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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FeeBeeFerSure 0
I see no problem with this. Race cars are freaking awesome. Sure, you could buy food, clothes or some other essential to life with money, but race cars can roll on flat surfaces! :D
thuryn 2
If you didn't agree on a rate before you started, YDI. Since you wrote "payed" I'm betting you aren't very bright anyway.
TriNiBaByDoLL 0
Wow, u got owned by an old lady haha, next time try asking how much u'll be paid so u won't waste ur time...but on the good side u did ur good deed for the day lol
jet_fml 0
So? It's a nice thing to do. Your life is hardly ****** for doing some good.
thuryn 2
SeaCoyote: Society puts lots of pressure on you for lots of different things. That's how we keep everything from going to hell. Quit your whining about feeling "pressured" to BE NICE TO PEOPLE. I'll grant that it sounds like the old lady was being a little sneaky, but again, if you don't agree to an amount or a rate up front, you're an idiot and deserve whatever you get.
lesp 6
#6 is right. Tell the ladies the story of how you helped the old lady move, and she gave your her son's favorite racecar from when he was a kid. You kept it to remind you of her and you hope she's ok. Boom, she would be all over you. That still sucks though. You should have done it just to help her, but if she said she was gonna pay you I understand the frustration.
cdc8705 0
He did get paid, He got paid in the form of a toy. He didnt say himself and the old lady agreed on money as a payment.
nads_fml 0
completely agree with 33 and most people again dont equate being paid with getting a crappy racecar, but the best part is all of you saying that you would do hours of back breaking work and feel good about helping the old lady. i doubt half of you would spend the time to do that. plus thanks 43 for bringing humor back into fml
genius_man16 1
#39 Why couldn't it have been huge furniture? If you have a ramp 1 person could move a ton of furniture if they're strong enough. Also, as I said before, when someone says that they will pay you, most people assume money. I highly doubt that you /never/ expect money, because that's just dumb. Will you babysit 3 kids for 10 hrs and only expect a few lollypops? The real problem with this is that the lady didn't tell him that he wasn't gonna get paid with $$. "ZurRG" is right when he says there is a difference between hauling ass to do a good deed and hauling ass under the pretense of getting money.
hecuva 0
40: this is NOT fraud, there was a verbal agreement but no witnesses, therefore no verbal contract formed and therefore is not fraud or anything wrong at all, like 39 says, being paid can be in the form of money or goods. He recieved his payment from her in the form of a racecar, did she say "i'll pay you $XX" no he just thought he would get money for it, just because you have a problem with old people doesn't mean you can start accusing her for "scamming" him... suck it up buttercup