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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thuryn 2
SeaCoyote: You're assuming an awful lot there, pal. Maybe she doesn't HAVE any grandchildren. Maybe she DID ask her kids/grandkids and THEY bailed on HER. Maybe a lot of things. But that's not what you ranted about. You went on about "society pressuring" you. Well, too bad. If you can't deal with peer pressure, maybe you should go back to high school for a while until you can grow up a bit. Your "People's Court" comment is a freakin' riot. Good luck with that one. Besides, it just goes to show that you WAY overvalue the time and effort spent here, and WAY undervalue the need for the OP to have a real agreement BEFORE DOING THE WORK. The OP deserves it because he didn't MAKE SURE that his expectations and hers were the same UP FRONT. Let this be a lesson to all of you that anything IMPLIED is by its nature UNRELIABLE. If you want to get "payed," you better take care of business at the START instead of whining about it on the Internet.
Flounder 2
Sucks, but YDI for not establishing payment beforehand. This happens to everyone at least once - just have both parties clear on compensation up front.
Sygonus 0
Depending on the exact circumstances, this ISN'T a YDI like so many people are saying. If, in fact, the woman told him he'd be paid, he should've been paid. Simple as that. A reasonable person would not consider a toy car to be "payment". Also, to the people complaining that maybe the old lady couldn't afford to pay him: if that's the case, she shouldn't have offered any payment. If the guy was willing to do it as an act of charity, great. Otherwise, don't make offers you have no intention of keeping. Being a "little old lady" isn't an excuse for ripping someone off.
maddog_fml 0
F*ck you OP!! This old lady is going to a nursing home and you are thinking about money?? Stop complaining! You did a good deed. Enjoy your new car :) #1 LOL Hahaha!! #63
thuryn 2
Ha! Someone corrected the spelling error. LOL "I was told I would get paid." Sounds pretty vague to me. Should have gotten the details up front. Good thing all you spent was four hours. You could have lost a lot more learning this lesson.
Pokerdance 0
Demand sex. Hot, kinky buttsecks.
BeyondImage 0
I agree with #3 either way not really a FML thing anyway.
sjx 0
OMGSOSELFISH You should just forget the fact that you didn't get the pay you expected/were told to expect and focus on the warm fuzzy feeling. Those darn silly old people! As if money actually matters...
Bleep_fml 0
Quit being so ******* greedy, do you have an idea of what it costs to be in a nursing home? Did you expect her to hand you part of the money she needs for that home? Learn to help people just for the sake of helping them from time to time, without demanding money. You can make money doing a job, she'll be sitting in a small but expensive room for the rest of her life. YDI big time.
CyclonePsycho 1
...Am I alone in actually *liking* old people and helping them out? Albeit, four hours of work is a bit much, but still. : I really think you should have just volunteered and grabbed a few friends to make moving the stuff easier, but I understand being frustrated with getting only a toy racecar in return for hours of manual labor. Oh well, not a total FML. You can still boast to the ladies about helping an old woman.