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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You deserved it 5 780

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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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 948

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 5 917

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 4 098

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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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 2 579

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

worldclassrager 39

Monday 27 May 2013 7:55

That didn't pan out...and what about the elevator? Was it out of service?

blink831forever 13

Monday 27 May 2013 10:21

So........at no point in time did this elderly woman think to say something like...........Hey! Don't do that she's actually helping me with her luggage. And if you were "stealing" her luggage, wouldn't you be running away with it or something? And who actually steals people luggages?

Mandybruin 15

Monday 27 May 2013 17:11

Me, too, 58! That sounded exciting!

MysticMonkey 9

Monday 27 May 2013 19:34

In todays society it's not unusual for people to steal from the elderly. In a way it's good he tackled you, at least he cared. Fhl and fyl.

AkiChan_fml 7

Wednesday 29 May 2013 15:21

.......Why didn't the woman explain that you were helping her move it DOWN?

aceking1221 3

Monday 10 June 2013 23:23

It'd be funny if the guy who tackled you came on here and tells his story

threer 30

Wednesday 2 October 2013 23:54

You seem like a great person, OP. The last thing you said was about the old woman and not yourself.

wingL 11

Tuesday 12 November 2013 2:49

its weird to me that she didnt walk along your side but stood at the top the entire time, watching you move?

rinzlerkitty94 31

Monday 28 December 2015 8:02

I hate it when nosy fuckwits get involved in situations they have no business being involved in.

Jurbla 14

Friday 19 August 2016 8:14

I'm so confused by this whole situation. How did the man know the luggage wasn't yours? How did he come to the conclusion that you were stealing it rather than the far more likely conclusion that you were assisting the woman with it? If he thought you were stealing someone's belongings, why didn't he call the police after he returned the luggage to the woman? Certainly you would have mentioned in your post if the cops got involved in any way. Why did neither of you at any point explain to the man that you weren't stealing, but helping her carry it down the stairs? I figure you didn't, otherwise she wouldn't have had to carry it down the stairs by herself.