Karma sucks
Dropped my children back off to mother and new-partner at Gatwick airport. Her new partner was incredibly rude, and threatening, and I was left very shaky from the encounter.

My next step was picking up a car to drive back to Cornwall - but before that I decided to have a quick cig.

Whilst outside I watched a guy struggling with a luggage trolley. He was utterly unable to detach one from the "train" and eventually threw his bags on the floor - far too many for one man to carry, but he was beginning to hook them up to drag them to where-ever he needed to go.

Having just had a very, very bad experience with my ex-wifes new partner, I had the karmic thought of just helping this chap out. So I spoke to him, ascertained that he had no UK pound coins (having just arrived in the country) and gave him one of mine.

His heart-warming response was a genuine "May God Bless you, my friend" and he gave me an Egyptian pound coin in return for the English one I had given him.

All of which is lovely, and you'd think my karma had been paid forward.

No.

Wrong.

My credit card got declined at 10:30pm whilst trying to hire a car. My mammy and daddy had to race around Edinburgh airport trying to sort this out for me ( God love them for it ) and I got lost through the diversions on the M5 after that horrible crash.

It was a bloody nightmare, and I now don't believe in Karma any more
(weedom, Sun 12 Feb 2012, 2:24, 10 replies)

I think only doing good things as an incentive to "earn" good karma
kinda defeats the purpose.
(Misery McUglywife an attention seeking sociopathic fuckstain., Sun 12 Feb 2012, 3:26, closed)

Which is why, on this occasion, the universe decided to fart right in your face.
You can't cheat the system.
( blaireau69 , the Cumbrian Travis Bickle., Sun 12 Feb 2012, 9:10, closed)

Karma.
Part of it is regression to mean, and part of it is if you do good things for people, they are more likely to do good things for you, if you act like a cunt, people are more likely to treat you like a cunt.

The idea that helping a bloke at the airport would make your journey home easier is ridiculous. You may as well have prayed for a good journey.
( The Awful Puppy Bakery is still bored, Sun 12 Feb 2012, 10:00, closed)

I think you have been mislead by John Lennon
You will have to wait for your next incarnation to discover if your kindness has paid off.
( tangledupinblue hairy badge with moving eyes, Sun 12 Feb 2012, 10:27, closed)

Johm Lennon and Earl Hickey
have a lot to answer for.
(FartThroughAWalkieTalkie wished you were dead in ditch on, Sun 12 Feb 2012, 10:35, closed)

but Joy is a lot funnier than Yoko

( Smash Monkey lowering the tone of the whole internet, Sun 12 Feb 2012, 13:39, closed)

Ohhh
Snap!
(Misery McUglywife an attention seeking sociopathic fuckstain., Sun 12 Feb 2012, 17:47, closed)

karma had nothing to do with it.
you were stupid enough to fall for the 'cursed Egyptian coin luggage switch' and got just what you deserved.
You'll have to scam someone else into taking it off you to remove the curse. Don't believe me? The Egyptians have load of these coins, and look at what's happened to them.
(FartThroughAWalkieTalkie wished you were dead in ditch on, Sun 12 Feb 2012, 10:33, closed)

You could have been helping a suicide bomber with his very large bag of explosives.
Didn't stop to think of that now did you? Fucking hell.
(yourmumonastickwithmintsauce, Sun 12 Feb 2012, 22:19, closed)

Oh
You were late and avoided that horrible crash on the M5.
( Regger, Mon 13 Feb 2012, 14:30, closed)