Today, I brought several bags of soda cans to the store to cash in. I hadn't shaved, and my coat had fur all over from my cat rubbing on it. The lady in front of me turned around, looked at my bags and me and said, "It's a lot of money people throw away, isn't it?" Apparently, I look homeless. 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, I went grocery shopping. Being a bartender, I had a huge wad of dollar bills from cash tips. As I was counting them at the register, I looked at the cashier and joked, "You probably think I'm a stripper or something." He looked me up and down and said, "Uh... hell no." FML
Today, I was accosted by an angry homeless man at the recycling center, since I refused to give him my saved up bottles and cans. He insisted that he needed it more and I was "poaching his turf". I needed the recycling to put gas in my car, just to make it to work and hope I could make it back home. FML
Today, I walked two miles to the store, filled my cart with groceries, and got to the cashier… only to find I had forgotten my wallet. I tried to explain but got the nastiest stank-eye from the cashier, the manager, and everyone in line behind me. I walked two miles home, hungry and embarrassed. FML
Today, I went to Walmart to get some acne cream. As I approached the register, I looked in my wallet for the money. The cashier saw that I didn't have enough money, and before I could say anything, he goes, "Just take it, I've never seen anyone who needs it this much." FML
Today, a homeless guy asked me for a cigarette. Knowing that I only had a couple left in my pack, I gave it to him. He opened it, took one out and thanked me profusely. A bit surprised, I went on my way. Oh yeah, that's right, the pack contained the money I'd withdrawn from an ATM. FML
Today, I realized that the homeless people I give change to all dress better than I do, including the one that doesn't believe in pants. FML
Today, I went to the supermarket to buy my weekly groceries and only realized after a long queue at the checkout, then having the cashier scan my entire cart, that I'd forgotten my purse. I had to leave everything behind and walk out empty-handed, while everyone in line behind me gave me dirty looks. FML
Today, trying to do a good deed, I gave a homeless guy a $10 bill. As I walked away, he yelled after me, "You fucking bitch!" FML
Today, at work, a homeless woman called me trash, threw her coffee at me, and told me to get a job. I do have a job. It's homeless outreach. FML
Today, at my retail job, a woman came to my till with her purchases. After I scanned all her items, she handed me two small bags. One was filled with nickels and dimes. The other was filled with cents. Her total was $28.53. The coins amounted to $22.30. FML
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cessily 8
People need to recycle more
taniamw 9
Always typical for people to judge first
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cessily 8
People need to recycle more
iNewKid 20
People need to learn not to judge on first appearance.
gamercanadian 11
Dear god is that darth vader on a Charizard.
biggestfan23 11
7- that's true but OP set himself up for that one
ProfessionalTrol_fml 14
No offense to the lady, but if she's working at a recycling depot, then she isn't that better off from a homeless either. Just a thought
yanksby7 6
Have you considered that she meant "by not recycling, people are not getting the potential money they otherwise would"? Think about it...you're both there, making money off of cans other people just throw out. OP, I think the only person who thought you looked homeless here is you...
shanemaximo 7
Watch the Penn & Teller: Bullshit episode on recycling. It's pretty interesting. Turns out its actually worse for the environment to recycle plastic materials and glass because it takes so much fuel and electricity to revert them back into a reusable form. The only thing that's actually easier to recycle than remake is aluminum cans! :)
redwednesday 11
44- people at recycling depots make a shit load of money. at least the places I've lived, they make like 20$-25$ an hour. it's a job no one wants to do because of the smell but it's fantastic money. plus you get tips.
gc327072 31
69- maybe plastic, but glass? Really? All ya gotta do is melt it down and reform it. In the ground, plastic takes up to 5000 years to break down, and glass up to 1 million years. Think of all the energy THE EARTH/SUN has to put out. You just went full retard. Never go full retard.
taniamw 9
Always typical for people to judge first
OhDearBetrayal 25
No matter how true it is that people shouldn't make assumptions based on another persons appearance the fact still remains that everyone does it. Yes, even the people who are declaring the indecency of it.
taniamw 9
That's what I meant
OhDearBetrayal 25
21- I realize that that's what you said, but you stated it in a way that would suggest that it's some horrible thing to be frowned upon. While I admit it's not an ideal action, it's the way everyone is programmed.
Tektite 14
24- No one cares. She didn't state it in any way. Most people jump to judging before anything else. Just sayin'... In a respectful way ;)
OhDearBetrayal 25
37- Okay opinion suppressor, I got it.
AngiLaLa1 2
Oh 55 you just made me giggle... Thank you. I agree tho... Very typical for someone to judge... But so easy to do!
BunBunBabe 8
Every one judges everyone whether you admit it on this website or not. In my opinion the woman wasn't rude at all just severely wrong about her assumption, at least she tried to make small-talk, some people don't even treat the homeless like people and she cared more than most
AngiLaLa1 2
It's so funny tho... The lady could have just been pointing out that SO many people just throw these things away instead of getting money back for them with recycling. I think OP was just being self conscious about his appearance. So she wasn't necessarily judging anyone.. Could have just been making a simple statement!
Daederoth 10
Seems like a logical assumption given the information at the time. She could have said something much worse then what she did. Just sayin'.
barleyguy 17
Happened to me before to jeh it kinda sucks but is a funny story to tell
sammyf89 13
People shouldn't judge others just on their appearance. Unfortunately they do.
mystashisgone 6
Hey u should be proud! U can go that long without shaving, look like a hobo, and still keep a job to afford a place to live.... Otherwise if u don't have a job and u look homeless, it may not belong until that becomes true. you kind of brought that on yourself.
yahoowizard 16
In a game of incomplete information, you can only work with what you have. And the other guy only had OPs appearance to work with
calivianya 29
I'm going to have to disagree. Judging on appearance of physical features, which a person can't easily change, is obviously inappropriate. Judging on how disheveled that person chose to look that day is totally different.
kikiwi_fml 9
If she said that when he was cleanly shaved and in nice clothes, that sentence would sound completely innocent. It sounds like she was just making small talk honestly, I think it was OP jumping to conclusions.
Llama_Face89 34
Ha my dad was at a BMW dealer and told he couldn't afford the car he was looking at when he asked about it because he was wearing a worn-out suede jacket. He's a doctor who made $300,000 a year at that time and the owner of the dealership was a patient of his. Don't judge people by their appearance...you may lose your job. :P
Brahmzy1 3
What do u expect? U went in public looking like a scrub
ladyLALAA 29
No, I don't want no scrub A scrub is a guy who can't get no love from me Hanging from the passenger side Of your best friends drive Trying to holla at me
LunaDragon 10
Lol I totally had forgotten about that song, TLC was pretty cool. :)
shannonreneee 11
4, I would not dress up for complete randoms if I am going out for a little bit, OP was dropping off soda cans - why bother shaving for that?
ladyLALAA 29
It's called having pride in yourself people! I'm not saying OP has to shave and wear a suit for this, I'm sure changing the jacket wouldn't have hurt.
LadyGore 12
Who'd say that to a homeless person anyways... 0.o
x_KL_x 7
The lady at the recycling depot evidently.
LadyGore 12
People are just rude.
taerts 9
Or, she could have been trying to make conversation (although it wasn't the nicest of comments)
Rei_Ayanami 18
Don't take it harshly, unless you have the standard overgrown hobo beard and fingerless gloves... If that's the case you may want to do something.
egc573 40
I always suspected that the crazy cat lady from the Simpsons had a husband...
Nevereverland 8
Its ok OP i've been there before, when asking for a cigerette once. Society value's the un-important dont let it bother you,be who you choose to be.
barlessprison 16
"It's quite hard for you not to be presumptuous, isn't it?"
stepht91 0
Or maybe she was really just commenting on the fact that people waste so much money on things like not recycling cans, and was not implying you looked like a homeless person.
caybree 0
Agreed. I wouldn't exactly call this an FML.
OneLittleAdditio 9
that's what I was thinking. how did he or she get that from that simple statement?
stepht91 0
if it were a she I don't think shaving her face would be an issue. OP is a guy
OneLittleAdditio 9
very true. I just scanned the fml. so I missed the shaving part lol thanks for pointing it out. :)