Today, while volunteering at a local homeless shelter, I asked the woman next to me how long she'd been homeless. She works there. 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, I walked home from work when a woman asked me to come inside for a free meal. It was at a homeless shelter. FML
Today, at work, a homeless woman called me trash, threw her coffee at me, and told me to get a job. I do have a job. It's homeless outreach. FML
Today, a woman at the retirement home I work at told me she was new and asked me a few questions. I asked her when she moved in. She was a new coworker, not a new resident. FML
Today, I was doing a study on homeless people and how they manage to stay alive on the streets. Turns out the one I was studying today was given more money than I make in a week. FML
Today, I was waiting inside the shelter at the bus stop when a lady came up to me and asked if I would mind if she peed. FML
Today, a homeless man asked me for some money to eat. He ate the five dollars I gave him. FML
Today, while walking down the street, a homeless man walked up to me. He opened his mouth to say something and I immediately said that I didn't have any spare change because I was late for work. He then said "I was gonna ask you for the time, dickwad". Apparently he wasn't homeless. FML
Today, I was going to volunteer at a soup kitchen. I saw a man working, so I went up to him to ask where I should sign in. Before I even opened my mouth, he told me that they opened at 12 and to come back then for my meal. FML
Today, working in a department store, I spent at least 30 minutes helping a verbally abusive elderly woman in a wheelchair find an appropriate jacket for winter. She finally asked me to retrieve one she wanted in her size. When I returned she was in deep sleep, snoring and all. FML
Today, I met a cute girl. She seemed really sweet and I was heartbroken to find out that she had fallen on hard times and was living in a shelter. I asked her if I could take her out to lunch. She said, "No." I can't even get a date with a homeless girl. FML
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Top comments
spottyblanket 8
It is an easy mistake to make OP, she probably found it funny. Come on, if you are working with the homeless you'll learn to accept A, B and C and won't exactly dress to impress--as you probably do not want to rub their noses in it, long hours and expect the unexpected...
Betz 10
When you assume it makes an ass out of u and...a bum out of another.
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Comments (81)
eyecon502 13
Why do they need volunteers? Don't they already have a couple hundred capable people staying there?
simonsaysYDI 8
Usually there's a reason they're homeless. Not always, but I'm sure there have been plenty of failed attempts to integrate the homeless into helping run the shelters.
isaiaah 6
Play it off as a joke.
hateevryone 15
Hope she wasn't too offended.
ICastillo 25
That's a big assumption OP did she smell like urine and have ripped up clothes and stuff?
sumbum95 15
You're a douche for judging someone like that. Don't judge a book by its cover.
Wellwhateverthen 8
Oh man I just laughed so hard when I read this.
mosquito19 14
you should've ask how long she's been working there to begin with
missyfiona89 28
I'm sorry. But she can't blame u for assuming, she probably thought you're homeless too! Nevada is pretty much a state filled with hobos.
jwbfml 11
Open mouth, insert foot.
thatnucca 36
You should just said: "Way to blend in"...