Today, I learned that most teenagers would rather grab free candy from the broken vending machine than help the guy stuck underneath it get free. 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, at work, I had to help a teenager who was stuck in a toy car for kids, and no, it was not in one piece when she finally got out. FML
Today, I used the last of my money to buy a bag of vending machine chips for dinner. It got stuck. A passerby saw and generously offered to buy another bag of the same chips to dislodge it. Gratefully, I accepted his offer. It stayed stuck. FML
Today, while I was working at a supermarket, a kid started to cry in line because he couldn't get candy. Since we have free lollipops behind the desk, I gave him one. His mom complained to my manager and said I was grooming her child. FML
Today, after a stressful shift at work, I bought three bags of candy to hand out to trick-or-treaters tonight. I didn’t realize until I got home that one bag had a hole in it, and there were three empty M&M wrappers inside. My grocery store sucks. FML
Today, I spent way too long battling a vending machine that ate my dollar but didn’t give me my snack. After shaking it, kicking it, and practically hugging it, I finally gave up. As I walked away in defeat, it dropped the snack. I rushed back to claim my prize… and the janitor grabbed it before I could. FML
Today, I went to the vending machine, put in a dollar, and reached down to grab my snack. The slot door wouldn't open, so I pushed it harder. I got my hand in, but the door got stuck again, this time with my hand inside. I tried to push with my other hand. It got stuck too. FML
Today, my son asked for candy at a supermarket checkout. I said no. He laid on the floor and began screaming as if I'd killed his pet rabbit. Other parents nodded at me in silent sympathy, while strangers judged me with their glares. I bought the candy. He still screamed. FML
Today, while at my job in a candy store, a boy stuck his hand into the bin, contaminating the candy. As I politely explained that the dad had to purchase the affected candy he refused, yelled, then angrily agreed to buy them. The total cost of the candy with the extra pieces? $1.69. FML
Today, I was so hungry that I literally stole candy from a baby. FML
Today, a kid got his hand stuck inside my store's giant gumball machine. He started crying, and his negligent trainwreck of a mom bitched me out for being "unobservant." I'd been mopping up the mess she'd made after she'd spilled an open can of beer all over the floor. FML
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ThomasBombadil 31
Candy Crush!
Mynamewontfi 40
They've got their priorities straight.
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Comments (126)
energizerbunny23 18
Sorry to hear op, hopefully you're alright though!
kingdomgirl94 29
don't 100 people die every year from falling vending machines? it sucks no one helped but unless it fell from something other than shaking it to get something inside, ydi.
albinochipmunks 7
Are we jumping to conclusions now, are we?
sNOOBie_fml 24
People don't die because of a vending machine. Unless the candy's poisoned. Diabeetus, son.
JaneChemi_fml 21
vending machines are heavy. heavy things do not mix well with squishy humans.
kingdomgirl94 29
thank you 103, my point exactly.
kingdomgirl94 29
82, vending machines are heavy and sturdy. Please do come up with another explanation for it magically tipping over.
yesnid 2
In California they made it a law that if a person sees something they have to help or they will be punished. It was made so the paparazi couldn't just stand by and take pictures if a person was in need of help. Check your native laws for punishments for standing by and not helping a person in need.
albinochipmunks 7
It was in Canada.
DrippingSarcasm 20
But even if he was in California or somewhere with similar laws, what is he supposed to do? The teens probably ran away.
KVKdragon 26
Security cameras? Maybe he actually knows said teens and/or can identify them by recognition. I'd be ticked off enough to report them if I was the OP in this situation and I knew who they were or could identify them. Some people (teens and adults) need a harsh lesson to become empathic, caring, and helpful if they don't learn how growing up >:(
yesnid 2
I live in California. They made a big deal about the law a few years ago. It's not that surprising to think a state with vultures that would stand over you and click a camera while you bled out, would come up with the same law on their own without the need to copy Canada's same law.
escobar07 10
You might want to do research on California laws before making such bold statements. No such law exist in California.
jh921971 10
What were you doing that resulted in you being stuck under a vending machine?
Mailman2121 15
How many times have I been stuck under a vending machine in my life? That's right, zero. You totally deserve it.
laden_swallow09 35
… Huh? How are your own life experiences in any way relevant? Oh, that's right, zero relevance. Don't reproduce, you self-righteous prick.
stryggzy 15
Are you stupid? I doubt you've ever also been shot, but I'm pretty sure most of the people who have been did not deserve it.
XXX_SAVANNAH_XXX 7
Oh, yes. I seemed to have forgotten the world revolves you.
Azula272 14
That's a sticky situation
Rallred32 20
That pun was horrible, and it didn't even apply to the fml.
False_Stupidity 42
Candy is sticky, so it kind of applies in a way, but I agree the pun was terrible.
LifeAlertTwerk 14
I don't think it's just teenagers that wouldn't have helped him. I am pretty sure most adults would pass him by. I recall there being a recent situation where a homeless man was injured one night and no adult stopped to help. It's human nature, not teenage nature.
larrena2377 26
I most certainly would have helped. I would want someone to help me in that situation.
LifeAlertTwerk 14
As would I, and I am a teenager. Not all teenagers would steal candy and leave the guy defenseless.
yesnid 2
They probably didn't realize those machines kill people and weigh hundreds of pounds. There is a big difference between kids that were too stupid to know the danger and adults not helping a man obviously in need of help. Crowds don't help a person because they all thinks someone else there will.
buckdharma 38
Crunch 'N Munch...
RedPillSucks 33
More like Crunch N Splat
redwill85 10
What Mike n Ike didn't help.
bluefrootloops 13
Most? How big was the sample size? Did you ask for IDs?
mikedorval 10
Hoping you weren't the guy stuck under it...
Hiimhaileypotter 53
Pretty sure he was; that's the point.