By Ms. Heartless - 16/12/2011 00:37 - United States

Today, I was riding the subway, reading a book, when a woman suddenly shoved a flyer over my book. Aghast by her rude gesture, I declined to take the paper. I looked over and noticed it was a flyer for a missing girl. FML
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icy37 10

Still no reason to just shove it over op's book. I'm sure if the woman handed it normally, op would understand.

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wildramz 4

In sure I would have done the same thing

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sbjess 8

You're not at fault for your reaction. I'm sure the lady was obviously frantic, but she could have asked for help instead of shoving the flyer on you

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killerz102 2

She did act rudely, however does that mean you have to just not accept the flyer without taking notice of what it is first? I mean it must be something important for her to just shove the flyer to you, just because someone is rude doesn't mean you have to go all egotistic and be the same, but being calm like that does take practice. Either way if you resolved any misunderstandings afterwards it's all good, after all when you're missing a child you don't think clearly. That much should be obvious.

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icy37 10

wtf? Just because you're rude doesn't mean it was for an important reason. By being rude to potential help for the missing child, she might even hinder efforts to find the child.

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linddezzy 0

Who cares? If your child was missing, would u really think about being polite?

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Joshawott 21

I can understand how you'd feel. I mean, you had no idea what was on the paper when it was rudely thrown in your face. If anything, she should have spoke to you before trying to HAND it to you (ie: not shoving it in your face). Like maybe "Excuse me sir?" then when you look up from your book, she shows you the flier and it goes from there. Sure the woman was most likely desperate to find the little girl (nothing states it was her daughter or anything like that, before anyone says it), but considering that she had the time to design the fliers and make copies of them...can't really say she was in that much of a hurry. Remember people, the OP declined the leaflet before realising what was on it. Can't exactly call him a jerk or anything for that. He probably felt like a jerk after realising what it was.

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linddezzy 0

For all the people on here: what if that was your child? Would you take the time to say "excuse me sir, would you like a flyer for my missing daughter?" or would you try and give the flyer to as many people as possible? Because if that was me I would give it to as many people as possible, even if it wasnt my child.

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mamfa_333 0

Hmm , let's see . Someone's missing . Nbd.

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linnie_wesker 20

OP shouldn't feel bad, if I was reading and some random person shoved something in my face I would've been pissed.

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Kristoffer 35

You did the right thing. It was very rude of her to just shove it in your face like that. Her purpose is to get your help, if even in a minimal degree, and being rude in trying to get that aid is not helping that missing girl one bit. If it were me, I'd be more inclined to help if the flyer were presented to me in a more respectful manner.

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Emperorerror 8

That's not a problem. You did the right thing. Whether or not a girl is missing, she should NOT shove the flyer in your face.

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