Today, There was a fire in my building and the fire alarm went off when I was in the shower, I live on the 5th floor and had to run down the stairs naked because the fire was next door. When I got downstairs I got a $500 ticket for public nudity. FML
I agree, your life sucks (35245) - you totally deserved it (6350)
On 08/11/2009 at 3:21pm - misc - by BulgaBoi21 (man) - United States (Illinois)
(0)before you say "you should've used a towel", think about it if he in reality had the towel. he would wrapped himself, but then had to run quickly down the stairs, holding on to the handrail. chances are, the towel would've fallen off
(+1)#38: Even if it unwrapped, just grab it with one hand or even your mouth until you reach the ground floor. Then cover yourself. I would even grab a backpack with some of my more important items like my phone or glasses along with the towel. You don't just jump because someone clapped.
(0)im sure you can contest that ticket and get rid of it. thats just stupid.
#120 - On 08/12/2009 at 11:37am by TheLittlestNinja
(+4)could you not have like grabbed a towel? i mean... you were in the bathroom.
#3 - On 08/11/2009 at 7:15pm by robbyrabbit
(0)OP probably panicked and didn't think about it.
Completely unfair OP, you should take it to court or do soooomething.
#4 - On 08/11/2009 at 7:18pm by DameGreyWulf
(0)Exactly what I was thinking. I mean, why didn't you wear a towel?
#31 - On 08/11/2009 at 8:19pm by XxNicolexX
(-5)Too many negative votes, comment buried. Show the comment.
who gives a shit if one mentions that he/she was first or not? JFC It's not like you're going to fucking explode
#34 - On 08/11/2009 at 8:27pm by geesquared
(0)or assuming it wasn't a big fire that was too out of control yet...a pair of boxers or underwear of some sort. I don't think I would have ran out of the shower outside naked even for a fire...I guess it all depends on a few things.
(+1)You have about a minute, at most two minutes to vacate when the fire is that close to you. That being said, I still think it leaves you with enough time to grab a towel on your way out, even if you don't wrap yourself until you're safe. ... now, people escape fire with all kinds of weird things. When people are in panic mode, they don't think clearly. (At least 75% of the population don't think clearly, 25% do, but they're also slightly sociopathic, myself being one of them, and before you say that's scary, 1/3 of supervisors are also slightly sociopathic.) You'd think people would grab their wallet or computer or passport when they escape, since those are important. Often people escape with a pillow, a water bottle, a stuffed toy, or something even dumber.
To OP, if it was me I would try to argue it in court. Plead to the judge and explain the circumstances. Chances are the judge will have a good laugh and be sympathetic to your situation and either reduce the fine or wave it.
(0)Check up by the reply to #1... running down 5 flights of stairs for your life.... personally Id put my pants on (the ones with my wallet), then again, none of us ever thinks they will loose their cool in a panic.
(+1)I agree. OP you could have definitely covered yourself in one of those. YDI big-time
#6 - On 08/11/2009 at 7:26pm by shadow_foot
(0)To #5 & #6- I understand why he didn't grab a towel; if there's a fire you dont take the time to do anything, you just get the hell out of there. And besides, he didn't know where the fire was. For all he knew, it could have been his room, so give him a break!
OP- wow fyl. I'm sorry that happened to you
#20 - On 08/11/2009 at 8:02pm by Hahawowurlifesux
(0)You have enough time to at least grab a towel, it's not like they're telling him he should have got fully clothed or anything.
(+2)Yeah but he was probably panicking and wasn't thinking straight or didn't want to waste any time by grabbing a towel; if there's a fire, you just run outside to safety, no distractions
#25 - On 08/11/2009 at 8:11pm by Hahawowurlifesux
(0)It takes like 5 seconds to grab a towel which would presumably be already hanging up in the bathroom. It's not exactly a delay. And fire doesn't spread THAT quickly inside a building.
(0)#20....the OP did know where the fire was....if you read, it says he had to run because the fire was next door, and unless his towels were across the room and nowhere near the bathroom....then he could have grabbed a towel before leaving
(0)Did you actually see flames? If not, grab something,please.
#114 - On 08/12/2009 at 6:14am by time4coffee
(0)Can't you just go explain the situation? If the fire was next door they should do something to help you out, since you probably weren't thinking clearly and wanted to get the hell out of there. And if they don't FYL.
#7 - On 08/11/2009 at 7:27pm by urlifeisfucked
(0)yeah it would take less than a second to grab a towel... but if none were nearby, bath mat, shower curtain, anything would have worked to cover yourself.
but i'm sure you could get the ticket reversed if you appealed it and explained the situation
(0)In ways, I can't say this fml is real.
She could have at least had some time to grab a towel..like, can't you think?? you could have put it on while you were running.
And I don't buy that a cop would go through that whole crowd and give you a 500 dollar ticket meanwhile you are waiting outside of a burning building. I think a cop would ask why you were naked outside in the first place. Most cops would have understood.
If it is real, then fyl, but you can definitely fight the ticket if some cop was stupid enough to give you a ticket.
(0)coulnt you have grabbed ANYTHING ?!
like, shirt you were wearing or something..
towel?!
common now.
(0)I would have thought you could have argued about that
#17 - On 08/11/2009 at 7:57pm by drimpossible
(+2)I actually find it extremely strange that you did not think to grab a towel. I know people like you, so I kind of believe this FML, but YDI, man. Most definitely. I have an ex-husband like you. I asked him once, if you were in a room and the adjacent room door was closed, and there was smoke coming under the crack, and you felt the door knob and it was burning hot, what would you do? He said, "I'd open it." You can relax, man. Your soulmate is living in Georgia.
(0)That sucks but is much better than running a mile and a half from a crazy father naked, for that I am guilty.
#23 - On 08/11/2009 at 8:08pm by dannydemise
(0)You could have gotten a towel before leaving the building. I'd go explain myself to the police.They would proably understand. FYL indeed
#24 - On 08/11/2009 at 8:09pm by AdrenalineX
(0)So many FYL votes and so few YDI, I don't understand? You were in the shower, any towel even a dirty one had to be nearby, how could u not have had time to grab it and run then worry about getting it on? YDI 100% especially if u were trying to show off your body which I could see some people doing
(0)So many FYL votes and so few YDI, I don't understand? You were in the shower, any towel even a dirty one had to be nearby, how could u not have had time to grab it and run then worry about getting it on? YDI 100% especially if u were trying to show off your body which I could see some people doing
(0)I call bullshit. Public nudity isn't illegal, exbitionism is illegal. If you were standing there saying "hey look at me!" you couldn't legally have gotten a ticket. Also, the person writing your ticket would have understood your situation.
#29 - On 08/11/2009 at 8:18pm by addictinsane
(0)uhh 29 public nudity is illegal in the states....... you can't walk around naked, cops will pounce on you so fast. but if you explained the situation that would have to be one pissed off cop to actually ticket you.
#33 - On 08/11/2009 at 8:26pm by Gregiscool
(0)OP wouldn't have been walking around naked though - they would have been standing in a big group of evacuated residents staring at a fucking fire in the building. The world is either full of more morons than I'd been led to believe.... or this is fake.
(0)but if the guy is naked a bunch of people are not just gonna stand in a group around him, even if there is a fire.
#76 - On 08/11/2009 at 10:14pm by FML_is_My_Life12
(0)I don't mean they were surrounding him - but he was still a part of the group. Not just some random naked guy running around on the street. Clearly there was a reason for his nudity, albeit a stupid one.
(0)FYL because even if you grabbed a towel, it wouldn't stick to your body and might accidentally catch on fire
#30 - On 08/11/2009 at 8:18pm by sageblast95
(0)it's amazing what your minds forgets in panicky situations...
#32 - On 08/11/2009 at 8:23pm by littlemisslee
(0)a damn towel was too hard to keep nearby while ur showering?
#35 - On 08/11/2009 at 8:30pm by justmyluck1212
(0)Sounds pretty fake, i mean the officer giving you the ticket must have noticed the hubbub & fire engines & the FLAMING BUILDING. Cmon man gtfo with your fake fml's.
(0)Cops have been known to arrest firefighters at the scene of a major car accident. Ambulances carrying patients have been ordered to sit there while the cops take their sweet time writing a ticket. Most cops are understanding, but there's something about a badge and gun that makes the rest overly eager to prove their dick's bigger.
Fight the ticket. Minor violations are usually excusable in emergencies, and a fire certainly fits the bill. Chances are good the judge will just throw it out altogether.
#63 - On 08/11/2009 at 9:42pm by cthulhu1138
(0)That's bullshit. I would not pay for that... that's stupid. I'd refuse to pay that.
#39 - On 08/11/2009 at 8:41pm by Dopehead666
(+1)I honestly cannot say whether or not i would've grabbed a towel
I mean.. it seems logical, but, like it was pointed out, he probably wasn't thinking about it, he just wanted to get the hell out of there.
And cops will give tickets for anything anymore, so you can't really tell whether or not it was fake just from that (#37)
So lay off the poor guy. He just went out and exposed to everyone his downstairs mix-up.
#40 - On 08/11/2009 at 8:41pm by that_guy321
(0)You have time to grab a towel, come on. The last thing a fire alarm went off in a hotel I was staying at, I was taking a crap, but I'm at least gonna wipe my butt and pull my pants up before I run downstairs. You have a couple seconds to do anything when a fire alarm sounds.
#44 - On 08/11/2009 at 8:51pm by MadeOfAwesome
(0)Slight difference though: Running down stairs nude is easier than running down stairs with pants around your ankles. If you hadn't pulled up your pants you'd have tripped and cracked your skull open.
#52 - On 08/11/2009 at 9:10pm by themixedt4pe
(0)What, you can't take 45 seconds to throw on jeans and a t-shirt? YDI for being such a total retard.
#45 - On 08/11/2009 at 8:54pm by echarperouge
(0)there's this invention called a bathrobe. you keep it in the bathroom and after a bath (or shower) you put it on like a long shirt and you can walk around (or run down stairs) and not get a nudie ticket!
(0)I really don't know how to vote this one...
YDI if you didn't even grab a towel... A fire isn't a reason for that much panic (and that much panic wouldn't cause a normal person to forget to cover his/her nether regions) unless you're in California and the dry winds are a-blowing.
FYL if you grabbed a towel and the police gave you a ticket. I'm kind of hoping that you did and kind of forgot to post it?
#47 - On 08/11/2009 at 9:00pm by chanman
(0)Just so EVERYONE knows, human instinct is to preserve your own life first, and everything else second. We're naturally naked, in case you hadn't noticed. It's called "fight or flight" not "flight or make sure you're not nude." Seriously, if you had the choice between saving your life from a fire next to you, or being clothed so that you might be incinerated in an inferno, which would you choose? No one will be able to tell if you were wearing clothes or not if you die in a fire. Get the fuck over it, your life is more important than a towel or clothing. If you think otherwise, the gene pool is better off without you.
Contest the ticket, and I'm sure they'll see that you didn't do anything wrong.
#51 - On 08/11/2009 at 9:07pm by themixedt4pe
(+1)The fire wasn't in the same room - OP only heard a fire alarm, that's not going to trigger the 'HOLY SHIT I HAVE TO GET OUT OF HERE OR DIE' instinct.
(0)Human instinct? Yea....but there is a thing called self-control, as it only takes like 2 seconds to grab a pair of jeans and flee until you're a good distance from the fire then put pants on.
(0)#70: precisely what i was thinking :D it could've been a false alarm like kids were messing around or someone burnt their food which triggered the fire alarm. these are possible and it sure gives you time to at least throw on a towel, bathrobe, shirt, anything to wrap up then rush out to see what's going on.
and i say this is definitely fake. the cops would be busy controlling the crowds and cordoning off the area. which dumb cop would bother about a naked guy who just ran out from a burning flaming building? and what's more, give you a ticket? its ridiculous come on! how the heck did this get posted here...?!
#111 - On 08/12/2009 at 5:14am by pingpongdj
(0)Unless your apartment was also flaming,
TOWEL/BOXERS.
YDI.
#54 - On 08/11/2009 at 9:13pm by cherlana32
(0)FYL
Although im surprised there was no passerby or something that was kind enough to offer you a hat or something. :p
On the other hand, Go to a hearing about the ticket and tell the judge what happened. Itll probly go away easily. I mean its what people do for tickets like from the whole camera over traffic lights thing right?
(0)I find this one hard to believe. He had to unlock the front door and remember to take his keys with him to get back in. Certainly there was a towel or robe nearby.
(0)I'm pretty sure he didn't grab his keys either. It sounds like he just ran out without grabbing anything.
#134 - On 08/13/2009 at 7:18pm by urlifeisfucked
(0)Ah, Also, People who are all YDI for not grabbing clothes/towel have probly never been involved in a major fire. :p
(+1)Wrong. I'm surrounded by bush where I live (Australia) and have had several occasions where bushfires came close enough for us to need to evacuate. I didn't panic like a fucking retard and forget to dress myself.
(0)ydi for complaining and putting this on fml. be happy your still alive
#58 - On 08/11/2009 at 9:21pm by kangaroo62
(+1)No matter how panicky I was I would not forget I was ass naked in the shower! Unless there is literally nothing I could grab in half a second, I would have tried to cover up SOMETHING, even if I had to use a washcloth, shit at least SOMETHING on me would be covered. (a washcloth, hand towel, towel, bathrobe, the clothes you took off before the shower, non-slip bath mat, bathroom rug, those fuzzy things people put infront of their toilets...any of those would have helped)
And if you had attempted to cover up, I bet the cop wouldn't have given you a ticket. Though I have my doubts a cop would give you a ticket when you're standing outside of a building on fire just cause you're naked, he'd probably just give you something to cover up with first. Did you not bother to tell him you were in the shower when the fire alarm went off? and if he did give you a ticket, take it to court, it's a pretty legitimate reason to be outside naked.
#60 - On 08/11/2009 at 9:24pm by KarasuFyre
(0)I am not a fucking retard and anyone who instantly forgets they are naked because they HEAR the fire alarm clearly is. My shower in my house sets off our fire alarm (well it did til we took out the batteries) and the first time I showered and it started going off I still managed to grab a towel because like most people I put them right next to the shower. How many fires have you been in when compared to how many drills/false alarms? That noise doesn't scare me anymore, and doesn't trigger my "oh fuck let's get outta here" instinct anymore...
#123 - On 08/12/2009 at 1:15pm by KarasuFyre
(0)You're telling me in the five seconds you were in the bathroom, you didn't have time to grab a TOWEL or put on a pair of underpants?
#61 - On 08/11/2009 at 9:32pm by SVelasquez
(0)YDI because you couldn't grab a towel. What nobody mentioned is that he was NAKED around a bunch of people who have evacuated an apartment. Would you want some guy hangin' out around you and your kids for hours while they take out the fire?
(0)So a whole bunch of people who are in the same boat - they all just evacuated their building because it was on fire, and now they should ostracise their neighbour because he had the misfortune to be naked for the sake of preserving some hypothetical kid's eyes? Trust me, the kids would have probably seen worse through the media. You're a fucking asshole. I hope I never live near you.
(0)If there's a fucking fire, I really wouldn't give a shit if he was naked. And OH NOEZ, GENITALS! Because kids don't have the same parts. I'd sympathsize with the guy and hand him any extra layers I had or something.
Yeah, false alarms are pretty common, or they go off for things like burned cooking. Sometimes they go off because people are assholes and pull them for fun. Back in college, I was in my dorm once, and the alarm went off, and no one moved. No one paid attention to it until the RAs made them leave. But one day there's going to be a real fire, and those people are going to take their sweet time thinking it's another false alarm, and then regret it when they end up getting trapped in by flames.
(0)I don't understand. Why would you freak out like that when the fire alarm went off? Have you never experienced a false alarm? They happen all the time. If I were in the shower and MY fire alarm went off, I would get dressed and THEN proceed to check out what's going on. I mean, the fire alarm could have gone off because someone burnt their cooking, and you're gonna run outside buck-ass-naked without even questioning it for a second? YDI, dude.
#81 - On 08/11/2009 at 11:26pm by anniebananie
(0)I know what you mean and it could have gone off because of carbon monoxide. My fire alarm does that alot
(0)Hey #119 - Think for one minute, would you?
"Today, There was a fire in my building and the fire alarm went off when I was in the shower..."
The OP obviously did not know that there was a fire in the building, otherwise he wouldn't have gotten in the fucking shower. That means that he was in the shower when he heard the fire alarm go off. There was absolutely NO WAY he could have known there was an ACTUAL fire until AFTER he got out of the shower and started running around naked like a panicked idiot (unless, that is, the fire had burnt through his bathroom wall during the few minutes that he was in the shower, but I highly doubt that). Therefore, yes, he does deserve it, because if any normal person heard a fire alarm while they were in the shower they would NOT flee without getting dressed.
#122 - On 08/12/2009 at 12:23pm by anniebananie
(0)This has happened to me before. It is called grabbing your towel and wrapping it around yourself. Dumbass. YDI.
#85 - On 08/11/2009 at 11:48pm by xhunterrrr
(0)i agree with everyone...there is an invention now called the towel...perhaps you have heard of it? or maybe not....
#86 - On 08/11/2009 at 11:58pm by Confuzzled87
(0)YDI. grab a towel. hold it around you. rip off the shower curtain. theres no way you had to be naked
(0)this has already been used before. dont try to rewrite other fmls.. *sad facee*
#89 - On 08/12/2009 at 12:14am by LAUREN1606
(0)dude that totally sucks money balls but seriously u could have gotten a towel no body wants to see wat u got down there
(0)@ 81 What don't you understand? It's a motherfucking fire alarm. You could assume it was someone just burning too much incense... or you could assume it's a goddamn fire. Why wouldn't you immediately evacuate? Just because false alarms are more common? Do you really want to risk getting trapped in a burning building just because most fire alarms you've experienced have been fake or harmless?
(0)If this were true, it would have made news. I mean, the lady who got a ticket for being parked in a no parking zone got a ticket, and the media played it up with the headline, "Mom gets ticket for breastfeeding" - you click on it, and it says, well actually she was parked in a no parking zone...Anyway, if this happened, it would have made news....so I'm calling fake.
#93 - On 08/12/2009 at 12:34am by snowflake19
(0)Bullshit! If it was a fire the FD would have given him a blanket and no cop is gonna issue a ticket for escaping a fire naked to save your life. Fake 100%!
(0)SHUT UP PEOPLE! He didn't grab the closest thing to cover himself up (which you all assume was a towel; the word "towel" was typed 53 frickin' times since I last checked, but it's not like I'm helping much). Just deal with it already!
#100 - On 08/12/2009 at 2:04am by VampiressMiharu
(0)hate to agree but sounds fake, in the time of emergency the fire dept and police have blankets to cover nudes that have to run out. there are no nude tickets given when a fire is in place.
#103 - On 08/12/2009 at 3:40am by FormatEntity
(0)you didn't have a robe? a towel? how about throwing on clothes anyway?
#106 - On 08/12/2009 at 3:54am by Subjectzero
(0)OP likes to prance around naked through town, looking for fires (or even setting them), so he can tell everyone he just ran out of the shower. Police know him and are sick of it.
(0)Seriously, fire alarms go off all the time... Who still panics just because of the alarm? I call fake. This sounds more like a desperate attempt to grab some attention than like a real event. "Boo-hiss, today everyone could see my junk. FML." Grow up!
#115 - On 08/12/2009 at 7:25am by JanisEvans
(0)i would:
grab clothes and put them on at the ground floor
for the time being a TOWEL or BATHROBE
a cellphone to tell someone my house just burned down
my important documents (i.d. and stuff)
and keys
ur an idiot
ydi u nudist
#116 - On 08/12/2009 at 7:32am by SkaterChic
(0)I'm sure if there was a fire in the flat next to yours you'd run around and find all those things before leaving the building.
Being naked is definitely preferable to being dead.
(0)Fire or no fire my fat ass is grabbing a towel. I think I have seen this here before so I'm calling FAKE!
#117 - On 08/12/2009 at 7:53am by themachinist
(0)It's better to be alive and naked than dead and clothed. You made the right decision. FYL.
#124 - On 08/12/2009 at 1:33pm by TheTragicReturn
(0)YDI you dumbass
do you not have towels in your bathroom?
#125 - On 08/12/2009 at 1:48pm by ptrox123
(0)Whoa that SUCKS, weren't you just being safe and getting out? But u coulda grabbed a towel, I mean, comeon...
(0)no, ydi for not taking a split second to grab a towel as he ran out the door.
#128 - On 08/12/2009 at 2:06pm by lem0n_lim3
(0)I bet you all of these comments would be WAY different if it said (woman) and not (man) under the FML.
(0)What a liar. Really, no one would run out of the building naked. Nor would they get a ticket for public nudity. FML needs some intelligent people to monitor it.
(0)we always had fire drills in the dorms, so when i hear a fire alarm, i take like 30 seconds to make myself look decent before going outside.
#136 - On 08/14/2009 at 9:57pm by Autumnatic
(0)IMHO, there is no excuse for running out of the building naked. I was on the fourth floor of my dorm building last year, and I had the fire alarm go off while I was in the shower twice. It doesn't take that long to throw on your clothes and run downstairs. I would know.
