Today, my neighbor called the cops on me, all because he heard me speaking Arabic. I was on the phone with my grandmother in Egypt. 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 had the cops called on me for acting suspiciously. I was using a payphone. FML
Today, I was singing in the shower and my neighbor called the police because they thought I was in trouble. FML
Today, I went to pay my grandma a visit. She called the cops because she didn't recognize me and thought I was a robber. FML
Today, my neighbor called the cops on me, claiming I'd threatened him with a gun. Despite zero proof, they took me to the station and gave me hell. I guess what I've learned today is that you should never offend your crazy neighbor by breaking up with his daughter. FML
Today, I awoke to the sound of my neighbors attacking my car with a baseball bat accusing me of calling the cops on them. I did call the cops on them, after they screamed at me last night, drunkenly, to call the cops for them because they thought they were being robbed. FML
Today, I was harassed repeatedly by other passengers during my flight for speaking Arabic and sounding aggressive. I was in no way being aggressive, and I had to speak Arabic because it's the only language my mother-in-law speaks. Such a fuss was made, I did end up being questioned by TSA. FML
Today, my dad cussed out an individual on the phone because he thought it was a telemarketer. He was my Indian girlfriend's father. FML
Today, my grandmother called me in a fit of panic because her new neighbors are black. So is my fiancé, whom she is supposed to meet tomorrow. FML
Today, some cops came to my house saying that the neighbors thought the party I was having was too loud and obnoxious. It was my grandmother's 86 birthday party. FML
Today, I discovered the terrible things my parents say about my wife while visiting them. They speak in Arabic around us and I've never really been able to understand them. Guess who hasn't only brushed up on his Arabic, but spent the last 6 months teaching his wife… FML
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Soninuva 41
Sounds like your neighbor also wears a tinfoil hat.
wheresmymary 22
Intolerant prick
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Comments (124)
Othman_Ebrahim 12
that is ******* shit
v4valour 15
Leave a cake in a suspicious looking package outside your neighbors door, that's bound to get them to call the cops and get fined for prank calls.
KickAss73 12
This is a regular occurrence in American society now. There are always stories of people getting kicked off planes simply because they're speaking Arabic or are wearing jubbas. Just shows the level of influence likes of Trump and Fox news has on general public there.
Frau_Blucher 14
I'm sorry you had to deal with such idiocy :(
sparkledoge 29
I can't believe some people dare speaking different languages, all these Syrian people who speak Syrian, these Korean people speaking Korean.. Once i even heard a German guy speaking German, he was totally a Nazi right ? Once i, a French person, even caught myself speaking French, behold, i will probably be on my way to steal your lands.
zoza7oss 32
Syrian people speak Arabic not Syrian lol :)
MrZed_fml 11
Your neighbour is the type of person who would vote for Trump
interesting33 37
I'm confused - what did he exacly tell the police? I can't imagine they would come if all he said was 'my neighbour is having a conversation in Arabic.' Did he make up something else?
Pinwheel 10
Maybe it was similar to the case with the student that had to leave the plane. Apparently everybody speaks Arabic these days and is therefore able to understand words like: martyr, bomb, terrorist attack, I will steal candy from a baby and whatnot...
Zeroace 18
Americans can be very ignorant.
mightyfp 1
on the bright side, she can recognize Arabic. can't say that for all Americans
AN5661618 10
YDI for being a terrorist