Author asks followers about good deeds that backfired and we can't stop laughing

"I threw a pie in Rupert Murdoch's face and went to prison for it."

John Niven is releasing his new book 'No Good Deed' and he's decided to give away a copy on Twitter.

How do you enter, we hear you ask. Well, he's asked his followers to tell him about a good deed of theirs that backfired.

The responses are truly comical!

Thought my boss was having a stroke in work, called ambulance, made a huge scene. Turned out he was drunk, he got fired.

— "Fuzzy" Stewart (@FuzzyGolf) May 15, 2017

@salihughes my grandma threw 50p into a cup of tea that a man in a wheelchair was holding outside Morrisons once. Mortifying.

— Olivia Threlkeld (@OliviaMayT) May 15, 2017

Told my son to let elderly lady on train first.Doors closed he got left on platform & me on train.
He was 4
We were visiting Berlin.....

— Scottish Wummin @scottishwummin.bsky.social (@ek46) May 15, 2017

When I was younger I tried to stop a woman from smoking weed at a party because I thought she was pregnant, but she wasn't pregnant.

— Callum McPhee (@Callum0510) May 15, 2017

I rescued a distressed cat that was trapped in brambles. It responded by grabbing my head in its clawed paws and biting me on the face.

— Red Sky At Night (@redskyatnight) May 15, 2017

Dived in to save a kid drowning in Norfolk. Ruined phone wallet. His mum then had a go at me for pulling him out by his arms!!

— Toby White (@Tobermoree) May 15, 2017

Helped an old lady at bus stop who'd dropped her messages. She then told 20+ ppl queue that I was trying to steal her stuff

— Shizweasel (@Shizweasel) May 15, 2017

I once gave up my seat on the tube for a pregnant lady. Turned out she was neither pregnant nor female. (Beer-gutted iron maiden fan).

— penguins penguins penguins penguins penguins pengu (@KingPenguin72) May 15, 2017

We have to agree with John, he'll have to part with more than one copy after these!