Today, I parked in a "Disabled" space. A woman and her kids comes yelling at me about how I don't look disabled and I was just being selfish. I roll my pants up to reveal two prosthetic legs. She then yells at me that I should have warned her before showing my legs since it could scare her kids. 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, after parking in the handicapped spot of a lot with my placard, an older couple with their 7-year-old grandchild came up and yelled at me for being a lying asshole and taking the parking spot. When I showed them my prosthetic leg, the kid started crying and guess who got yelled at again. FML
Today, I was so happy to finally get my disabled parking badge but I was not prepared for the abuse from members of the public because I don’t "look disabled." Just this morning a woman refused to believe I have a prosthetic foot, and tried to make me pull up my pant leg to show her. FML
Today, as I was getting out of my car, an old and obese lady walked up to me and called me an "inconsiderate heartless bitch" for using the last handicap parking spot. I guess she didn't see my wheelchair. FML
Today, I told a guy he should be ashamed of himself for parking in a handicapped space. He hit me with his prosthetic leg. FML
Today, I parked in a disabled bay so I could drop my son off at his appointment. My son uses crutches and has a blue badge. As I was trying to leave, an absolute Karen started chewing my ass for using a disabled bay while “not looking disabled”, then lay under my wheels to stop me leaving. FML
Today, I noticed a flashy car badly parking itself in a handicapped space. I hate the asshats who do this, so I went up to berate the driver. After an opening salvo of coarse language, a glint of light on his wheelchair in the back caught my eye. I then had to apologise for being a shitehawk. FML
Today, I got back to my car with a note cussing me out for parking in a disabled space when I’m clearly not disabled. They also smashed my windows. It’s true, I’m not disabled, but I also wasn’t parked in a disabled space. I was parked in a normal space next to the disabled spaces. FML
Today, according to a wild Karen, I shouldn’t be allowed to use a disabled bay because I don’t look disabled. I mean sure, I have a prosthetic leg, but I look "normal" so I’m not allowed. FML
Today, I received a $250 ticket when I parked my car, that has the disabled placard, in a handicapped spot at a Wal-Mart. The officer said she watched me get out of the car and walk to store without appearing to be disabled. I'm 59 years old, have a steel rod in my spine and a prosthetic hip. FML
Today, I was taking a walk, when an elderly lady in a motorized wheelchair slammed into me from behind. There was plenty of room to pass by, but noooo, trying to run me down like a dog, then giving me the finger and yelling "Watch where you're walking!" is so damn preferable. FML
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bartsj8815 1
A mother like that is enough to scare the kids.
GingerSlice0 4
Looks like she didn't have a leg to stand on.
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Comments (78)
GingerSlice0 4
Looks like she didn't have a leg to stand on.
thefmlman2011 37
Neither does OP
Lalala579121 28
Prosthetic legs are still legs, 24. Don't be so insensitive.
thefmlman2011 37
OK, that was a terrible pun, and I should go to hell for that. A girl I know has a brother who had his legs blown off after walking through mines in Afghanistan, and he has prosthetic legs. He now does Rowing in the Power Olympics.
jebron 13
What's the Power Olympics? Never heard of that one. Does it involve batteries?
thefmlman2011 37
Crap, paralympics*
bartsj8815 1
A mother like that is enough to scare the kids.
manofmerr 27
She's certainly enough to scare me. Poor kids, with any luck they'll recover from living with her, and grow into people with brains that realize people who have handicap plates usually are handicaped, since you can't just go to a convenience store and buy one.
chucklesman96 13
As if lady. Those kids probably thought it was the coolest thing ever (if they were old enough to know what your prostheses were). Some people I tell ya...
LyricaSilvan 30
The people who are quick to jump on people for "not seeming disabled" are usually not people you can expect to see rational reactions from.
gamerlaura 13
Another person offended in 2016
draghkar 18
My grandfather was a double amputee. One time a similar woman yelled at him because he was in a "wheelchair" spot and he didn't have a wheelchair. I knew all of the words that came out of his mouth but I'd never heard them said in the same sentence.
tantanpanda 26
I feel like I could form a sentence worthy, but it would get moderated.
liinkinparkfan97 34
Lol, am I the only one who realizes this FML is copied word for word from a previous one? Or the only one that notices stuff like that? XD
Why_me499 21
I noticed that too. Wasn't sure if I was correct
liinkinparkfan97 34
You're definitely correct. I just read it the other day.
Cali 57
Hm... Is there a chance you saw it while moderating a few days ago? I haven't found a duplicate yet but if you do, please let me know!
Lalala579121 28
You are apparently mistaken, as there is no other FML anything like that one. Recent or otherwise.
Piaze 7
I think I found the FML you were talking about(as I also thought this FML reminded me of an older one). It is from the user ICanExplain from 06/22/2015 or 22/06/2015. Whilst the concepts are similar, there are some differences. The older one mentioned elderly couple with a 7 year old instead of just mother and child and the new one mentioned 2 prosthetic legs instead of one. So not a copy, just similar.
tj4234 36
Probably a separate incident. This website is popular, and this is something that commonly happens to people with "invisible" disabilities.
liinkinparkfan97 34
Oh, so you went through every FML and didn't find the one that's practically the same? That's funny, I just read it the other day. So no, I'm not mistaken.
liinkinparkfan97 34
No, I'm positive that there is another FML that's almost exactly the same as this one. I just read it the other day. It's basically word for word.
benszt15 5
There was one very similar of someone who had the same situation but instead threw her prosthetic arm at the person screaming at them
bgbwtp 13
#56: "And that's why you always leave a note." aka I don't know which fml you're talking about, but Arrested Development makes everything better.
Lalala579121 28
51, you do know there's a search feature... Right? And you do know what the phrase "word for word" means? I'm going to assume you don't know either of those things.
GamerG0DDESS 29
I read the one prosthetic story too. When I read this fml I thought the exact same, that it was a copy and pasted, but I was also thinking that maybe OP just posted it twice and one just finally got through and made its way in now. But it's 2 different stories, so that clears things up, I was confused.
RichardPencil 32
Tell her you can put your foot in your mouth, but she does it so much better.
NostalgiaFreak9 43
What business would it be of hers anyway? Some people need to learn to mind their own business.
Soninuva 41
I get angry when people park in a handicapped spot when they don't need it. My mother is blind, and as whomever is driving her needs to guide her everywhere, the farther she has to go through a parking lot, the likelier it is that she'll injure herself by tripping over bad terrain.
Scarlet_S 5
#15, The point is that you can't always tell who "really" needs it just by looking, despite what little like the lady in this FML seem to think.
Scarlet_S 5
*people like
Earl_KarmasBitch 36
It's not even about the person being health or not. I often park in disabled spots and I'm not disabled at all. If anyone ever gives me shit about it, I'll tell them to wait while I collect the wheelchair using relative I'm collecting. Yeah, it annoys me when people who aren't disabled use disabled spaces. But more often than not, the people who take it on themselves to do something about it are just morons hoping for a chance to be self-righteous.
TwinkleToes7 15
Wow.. I don't even know what to say.. I would have walked away from her