Miscellaneous: Today, the power in my village went out. This caused the back-up...

By James - 08/02/2016 22:55 - United Kingdom - Sheffield

Today, the power in my village went out. This caused the back-up battery powered alarm to go off. Nobody in the house even knew our alarm worked, let alone how to make it stop. It's been going off for over an hour now. FML

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By Beepbeepbeep - 01/09/2011 02:50 - United States

Today, I lost power. That didn't stop my house alarm from running on battery, loudly informing me in a British accent, "AC power disconnected. BEEP. AC power disconnected. BEEP." It's been going on for 5 hours and the battery takes a special screwdriver to remove. One we don't have. FML

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By Samuel - 21/05/2010 19:12 - Canada

Today, I woke up to find my power was out. After taking a shower in the dark and being unable to make myself lunch, my power came on two minutes before I had to leave for school. FML

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By devakii - 16/10/2009 17:27 - United States

Today, the power went out at work. As everyone left the building to go home, the owner came in to inform me that, since the phones were on a battery back up, I would be staying to man them. The phones rang 2 times in the 4 hours I sat in the dark by myself. Both times were telemarketers. FML

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By idiot bro - 06/07/2014 18:04 - United States - Brunswick

Today, after a power outage at my house, my 14-year-old brother was genuinely confused as to why our flashlights still worked if we had no electricity. FML

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By lollerskate - 16/01/2010 15:37 - United States

Today, my smoke alarm went off. In a frenzy, I called 9-1-1 and exited my house. Several minutes later a fire truck showed up. After investigating, one of the firemen informed me I needed to change the batteries in my smoke alarm. FML

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Damp, dark night

By Entity303 - 14/11/2020 21:32 - India

Today, I'm staying in a hotel. The power went out while I was having a shower. So I waited for it to come back on, until an announcement came over the fire alarm, "Due to generating failure, the power will be off for the rest of the night. Sorry for any inconvenience this may have caused, and have a good night." FML

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Survivalist

By Anonymous - 13/12/2023 21:30 - Australia

Today, during a storm-related power failure, I jerry-rigged an inverter from my car to supply the essentials. In doing so, I managed to blow up the fridge, smoke and all. The power came back on 5 minutes later. FML

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By Anonymous - 28/05/2016 13:00 - United States - Atlanta

Today, I was so tired, I passed out at work in the middle of a call. All because my neighbor's car alarm kept going off every 3 minutes all through the morning. It was still going when I left for work. If you see a news story in a few days about a whole neighborhood beating a guy to death, that's probably us. FML

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By shadow1248 - 27/05/2012 05:06 - United States - Stamford

Today, I had finally gotten my dogs to quiet down and my baby to fall asleep. Not thirty seconds later, my neighbor's car alarm went off. They aren't home for the weekend, and the damn alarm has now been blaring for three hours. FML

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By Anonymous - 19/09/2010 05:38 - United States

Today, I accidentally bumped into the fire alarm which set off a high pitch buzzing noise that could be heard throughout the entire dorm. It went on for at least two hours and none of the technicians could figure out how to turn it off. All the girls on my floor want to kill me. FML

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bonbon1559 19

Tuesday 9 February 2016 11:32

Hammer time!

NoOrdinaryNZer 28

Tuesday 9 February 2016 11:31

FYL op, alarms are annoying as hell.

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NoOrdinaryNZer 28

Tuesday 9 February 2016 11:31

FYL op, alarms are annoying as hell.

bonbon1559 19

Tuesday 9 February 2016 11:32

Hammer time!

GAJones4221 10

Tuesday 9 February 2016 12:22

obviously they don't use it ever, bludgeoning with a hammers justified.

BlueBaronBitch 22

Tuesday 9 February 2016 12:31

As Nicki Minaj (god I hate even typing this) would say: pound the alarm

JKPwnage 27

Tuesday 9 February 2016 20:36

I read it in the voice of MC Hammer

may14th 26

Tuesday 9 February 2016 11:35

Light it on fire

GAJones4221 10

Tuesday 9 February 2016 12:24

No, we smash it with a hammer until we can move it outside and then light it on fire with gasoline.

BlueBaronBitch 22

Tuesday 9 February 2016 12:28

Wouldn't that just set the fire alarm off too?

moodyreallyrocks 27

Tuesday 9 February 2016 11:39

Hopefully everything will start getting better OP!

PO_linesman 4

Tuesday 9 February 2016 11:46

Open the cover/lid. Disconnect the battery. If the outside strobe has a separate battery you might need a ladder to do the same outside. Then get an alarm technician to reset the PIN so you can start using it again.

Furcorn_57 17

Tuesday 9 February 2016 11:55

Hope everything gets better, OP! That must be annoying. FYL.

cheeeksss 29

Tuesday 9 February 2016 12:02

Beyonce yelling "ring the alarm" started playing in my head.

MsFit 17

Tuesday 9 February 2016 20:39

I started hearing, "Ring the alarm and I'm throwin' elbows" in mine. Now it's stuck in my head and I just want it to stop. Thanks a lot for the very literal Dirrty mind, OP