Miscellaneous: Today, I was walking through town when I saw a plastic bag on...

By fml - 25/04/2009 01:55 - United States

Today, I was walking through town when I saw a plastic bag on the ground. Trying to be a good citizen, I picked it up, intending on throwing it in the trash. When I looked up, there wasn't a trash can for another hundred feet. So I put it back down. Now I've got a $200 fine to pay for littering. FML

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By Typrokka - 22/10/2009 17:20 - United Kingdom

Today, I went to drop the garbage in the compactor as I left to do some shopping. I quickly put my handbag down on the side, threw the 'garbage' in the machine, watched it do its thing, and then turned round to find... the bag of garbage on the side. FML

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By Anonymous - 13/09/2012 03:58 - United States - Cedar Rapids

Today, feeling angry at the world, I threw a bottle, that had been clearly marked to be recycled, into a garbage can as an act of defiance. Minutes later, I guiltily retreated and spent the next few minutes with my entire arm stuck up the stinking ass of a city garbage can. FML

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By Sam - 26/09/2011 11:46 - Australia

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By Anonymous - 19/03/2009 20:47 - Canada

Today, at 4:00 a.m., I woke up and realized that I had thrown an expensive gift certificate for a friend in the garbage. Since it was garbage day, I ran out in the rain in my pajamas and rifled through all three bags of garbage. Twice. I found the gift certificate. It was in my pocket. FML

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earwig12 1

Saturday 25 April 2009 9:04

So walk the extra hundred feet. How is that a big deal?

burritobird 0

Saturday 25 April 2009 9:06

a plastic bag doesn't weigh anything and it wouldn't have taken any extra effort to walk the 100 ft. your laziness disgusts me. you completely deserved it.

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hahaha6 0

Monday 27 April 2009 19:24

Agreed, Lazy!

takran 0

Monday 27 April 2009 19:59

#111: Except the OP was too lazy to do a good deed.

atomicmrpelly 2

Tuesday 28 April 2009 1:15

YDI... You know you do... don't even pretend you want to FYL, you posted this because you feel guilty!

KosmoK 0

Tuesday 28 April 2009 7:32

What? so like a cop somehow doesn't notice u pick it up but sees you drop it 2 seconds later? that makes sense......

nomo_fml 0

Tuesday 28 April 2009 20:27

Not sure why everyone's giving this the "YDI", since I'm sure 99% of the people commenting would be just as lazy. And I bet all those people calling you lazy are so lazy themselves that they wouldn't bother to pick it up in the first place.

earwig12 1

Wednesday 29 April 2009 15:02

#102 - Legally AND morally. While technically this trash is in part the responsibility of any person walking past, by picking it up, OP actively made himself responsible for that bag. Yes, blame goes to the original litterer as well, but once you have taken that initial step, you should follow through. And to all of you people saying that YDI posters wouldn't have picked up the trash, I think you're just assuming that because you wouldn't have. I go out of my way to make the world a little nicer all the time.

vampirerebel 0

Saturday 11 July 2009 22:40

I agree wholeheartedly. I have school books that are stain from me picking up a recyclable cup at school and sticking it in my backpack until I could find somewhere to compost it (the cups are specifically designed to compost) and it leaked, turning half my stuff orange. I don't care though, because recycling is that important