What's a story of yours where you tried to do the "right thing" and it backfired on you or made you regret doing it?

MCheetah
Inspired by this question here and @Aerissa_Jade 's story. I told this story in that question.
Whats a story of yours where you tried to do the right thing and it backfired on you or made you regret doing it?
When I was in college, I found some girl's mini purse in the library. It had her campus ID, driver's license, $200 in cash; everything in there. Obviously would've been a bad week to lose that. She was long gone by the time I showed up, and I had work to do before class. I typed my paper for like 30 minutes, and she never came back. I had time to write a quick note and printed that out as well, and left my number behind. I then went to class and silenced my phone for an hour.

After class, I had a voicemail from campus police and the a-hole rent-a-cop told me I was required to meet him at the campus station. This was maybe 10 minutes before class ended.

Whats a story of yours where you tried to do the right thing and it backfired on you or made you regret doing it?
I showed up there with the purse and this POS white knight (he had to be in his late 20s, someone still young enough to date the student) hounded me, with the assumption I *stole* the purse from her. The girl herself was also b*tching, saying "You held me up and wasted my time!" (Even though she had nowhere else to be that day and wasn't in a rush; she didn't even come back to the library.)

I told them I found it in the library, and if I stole it, why would I leave a note with my name and number there. But the prick officer kept asking me follow-up questions, as if I had to prove my innocence.


The 19 year old Karen snatched the purse out of my hand and opened it, assuming I stole her money and whatnot, even though I took nothing. The campus officer, with no strong evidence, decided to "let me off with a warning."

There was a trash bin literally right there, next to the desk and workstation I found the purse. Next time, that sh*t is going straight in the trash and I'll even shuffle the other trash around inside so it's not even visible from the top.


What's something that happened to you where you tried to do the good morally just thing and it backfired on you?
What's a story of yours where you tried to do the "right thing" and it backfired on you or made you regret doing it?
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