone. FML
Today, I was in a shopping centre when a little girl was running up and down the aisles. She started to fall over so I put my hand out to catch her. Her mother then ran up to me and screamed about me 'touching her child' so loud that everyone could hear. FML
Today, a parent was too busy texting to notice her child had run in front of a moving truck. She did however see me grab the child's backpack to yank him back out of traffic. She then screamed at me for "manhandling" her child and demanded I be fired. It's not even my school; I'm a part time sub. FML
Today, I helped a 6 year-old boy who was left alone at a store to get back home. The kid's parents were grateful, but my mother cussed me out and called me stupid for helping the kid. No good dead goes unpunished. FML
Today, at my job working retail, I had just finished cleaning and straightening a whole aisle. This kid watched me do the whole thing. When I was done, he stuck his arm out, and ran it down the whole shelf, knocking everything off it. His mother just grabbed his hand and walked away. FML
Today, I was walking my son to school. After yelling at him for not looking where he's walking, I grabbed his hand and pulled him closer to me. Not paying attention, I walked him right into a light pole. FML
Today, I was going into a store and saw a woman roughly handling a screaming toddler. I kept walking, until I heard the kid scream, "Help! You’re not my mommy!” I called 911 and stood behind the car to keep her from taking off. The cops arrived to see me fending off blows from a very pissed off grandma. FML
Today, while in the yard, my 18-month-old son decided to take off running into the road, where a car was driving. I rushed after him, only for one of my dress straps to suddenly break without warning. It must have looked like I was trying to flag down the driver with my flailing tit. FML
Today, I rescued a little boy who looked like he was drowning in a public pool. His mother then smacked me in the face for "touching him". FML
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LolliDolly 19
Ugh. Some people these days
cmyk 19
What have the world come to.. Such an idiot mother, she should be bloody grateful you saved her child!! Sorry op, you did not deserve that..
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Comments (125)
LolliDolly 19
Ugh. Some people these days
HowAreYouToday 34
The right thing is overrated
rottentomatoes 7
A lot of American's suck.. If you'd do that in Holland ( or anywhere else too, I guess) they would be thankful forever and might even pay you for you awesome deed
changesinme 0
hope that lil boy will be grateful for what you did, parents these days are so paranoid, WAKE UP, NOT EVERYONE AROUND YOU IS TRYING TO HARM YOUR CHILD, **** those pedophiles creating that bloody image of molesting children, making these parents worry like hell
zbajis 7
23- he's Canadian.
illmatic2 16
23: This FML happened in Canada. Next time you should make sure you know what you're talking about before you make yourself look like an ass.
innavoiG 9
Utterly disgusting.
Legendslayer222 26
@32; not to defend #24, but before you call him out at least make sure your post is directed at the right person.
illmatic2 16
Ehh, he was #23 at first but it must've changed. It happens sometimes.
dakotasgirl00 2
I'm American and if I had a child and someone did this I would be very grateful. Don't be so rude about Americans just because there are some bad Americans, as in other places there are bad people too.
Friaza 29
Personally i'd have yelled at the woman about how her son almost died because of her carelessness untill she burst into tears. :D
chuckychan 8
bitch you think thats bad yesterday i was stung by a ******* bee.
333TheSemichrist 0
Push him back into traffic, imo
WallyTheWombat 0
I second 114s comment with the added action of pushing the mother into traffic too.
dre_bro11 12
24, you shouldn't need a reward for doing a good deed anyway. Your reward should be feeling good about the good deed.
ArcadePie 10
Should of threw the kid infront of a ca laughed and walked away...
ArcadePie 10
-car
deaper 16
You dumb-ass read the damn FML! It said it was posted from Canada ass-wipe!
_Oblivion_ 12
23 hey asshole before you go discriminating the US; dislodge your head from your ass and take a look at where the op is from
toqwert 0
Hell yea!!!
JFCTheDeadWalk 0
It says he lives in Canada douchebag
victorcharlie 0
Crazy bastards
whitesox365 0
The irony of this whole "ignorant American" stereotype is that by saying this about americans or anyone else is ignorant in itself. Good people and bad people exist everywhere. Please realize that. This canadian happens to be a good one.
tintata123 8
Isn't it possible he meant america as north america? In which case canada would be included as well?
ShadowlessSpear 21
You know he didn't
cmyk 19
What have the world come to.. Such an idiot mother, she should be bloody grateful you saved her child!! Sorry op, you did not deserve that..
minisquid 9
This is where you slap a hoe.
Supascruggs 1
Op should have told her off, and then said "you're welcome"
danishbagel 3
Or consumed her soul.
jonan1212 5
SHE WANTED HER SON TO DIE. OBVIOUSLY
HannahForbesxo 13
I LIKE TO TALK IN CAPITALS ALL THE TIME TOO.
HannahForbesxo 13
Just be content in the knowledge that you saved the child's life.
aeshleyrose 6
... And then punch the mother in the face. No I do agree with you 100%. I'd still be pissed tho.
unixdude 9
Notice you are both women. Men should never, under any circumstance, come into contact with a child not their own. Never. OP should have let the kid die.
no1fan4lsutigers 0
You saved the child this time
takanuva0123 0
Why would you even ask for a reward? I know he didn't actually do that but in his head he was expecting one. You just saves someone's life, that's a reward within itself.
bibobobonnor 8
#158 that reasoning is totally messed up, no matter the gender of the adult it is the right course of action to save the kid, what just because the person is a man they are a pedophile or something get your priorities straight
bibobobonnor 8
#158 that reasoning is totally messed up, no matter the gender of the adult it is the right course of action to save the kid, what just because the person is a man they are a pedophile or something get your priorities straight
Gemmy_44 7
I suppose she would've preferred you be as oblivious as her and let the kid end up roadkill. Great parenting right there. And people need to stop living with their cell phones glued to their ears. They don't even get off the phone to pay for things at a register or in the drive-thru anymore. Unless you're giving President Obama the missile codes to stop WWIII, get off the goddamn phone for a minute!
Mz_Kane 0
I know that's right!
white16sox 19
I guess it's true that no good deed goes unpunished.
LaydiexSkull 3
Awwh. Don't worry OP hopefully that child with acknowledge you as a hero
yomommma 6
will*
Iamnotmyself 17
You're a hero, go to a bar and get laid.
JayByrd13 6
this has 69 likes (:
WCARlover 35
Ugh, some people just shouldn't breed. Good for you for doing the right thing.
khaya 9
Save a man, you get a thank you. Save a child and you get a verbal warning.
FarSide 23
That is one sorry truth.
Sub_Zero_is_God 13
Tell her if you did not touch her son; he would have died.
aznpiboy24 5
That's sounds worse.....
MrBoredGuy 1
Didn't MJ already use that one?
Bradderz 2
For gods sake you idiot. For the LAST friggin time, Michael Jackson did NOT touch children. There was never any proof, the kid admitted it was all a plan to scam money off MJ, and the kid's father committed suicide shortly after MJ died because of shame and guilt. Get a bloody grip, look up the facts. And stop being a retard!
cradle6 13
^The MJ thing is a reference to a South Park episode, in which MJ's kid accidentally pulled off Mj's nose when playing the "got your nose" game. It has nothing to do with child molestation.
uffiewuffie 0
108 - Preach about your feelings somewhere else.
ChaoticQuiet 11
How is that his feelings? Besides blatant irritation, he's only stating facts.