Today, I was coming home from work and saw an old couple overwhelmed by the number of people at the train station. It was peak hour and I decided to help them. As I went up to them, they said, "Get away, go mug someone else". FML
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Dead leaves, the first cold of the season and an umbrella flipped inside out: fall, the season of grace.
Today, I was walking out of the train station when an old man grabbed me. I started screaming, yelling, "HELP" like a madwoman and tried pushing him away - that's when I saw the golf cart rush past me. He was trying to push me aside from getting run over. Everyone started laughing. FML
Today, I was was leaving the library when I noticed an elderly woman being mugged. I was about to leave on my bike, but promptly went to help her. After I managed to scare off the mugger, I helped her to her car. As I was heading back to my bike, I notice the mugger riding off on it. FML
Today, I was yelled at by a bunch of angry people because I couldn't physically move out of the way while 10 more tried to force their way onto a subway in Shanghai. Then one old lady started hitting me with her purse to get me to move even more. FML
Today, I decided to help the homeless by giving them old clothes and food. In return, they decided to mug me. FML
Today, I was in the middle of walking home when I saw an old woman trying to get away from what looked like a mugger. I go over and try to help her out and get the man off of her, which was successful. Turns out she was having a heart attack and the man was a doctor. FML
Today, I was on the train next to an elderly woman. When I told her it was my stop, she turned her knees towards the aisle, and I, thinking that she was letting me go by, began to edge past. She screamed, "DON'T PUSH ME!" and the whole train turned to look. I was thus the asshole pushing the old lady. FML
Today, as I was trying to get off a crowded train, some asshole pushed past me hard enough to nearly knock me over. My bag hit a preschool kid standing behind me, and I missed my stop trying to apologize to him. His mom yelled at me all the way to the next stop. FML
Today, I shouted, "Fuck off!" out of reflex when I felt someone behind me grab my bag and pull it off my shoulder. It turned out to be an elderly man with a walking stick, who was trying to steady himself in a busy crowd. FML
Today, on my way out of the subway station, I noticed an older woman standing at the bottom of a flight of stairs with a large cart. I went up to her and asked if she needed help getting it up the stairs. She looks me up and down and says, "No, not from you." FML
Today, I decided i wouldn't take the bus back home from uni, instead I walked to the metro. On my way there, I saw a couple of odd-looking guys, but I thought, "Nah, just because they wear big hoodies and caps doesn't mean they're doing anything", so I ignored them. Two minutes later they mugged me in broad daylight. FML
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cheeeksss 29
If only that line worked every time to prevent mugging. Kind of like "Swiper no swiping"
EyRaB 17
It's the thought that counts here OP. Not everyone is going to appreciate random acts of kindness.
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Comments (32)
Xelon 7
Inb4 "No good deed goes unpunished"
haymac 13
It's people like that that have made people stop wanting to help each other, but at least you tried to do a good deed.
DMA0712 22
You meant well OP. Don't worry too much about it.
cheeeksss 29
If only that line worked every time to prevent mugging. Kind of like "Swiper no swiping"
LilMissCanadian 22
I've wished this since I was 5. Anyone else a Dora fanatic when they were young?
DraconicFeline 31
I wasn't, but my little sister used to love it.
jollyme 19
Sorry OP, but it's the thought that counts eh?
EyRaB 17
It's the thought that counts here OP. Not everyone is going to appreciate random acts of kindness.
TiroC 25
And the old people is saying the youth is bad... they're just as bad if not worse..
cheeeksss 29
I think generalizing a group of people is worse...
lexiieeex3 32
They're just being careful, when you're older people tend to take advantage of you more frequently.
Lalala579121 28
But as FML shows, the old people take advantage of the young people just as much.
aimbug 42
That's the problem with society today. We hear about everything bad but rarely the good and in turn good deeds get taken the wrong way.
MegasaurusRex89 28
In my head, this exchange is actually super adorable. Sorry your good deed went unnoticed though, OP.
ELoni_fml 25
There is this general believe that old people are kind and sweet, but I've been yelled at to the point of tears by the sweetest looking Pixar-worthy elderly. Good for you though OP, you wanted to do something good, maybe next time you'll get a butterscotch ^^
lexiieeex3 32
That Pixar reference makes this comment ten times better.
cheeeksss 29
The Pixar-couple reference made me think of Up.