Today, I busted my ass to help this old lady move her stuff because she was going to a nursing home. I was told I would get paid. When I finished four hours later the lady took me to a room and told me to pick out anything in her little goody bag. I got a race car as payment. 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 helped an elderly lady put a bookshelf in her car. She then thanked me by hitting me with her car as she drove out of the parking lot. FML
Today, after a weekend of helping my sister-in-law move out of our house, vacuuming and mopping her bedroom and bathroom for her, scrubbing her walls and cleaning her shower, transporting her furniture, and getting her carpet professionally cleaned, to cover costs she offered me $14. FML
Today, the old lady I've been taking care of and running errands for died. She hadn't paid me yet. FML
Today, I got a $20 tip from an old lady I delivered pizza to. Ecstatic, I walked back to my car where there was a $30 parking fine waiting for me. FML
Today, while buying paint, I began to help an elderly woman working to lift some heavy boxes. She told me what a nice young lady I was. Then her boss came over, screamed at her for being lazy and fired her. She cried. So did I. FML
Today, while I was delivering pizza in the torrential downpour, I waited 5 minutes in the pouring rain for an old lady to dig 20 bucks out of her purse. Her total was $19.99. She told me to keep the change and make lots of money. FML
Today, I helped a lady carry her grocery bags to her car. She was so grateful that she offered me a tip. I refused, but she insisted. When I finally took it, I looked at the bill to see she'd given me $1. I smiled and said thank you, but she looked at me like I’d just robbed her. FML
Today, I decided I'd sell an old motorcycle I had, in order to help with the bills. I had to be at work at the time when an interested buyer was to show up, so I entrusted my mother with the exchange as she's unemployed. Mom pocketed the money and bought a new freezer for her house, and won't pay me back. FML
Today, I was working at the grocery store and a very old woman wanted to give me a tip for bagging her groceries. She slid a quarter into my pocket against my thigh as deep down as she could get it, then she gave me a smile and a wink. I was groped by a grandma. FML
Today, I decided to cover a coworker's closing shift because she felt sick. My boss even gave me a $10 gift card for doing it. I felt good about it, until I walked outside and found that my car had been stolen. FML
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thunderbrave 0
vroom vroom
redbluegreen 41
And there was absolutely no way you could turn this story to attract girls?
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Capnstinkfoot 0
#3 is dead on
deee___jaaayyy 0
Wait a sec, you were able to choose a goodie bag WHAT IF MONEY WAS IN ONE OF THE BAGS!? If thats the case thats one sly old lady and you have bad luck D:
naysay91 0
ha ha I love how people are trying to be all snotty and type "PAYED" in quotation marks like that when "paid" and "payed" have the exact same definition. ******* idiots.
Mr_Positive 3
dont worry about it, you helped out an old lady and thats what matters :)
andieeezy 0
I was thinking the same thing as #19 when I read this xD
Lolitajv 0
YDI for trying to get money out of an elderly woman.
thuryn 2
#127/ naysay91: "Paid" is definitely the more correct form, if "payed" is even considered acceptable anywhere (which I have never seen). Speaking of which, #121 / dswhite85, it's "DEED". D-E-E-D. "Dead" means someone is no longer alive. A "deed" is either an action (a good DEED) or a piece of paper (title DEED to a property). Either way, these comments are full of all sorts of assumptions and logical fallacies based on information that isn't in the FML. The YDI is for not arranging for the type and amount of payment in advance. With that SOLE EXCEPTION, I sympathize with the OP. If you have reason to believe you'll get paid, it's a let-down when you don't, even if you would have done it for free otherwise. Personally, I LIKE helping people move, so I would do it for love or for money. (Let's face it. I need the exercise.) But I DON'T like getting jerked around. If you say you're going to pay me, I'm going to find out how much before we start, because you can bet your ass I'm not going to be happy with a little toy race car. (That's a lie too. My daughter would LOVE a toy race car, but still. It's a sneaky thing to do to someone who spends four hours moving all your shit around.)
dorkasaur 0
Shes old leave her alone Greedy SOB
illeyad 0
Stop complaining OP you did something nice and the lady was clearly greatful for yout help- isn't that payment enough? This is a lesson to all, we shouldn't be paid for every little thing we do as a favour to others, we're becoming too greedy.
luxornv 0
Can't you just offer help to an elderly person and not expect a payment. I do that often and they usually offer me $10 or $20. Seems karma takes care of the payment.