Miscellaneous: It's not what you think

It's not what you think

By gooddeedgonebad - 26/05/2013 09:19 - Australia - Upper Swan

Today, I helped an elderly woman carry her suitcase down a flight of stairs. When I got to the bottom, a man tackled me to the ground thinking I was stealing the woman's luggage. As I lay in pain, he ran up the stairs to return the suitcase and the poor woman had to carry it down on her own. FML

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By cheekymac - 09/06/2010 15:13 - United Kingdom

Today, I was at the airport baggage collection when I saw an old man struggling to get his very old and heavy suitcase off the belt before giving up. I had already collected my bag, but wanting to be helpful, the old man watched me as I grabbed his handle, yanked and snapped it clean off. FML

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By plantfood - 06/01/2012 05:47 - United States

Today, I was boarding a plane and an elderly woman asked if I could put her carry on into the overhead bin. Eager to help, I energetically lifted her bag up, and smacked her in the face with it. FML

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You deserved it 6 361

By whathehell - 27/04/2013 08:28 - United Kingdom

Today, I was walking through a rough part of town, when a woman screamed that I'd stolen her bag. I was tackled to the ground by a large guy, who then gave my bag to her. FML

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You deserved it 3 643

By kqwarrior - 27/06/2016 03:46 - United States - San Francisco

Today, while at the airport with a cast on my leg, I fell backwards onto my suitcase. My family was too busy to notice my squirming as I tried to get up, so a kind woman awkwardly helped me off the ground. Later on, I found out my dad saw me but thought someone would help me "soon enough." FML

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You deserved it 947

Mind your own business

By Anonymous - 20/06/2013 00:13 - United States - Lees Summit

Today, I was at the airport when I saw a woman drop her bags and run to her husband. Thinking that someone might steal them, I picked up her bags and brought them over to her. She thanked me by slapping me, calling me a bitch and calling security. FML

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You deserved it 5 915

By punchedhelper - 20/06/2012 23:27 - United States - Brooklyn

Today, I saw an old man struggling with three bags, so I offered to carry them for him. He must not have heard me because when I bent down to take the bags, he thought I was stealing them and punched me in the face. FML

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You deserved it 4 096

By WesJaz - 08/01/2010 16:35 - United States

Today, I was working as a cashier and a woman brought up a suitcase. As I was ringing her up I checked inside like I'm supposed to and I very jokingly say, "Look at all the stuff you're stealing." She laughed nervously then hit me in the head with her heavy purse before running out of the store. FML

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You deserved it 4 469

The road to hell

By notgoodwitholdpeople - 23/05/2014 16:00 - Singapore - Singapore

Today, an old lady fell in the street, and I rushed to help her. As I tried to help her to her feet, she started screaming, "She pushed me! She pushed me!" I froze up in shock, and ended up being chased by some guy who thought I'd attacked her. FML

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You deserved it 3 117

By arghh - 29/09/2009 09:43 - Australia

Today, I was on a tram and I noticed an older lady having trouble getting down the stairs. I immediately got up to help her, dropping my bag on the seat accidentally. As I went to get back on the tram, the doors closed. FML

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Smooth criminal

By Anonymous - 28/04/2012 01:55 - United States - Darien

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

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You deserved it 2 578

Welshite 39

Sunday 26 May 2013 16:16

Don't even attempt to help her cross the road then. You may not live through the experience.

Ace132 20

Sunday 26 May 2013 16:17

No good deed goes unpunished..

Comments

simsgirlgem 25

Monday 27 May 2013 0:38

Didn't the woman think maybe telling this guy that she asked op to help with the luggage then the guy could have realized his fault and carried the luggage back down and apologize to op

JACKxRAWR 22

Monday 27 May 2013 0:44

#5, have you ever been tackled by a full-grown man intent on causing you harm? I assure you it's not fun and I doubt OP would've been in a position to do much fighting back.

Jurbla 14

Monday 27 May 2013 1:36

Alright, first of all, a man TACKLING a woman? First indication something is wrong with him. Second, what was the indication that you were stealing it if she wasn't calling for help or anything? You weren't running away, she wasn't screaming, you could have been her daughter (or daughter-in-law, if it was obvious for one reason or another that there was no blood relation), family friend or some kind of nurse/elderly assistant or whatever they call those people. Third, even after we accept the fact that this man made the dumbest possible conclusion and then went about solving it in the dumbest possible way aside from shooting OP in the head, what in the hell told him that it was that lady's luggage and not yours in the first place if you were that far apart from eachother? That's my second biggest problem with this story. The first being why the blazing hell did NEITHER of you, in all the time it took for him to get upstairs, hand her the luggage and then get out of earshot, which may have very well involved him coming back down the stairs and walking right past you again, to explain what the situation was? I can accept a bit of lapse in judgement, but this story has too many holes for me.

Perdition25 12

Monday 27 May 2013 1:45

I agree, I feel like this is pretty close to being made up. It just seems like total nonsense.

Galaxia 4

Monday 27 May 2013 2:21

OP is a girl. So, that probably wasn't the case.

zango1 15

Monday 27 May 2013 3:28

45 - true but if you come across a situation half way way through it, it may be an idea to figure out what's happening before pouncing on a random stranger.

iammeorami 25

Monday 27 May 2013 3:51

Karma will be waiting for him......

OnyxChronic 9

Monday 27 May 2013 4:23

Sounds like you got to the bottom way before she did, next time stay with the person you're helping?

hellonyancat 6

Monday 27 May 2013 7:35

But if they are moving at a snails pace and you have a heavy suitcase in your hands, you might be better going ahead and then putting it down to save your own back.