Kids: Today, a child was choking in the store I work at. He was alone...

By justwantingtohelp - 16/08/2013 05:02 - United States - Highland

Today, a child was choking in the store I work at. He was alone in the aisle, so I started the Heimlich without his parents' permission. After dislodging what was caught, his mother turned the corner and went screaming to my manager for touching her kid. I got a write up. FML

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Today, at my job working retail, I had just finished cleaning and straightening a whole aisle. This kid watched me do the whole thing. When I was done, he stuck his arm out, and ran it down the whole shelf, knocking everything off it. His mother just grabbed his hand and walked away. FML

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By bitch i'm a gerontophile - 29/11/2012 18:08 - Taiwan

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By spitstopper - 07/08/2014 02:22 - United States - Birmingham

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By notapedobear - 13/01/2011 08:21

Today, I was in a shopping centre when a little girl was running up and down the aisles. She started to fall over so I put my hand out to catch her. Her mother then ran up to me and screamed about me 'touching her child' so loud that everyone could hear. FML

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By Anonymous - 07/03/2012 06:46 - United States

Today, at work, we had an extremely rude customer who started cussing at us, and my coworker started cussing back. I jumped on the register to quickly bring down the line, and apologized to everyone for the scene. A secret shopper was in the line and claimed that I was rude. I got written up. FML

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By Anonymous - 09/06/2019 12:41

Today, I tripped over a kid at work. She was sitting on the floor with her legs sticking out into the walkway. Her mom caused a scene, accusing me of doing it on purpose. FML

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By hannaslifesucks - 24/06/2012 18:41 - Norway - Kleppe

Today, a kid got his hand stuck inside my store's giant gumball machine. He started crying, and his negligent trainwreck of a mom bitched me out for being "unobservant." I'd been mopping up the mess she'd made after she'd spilled an open can of beer all over the floor. FML

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redwolf56 2

Friday 16 August 2013 11:53

Parents have no common sense these days

Theglc20 27

Friday 16 August 2013 11:54

Hey OP. At least you saved a life. Many people would have just walked by

Comments

stitesy29 18

Friday 16 August 2013 15:19

You need to argue

Laxoxo224 8

Friday 16 August 2013 15:20

******* ridiculous.

Neesalun 20

Friday 16 August 2013 15:25

So she would rather her child be dead? Wow...

JSever 9

Friday 16 August 2013 15:29

Go call the news channel.

alycion 38

Friday 16 August 2013 15:30

Good for you for doing the right thing. There was a local story where a mom was at a park with her three kids. She lost attention of her youngest for a minute and he wandered off. Nobody said or did anything. After a night of searching he was found dead in the river. All I kept asking was why nobody grabbed him or even said something to the mom. I'd rather take the chance of pissing the parent off then something going wrong. I'm glad to hear there are still some who do that as well. Don't let getting written up bother you. You did the right thing and your company should have stood behind you. Just because they are the ones who would turn their back doesn't mean you have to change who you are and do the same.

Pandacupcakelove 26

Friday 16 August 2013 15:32

At least you saved the child! Too bad he has such an airhead for a mother...

NatalieOntheTram 11

Friday 16 August 2013 15:35

Oh for ****'s sake, men can't do ANYTHING with children without being accused of something ridiculous. "Pedo, don't touch my kid!" Does she really think you would just touch her kid in the middle of a store in front of all these people? Ungrateful wench.

Opheliae 22

Friday 16 August 2013 15:38

EXACTLY! I remember a while back when a woman threw a freakin' FIT because a volunteer father at her daughter's toddler day care was helping kids of both genders go to the bathroom. She accused him of being a pervert for taking the girls to go potty (mind you, he had a daughter who was the same age) and petitioned the school to ban him from helping anymore.

dont_doubt_me 29

Friday 16 August 2013 18:10

Are you serious? They didn't ban him did they?

sicksadworld1317 30

Friday 16 August 2013 15:38

I'm really hoping for a happy follow up comment to this FML. It was a wonderful thing you did- you deserve an apology and an office party in your honor. I think you would be disrespecting yourself very much to not say something and stand up for yourself. Fight for documentation- if your boss decides he has a problem with you standing up for yourself, take your documentation and great work ethic somewhere where it will be appreciated. You went above and beyond being a good employee- you became a life saver. You deserve better. Go make sure you get it- best of luck.

hntandjlt 8

Friday 16 August 2013 15:41

But you saved his life?!? That's crazy

sjbartholome 14

Friday 16 August 2013 15:56

Hey OP, you only got a write-up. A lot of places do this when customers complain. It may be standard procedure but your manager may know the truth and not hold that write up against you. Like being in an accident that's not your fault. You did nothing wrong and won't be penalized but the incident is still documented.