Today, I witnessed a robbery as a teenager ran out of a Walgreens with stolen goods in his hands. The manager was running after him. Trying to be helpful, I pulled forward to block the thief from getting away. The cops showed up and arrested me for hitting a pedestrian. 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, someone tried to mug me. I panicked and ran. As they chased me with their knife out, I heard a slip and a shout behind me but kept running. Six blocks later I was spotted, arrested, and held for questioning by the police. The mugger fell, stabbed themselves, and told a cop that I did it. FML
Today, I went to the store, but after I'd selected my items, I saw that I'd forgotten my wallet. When I tried to explain to the cashier, he thought that I was trying to steal and called the cops. My roommate had to come to the store to save me. FML
Today, I got lost trying to find the hospital my sister was giving birth in. I stopped at a store to call my mom for directions. A cop pulled up beside me and knocked loudly on my window asking me to get out. The store had been robbed and I am now a suspect. FML
Today, I was accused of shoplifting, after the alarm started beeping as I walked into the store. FML
Today, I was detained by a stubborn cop who swore he saw me sprinting away after shoplifting. I’m missing part of my right foot, and walk with a cane and a limp, I haven’t sprinted anyplace in 12 years. Not even showing him my foot convinced him. I was sat in his car over an hour. FML
Today, I was mugged. I saw a cop car in the aftermath and flagged it down. Unfortunately, when the cops stopped the mugger, he said he'd been running away because I tried to mug him. Apparently the fact that he was "well-dressed" and I wasn't means he was telling the truth. FML
Today, I was at the store when I saw that a cart in the checkout line next to me was starting to roll away and the owner hadn't noticed. I tried to help by reaching out to stop the cart from moving, but when the owner saw me with the cart, she began to hit me for trying to steal her purse. FML
Today, I stopped by the gun store to pick up a new concealed weapon for protection. As I was leaving the store, a man came up behind me, hit me with a crowbar, and stole my gun. FML
Today, I was walking down the street, when a little old lady bumped into me and fell over. I helped her up and she thanked me for being "such a nice young man". It was only an hour later as I was in line at the store that I realized she'd pickpocketed my wallet. FML
Today, I had to chase down and tackle a boy (around 11 or 12) at my workplace after I caught him snatching someone's wallet and trying to quickly sneak out with it. Now everyone thinks I have something against children, even after I returned the stranger's wallet and explained that the little brat is a thief. FML
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racerapj 10
GTA Logic - Someone runs into your car, you get 1 wanted level
Ryan_Jaxson 8
The world is ****** up.
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Comments (142)
annie_nk 23
Your intention was good just not very well thought out. (PS does anyone think the manager would have said something? If he was chasing the kid, he would have seen OP right?)
llama612 27
I understand where the police are coming from, you can't really use your car to stop someone. Especially when they are only a teenager and by the sounds of it weren't armed. Also if you had caused the teenager a serious injury sorry to say but they would more than likely have sued you for a lot and very high chance they would have won. Next time if you really want to help just take a picture or video so that maybe it will help ID him and make a case against him stronger.
selahsmithereens 1
The other issue I have with this is the manager was chasing the thief, another thing that isn't exactly legal. You're always told in retail to not engage the robber and be compliant.
Dekarian 7
97 - The kid was a shoplifter, not an armed robber.
Tragichero92 12
Aw, what happened to the good Samuratan Law that protects you from this kind of bullshit?
llama612 27
Pretty sure that only covers people giving CPR or assisting someone who is injured so they don't get sued for that. Stopping an unarmed teenager from shoplifting doesn't really fit that bill.
Enslaved 38
This is not the same thing. (:
llama612 27
To 33- Actually if you read it the FML OP never actually states they hit the guy they just got arrested for hitting a pedestrian so the guy could have just ran into the car when it was blocking the way, which mind you still counts as hitting a pedestrian because you willfully moved your car into the pedestrains way knowing full well they would hit you. Maybe you should read it again especially since no where in the FML does it say accidently.
keyana95 1
The cops always get pissy when you do their job better than them. That's why they're always trying to arrest Batman and Spider-Man.
ManInTheMachine 20
llama612: I read it fine, thanks. I said accidentally because OP did it without the intention of hitting the thief, correct? Their INTENTION was to block the way of the thief, which IS stated in the FML. If it was UNINTENTIONAL but it still happened, then it was ACCIDENTAL. Maybe you should go back to English class before you try to argue semantics.
StanSmith2013 26
That's what you get for trying to be a hero and doing the police's job!
ManInTheMachine 20
By the way, I'm not saying OP should've played the hero, I'm just saying that he didn't do it on purpose.
mario2012 18
I actually happen to work at a Walgreens. When they train you they tell you, the normal employee to NOT go after the thief and only let the managers do it because they could have a weapon on hand and you could get hurt and the company would be liable. So therefore YDI.
mario2012 18
See kids, this is why you don't comment after working a 9.5 hour shift. Your brain is too tired to comprehend everything. If a mod sees this, please delete this and my original comment. Thank you Alan.
llama612 27
To maninthemachine He INTENTIONALLY blocked the thief so by INTENTIONALLY blocking the thief he forced the thief to run into his car which doesn't make it an accident. I read it fine thanks :)