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
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Fall
Dead leaves, the first cold of the season and an umbrella flipped inside out: fall, the season of grace.
Today, while picking my daughter up from school, I saw her being beaten by two boys while the teacher stood there doing nothing. I ran to help, but then she pushed one of the boys off her. The teacher then pulled her away, yelled at her and then yelled at me for "not raising my kid right." FML
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
Today, my toddler bolted in a parking lot, running through lanes of cars, right past a man, and forcing me to drop everything I was holding and catch him. I gave the man hell, demanding to know why he didn't even try to stop my child from running into traffic. He just said, "Not my kid, not my problem." Asshole. FML
Today, I had to tell a parent about her son kicking a boy in his class. She blamed me for not watching him. I wasn't watching him because I was turned around to care for another boy he had hit right before that. FML
Today, I tripped over a kid at work. She was sitting on the floor with her legs sticking out into the walkway. Her mom caused a scene, accusing me of doing it on purpose. FML
Today, my child was refusing to leave the playground. I had to pry her, screaming and crying, from the monkey bars. I then realized I had been assaulting someone else's kid. FML
Today, a child was choking in the store I work at. He was alone in the aisle, so I started the Heimlich without his parents' permission. After dislodging what was caught, his mother turned the corner and went screaming to my manager for touching her kid. I got a write up. 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 woman got out of a car to scream at me as I was walking with the kids I babysit, demanding to know where I was taking her children. Apparently the woman who pays me is also a babysitter, who I have been "covering" for on her party nights. The mother doesn't believe I didn't know this. FML
Today, I learned my son has been picking on a girl he has a crush on. He apparently went too far, because she finally snapped and beat him up at recess. The teacher, who knew about this from the beginning and actively did nothing, is trying to throw me under the bus for being oblivious to my son's behavior. FML
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MrVanAwesome 5
What a bitch. Needs to look after her own kids.
bryans1990 9
Some people are too obsessed with their phones to even notice the real world. Good for you, you saved a life OP!
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Comments (135)
TummyYummy__ 16
You should call child services. A good parent should be able to: admit they're wrong, be grateful when someone prevents their child from being killed, and not let their kid get run over by a truck.
Rosicles 8
Thats the kind of parent I'd aspire to be. You summed that up excellently
fatalwish 6
did you open hand slap that bitch? totaly worth the assualt charge.
jollyton 10
You should have called the cops on her for child neglect and endangerment!!
tne201992 12
That bitch needs to have her phone shoved up her ass!! Her kid almost got killed, thank God you were there!
Ugi 27
You saved a life today. Whatever other shit the day may have thrown at you, you will know that today you did a good job.
brii143 3
They couldn't fire her anyway. Teachers have tenor.
dunker_fml 4
Some have soprano, others bass.
gracehi 33
Don't forget alto!
elnorris14 19
Not all teachers have TENURE. Only teachers who have been at a school for a certain amount of years. Plus this fml specifically states that the OP is a sub.
isamisis 9
Why does anyone bother helping someone these days. The one helping is in trouble while the ungrateful one is the perfect parent - The perfect bitch.
ballpython 15
I would have told the bitch it was your policy to not allow children to play in traffic Then looked at the child and said "go on, play with the nice cars. You will be just fine".
dunker_fml 4
You are my hero.
Tidus0 17
Hey no matter whether you "manhandled" a child or not you just saved them from injury (assuming the truck driver could have slowed especially for school zone) but either way you did a better job than the parent. I'm always vigilant when around kids. I find their safety a main priority.
LuckyLynx7732 5
Seeing as you are a sub and don't have to really worry about keeping your job, I would have totally unloaded on her for being an irresponsible parent and damn near letting her kid get killed.