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)
gosh_mate 30
At least you had the right intentions! Screw people and their assumptions.
Frid_Kun 7
I would think that OP's assumptions were also off the mark.
AuTiAlloy 8
Does anyone else have those old people who seem frail and weak until there's a free seat on the bus and then they go full Ussain Bolt?
lexiieeex3 32
Maybe they weren't as overwhelmed and helpless as you thought?
Oliok 19
It's a generous thought so props to you op, but just because they're old doesn't mean they're disabled.
Frid_Kun 7
They didn't need the help you tried to force onto them. Please don't act on half assed assumptions or think that someone owes you for your intentions.
worldclassrager 41
At times it may be better to leave things well enough alone...but just ask if they would like to have a little help...and they will always appreciate it but this case you must have come off negatively
tamesenicole 27
It's sad that we have to live like this now smh
Mirsen1727 12
it's A shame that is what our society has been reduced to. Keep being the good person you are, there are more greatful than ungreatful people
emmeelgee 10
I only hit "YDI" so the numbers would be 666.
False_Stupidity 42
A fair assumption on the couples part but I would have informed them my actual intentions before stalking away with the moral high ground and leave them to contemplate their unwitting rejection of help.