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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Halloween
A failed costume, stolen candy and a very real scare: Halloween, the one night when fear is allowed.
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)
drakeallday 3
texting will be the death of this generation
Special_Psycho 8
Stupid humans... everywhere!
JTTK 5
Oh yeah you only saved her child's life, no biggy. So ungrateful
GRgoldfish 19
Im glad that there are people out there that still care :) I'm not going to lie, if she talked to me like that after saving her son I would have snapped but you should explain what happened then shrug it off knowing that you saved a human life!
hsRoseTyler5 14
I HOPE that someone like you is around if my daughter runs off the sidewalk.. That's one of my worst fears. My boyfriend makes my daughter run to the corner and tells her we'll catch up. I'm terrified that she's going to run off or get snatched...
NostalgiaFreak9 43
If you really feel that way, then why do you trust your boyfriend with your daughter?
Quiltme00 18
Who the hell cares if you get fired shove the kid back in front of another car
doglover100 29
I would have stuffed her phone down her throat.
Jebitesevsi 11
This is why I would NEVER try to help a child. It's regrettable if it got killed, but parents have nobody but themselves to blame.
hgp285 16
glad I wasn't in your shoes, that kind of dumb ass assuming behavior would have set me off, I would have gotten fired anyways for screaming in her face
fantasyworld 39
Regarding your username OP, you are a good person and the mom is an idiot who is so absorbed in her phone to pay attention to her kid.