Transportation: Today, I was driving home through the middle of nowhere when...

By Anonymous - 08/07/2009 15:24 - United States

Today, I was driving home through the middle of nowhere when a screw punctured my car tire. I arrived at the town's only auto shop to find that it had closed early. Frantic, I dialed the emergency number listed on the shop's locked door. On the other side of the glass, a phone began to ring. FML

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By Anonymous - 30/03/2023 06:00 - United Kingdom

Today, I left home to go to work, only to find that my car had a flat tyre. No problem, I thought, I'll just change it. That's when I discovered that I'd left my spare tyre at the mechanic's last time I had a flat. FML

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By Anonymous - 27/08/2012 07:29 - United States - Brockton

Today, I got a flat tire. The spare was also flat, so I had no other choice but to walk home. I got to my house and realized I'd left the front door key and garage clicker in my car 5 miles away. FML

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By stillhungry - 22/05/2009 23:25 - United States

Today, while driving across country, my car broke down while in the middle of nowhere. I had it towed to a mechanic in the nearest town. While he fixed the car, I went to get lunch. The only restaurant in town was an old-fashioned drive-up diner. They wouldn't serve me because I wasn't in a car. FML

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Today, I went in my car to a very important job interview. I was out of gas, so I had to get some on the way. When i was done pumping, I went to get back in and the door handle broke off on the driver's side. Then I blew a tire on a piece of metal. Needless to say, I lost my chance. FML

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By Anonymous - 01/02/2017 10:00 - United States

Today, after closing down the gas station I work at, I went to unlock the door to the building. Turned out the lock broke and I was locked inside until my boss could get there to let me out. FML

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By Anonymous - 17/08/2011 16:45 - United States

Today, I got a flat tire in the middle of nowhere. I called AAA, and they said it would take two hours to get there. They called two hours later saying they got a flat tire and would be there in another two hours. FML

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By Lost... - 06/03/2010 06:16 - United States

Today, after leaving work at 10 pm, I took a shortcut to the highway. After getting lost, my GPS informed me that the service was unavailable and I should try back in an hour. This occurred moments before I ran out of gas. FML

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By Anonymous - 15/03/2016 05:55

Today, I had to drive down to my parents' house. On they way down, I needed to fill up on gas but unfortunately I'd forgotten my wallet at home with all of my cash and credit cards. I then had to call triple A and explain to them in all seriousness how I ran out of gas at the gas station. FML

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crazy_cat_lady24 0

Wednesday 8 July 2009 19:52

break glass, pick up phone!

mkmtrumpeter 0

Wednesday 8 July 2009 20:16

Obviously the guy would've called someone eventually, but it's the ridiculous cruel irony of this that makes it an FML. He's stuck in the middle of nowhere, finds the only auto shop there is, and the number they post to call in an emergency is the phone in the shop, where nobody happens to be because they closed early. FMLs don't have to be unsolvable... I generally find that they're one of those "Oh, come ON" moments that we all have to deal with sometimes.

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kxlovesyou 0

Wednesday 8 July 2009 19:49

haha suckss

MajorLeeScrewed 0

Thursday 9 July 2009 11:23

Change your own tyre woman.

WFMS 0

Wednesday 8 July 2009 19:50

sucks to be you

xTIGERxLILYx 0

Thursday 9 July 2009 3:40

Word. FYL for not learning how to change a tire. #84: NICE

amy_shmamy 0

Thursday 9 July 2009 20:29

more like she deserves it. if there's one auto-mechanical thing people with a car should know, it's how to change a tire pfft women drivers

luvmuffin12 0

Wednesday 8 July 2009 19:50

hahahahaha that sux

leos1991 0

Wednesday 8 July 2009 19:50

Fyl indeed yay 2nd

thabeast 0

Wednesday 8 July 2009 19:58

middle of nowhere in massachusits? (spelled it wrong) OP- Fail #4- Fail

trekkie44 0

Wednesday 8 July 2009 20:01

^^you're retarded. just cuz its small there is the possibility of there being a "nowhere"

mkmtrumpeter 0

Wednesday 8 July 2009 20:13

Could you not scroll up the few hundred pixels to see how it's spelled in the FML? Dolt... And FYL dude. That's unbelievably lame.

derduduh 0

Wednesday 8 July 2009 20:47

yeah totally lame!

fmlcrycrycryfml 0

Wednesday 8 July 2009 22:11

a few hundred pixels? GEEK!!!

crazy_cat_lady24 0

Wednesday 8 July 2009 19:52

break glass, pick up phone!

noName123456 0

Wednesday 8 July 2009 22:37

definetly pick up the phone it could be an emergency No spare?

mattmag 0

Thursday 9 July 2009 2:07

rofl nice

abbvest 0

Wednesday 8 July 2009 19:53

fyl...that's messed up

crazysk8guy 0

Wednesday 8 July 2009 19:53

WTF why would they do that? fail!

grungecat 0

Wednesday 8 July 2009 19:53

Hahaaaaaa!

fwertyh8r 0

Wednesday 8 July 2009 19:54

To #5: Then he would be picking up his own call, and still have no one to fix his car??

mcpicklejar 0

Wednesday 8 July 2009 20:46

really!?!??!?!?!??!

Squidipus 0

Wednesday 8 July 2009 20:57

I may be wrong here, but I think 5 was trying to be funny.

Anonymous409 0

Thursday 9 July 2009 7:00

No I think you have it right, he WAS trying to be funny.

skullbuster 0

Wednesday 8 July 2009 19:55

I'm not going to make any assumptions here, but you did have access to a phone. You are living in what some believe to be the most technically advanced country on the planet, you couldn't make a call to information and then call AAA? Last time I checked, it is 2009 in Massachusetts too. Hardly a FML...

anniebananie 3

Wednesday 8 July 2009 19:57

I believe you actually have to be a member of AAA for them to come out and pick your car up. Maybe the OP wasn't a member.

slapjaw 0

Wednesday 8 July 2009 20:16

might not be a member of AAA but he could at least call for a tow truck or something. Granted I think he should have had a spare. If you don't have a proper spare you shouldn't be driving that far.