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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Fall
Dead leaves, the first cold of the season and an umbrella flipped inside out: fall, the season of grace.
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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pikL3bOi 0
Shoulda gotten payed first lmao FYL tht SUX u were being nice
UncleverName_FYL 0
"ITS A TRAP!" XD i can't wait to be an old man, so i can pull shit like this too.
mezentius 0
Everybody who's saying "you shouldn't have expected something in return" is a douche. Who cares if he should have done it for free, the lady is a total dick for telling him he'd get paid and then not doing so in the end. Just because you're disadvantaged doesn't mean you're allowed to LIE to people.
shutupfool 0
"You helped an old woman move so she could go to a nursing home, and you expected payment? Shame on you." Yeah, shame on him from expecting the payment that was promised! Why are you people ignoring that part of the story? As if just because she's old, that's an excuse for pulling that sort of thing?
MarkO_fml 0
Sounds suspiciously like and episode of The Simpsons where Bart was paid in ribbon candy for hard work. Otherwise, some of you people are morons. Anyone who is bad off enough to move into a nursing home probably doesn't have full use of their faculties. I worked in a nursing home while in college and it was the saddest most depressing place I've ever been. If the OP was smart enough to JUST ASK what the payment would be, he wouldn't have wound up with a race car. I have never started a job at any age without asking how much the pay was.
powermad80 2
I don't understand why people are freaking out about one simple spelling mistake. (paid not payed) it's no big deal. And OP I would understand why you would be pissed off.
Guyoverhere 0
#20 who gives a shit
overtly_subtle 0
That does really suck. Especially because I'm sure she was old and senile and trying to be nice, so it's not as if you could get all shitty about it, but it still sucks. It doesn't make you an ass for wanting to be paid when you were told you'd get paid. It's just unfortunate that the...erm, misunderstanding occured. But you'll get over it; it's not a huge deal. And the people commenting negatively are overly-sanctimonious and like to pretend that they're much more saintly than everyone else around them. :)
Rachellisawesome 0
Your lucky, I wish I got a race car.
brooklyngirl_fml 0
Old people know more than they let on. She knew what the **** she was doing. 4 whole hrs? FYL