No good deed and all that

By Sam - This FML is from back in 2009 but it's good stuff - Belgium

Today, on the way to an exam, I saw a car accident happen. I stopped, helped the woman who was injured, and waited for the paramedics. I was late to school, the teacher didn't buy my excuse, and I failed the exam. It was an exam to test my first aid skills. FML
I agree, your life sucks 78 779
You deserved it 4 404

Top comments

pinkducttape 0

that sucks. hope you can get a paramedic or the woman to talk to your teacher.

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notmuch 0

And on top of that the injured woman will probably sue you because you were not yet certified to give first aid...

You can always appeal to the deans. It rarely works, but it actually might in this case. Documentation will held a lot.

sparxva 12

And if the deans won't help, bring it to the campus newspaper. Professors hate bad press.

takemeaway10 0

I was seriously gonna click YDI until I read " It was an examination of my first aid skills." DAAAAAAAAAAAMN. #11 Can you really do that? I mean, if someone told me they're a paramedic student, I'd welcome the help!

Even if you have proof, the teacher may still have reason to fail you on the exam. She was in the accident... not you. I'm sure you were trying to be sweet, but someone else could have helped her, especially when your EXAM is that day. I don't know what level of school you're in but if you're in college, you should know better.

Lawlihearttigers 5

That is so mean . Idgaf if it was ME or HER. Shee was hurt in an accident and if i know i can help i will eve3n if i cant i will still do my best. That teacher has no reason to use that as grounds for not letting him/her retake the test

Blacksabbath211 9

I'm trapped...14 is cold hearted jerk (from the opinion voiced in the comment), but 94 is part of the illiterate allies, and my internal grammar nazi is stopping me from wholeheartedly agreeing with her because of their typing... 14- so you would rather potentially let somebody die than be late to an exam even if you had the necessary training to save them? Please never go into emergency services.

if you got legit documentation, helping out should count as your test because a. you obviously knew what you were doing and had the confidence to go through with it and b. because this was a real world application, not just something on paper

#7, I'm so sorry, that sucks :(. Your school must be run by assholes. Schools have gotten sooo insane these days. The zillions of rules are just doing more harm then good, and causing people to get in trouble for the the dumbest reasons imaginable. Sometimes "I'm sorry, I'm just doing my job" doesn't cut it as far as excuses go for doing things like what your school did to you...people CAN bend rules in certain situations, but choose not to and look stupid and irrational because of it. You wonder if they're *trying* to make people hate them. That is the world coming to? x( And in my last post, I meant "school", not "schools" at the beginning xP. Yeah, I'm anal that way haha.

notmuch 0

#13 Yup. In some US states the victim you aided can sue your pants off if you are not a certified first responder. That is if the aid was performed incorrectly.

SurpriseButtseks 0

If the victim mentioned you in the police report you should be able to get a copy and appeal the fail grade.

cxal_fml 0

18 - as someone with a severe disability that most people have a very wrong impression of how to help (ie putting something in a persons mouth when a seizure occurs), I'm very glad to have the sue your pants off law. If someone puts anything in my mouth while I have a seizure, you can guarantee I'll be suing their pants off, because there is no excuse for any person endangering my health and safety in such a gross manner. I don't need a mouthful of broken teeth and the danger of choking to death because some idiot can bother learning common sense when it comes to what to do when a seizure happens and what should never, ever be done at any time (ie putting something in a persons mouth during a seizure). That law is the only thing that protects me from some idiot trying to kill me while I'm incapacitated

that is extremelly ironic , lmao , FYL