Today, I was cleaning my apartment because I'm moving. I was being really thorough so I could get as much of the damage deposit back as possible. I noticed I still had one of those 3M plastic hooks on the wall, and when I went to carefully take it off, a large chunk of the wall came with it. FML
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College Life
Packed lecture halls, a sketchy roommate and frat parties: welcome to college, the real thing.
Today, I was moving out of my old place. While walking around to make sure I would get my damage deposit back, I stepped on my roommate's lipstick and smeared it all over the white carpet. Then I tripped on the phone cord and ripped the whole thing out of the wall. FML
Today, I started packing up the flat I have been renting. As I took a picture off the wall I also ripped half the wallpaper. That's my deposit gone. FML
Today, I decided to be productive and clean behind my couch. I found dust, old receipts, and one sock I thought was stolen by the universe. When I stood up proudly, I smashed my head on the shelf above. I knocked down three picture frames. All shattered. FML
Today, my dad told me it would be fine to use the mounting tape he'd bought to place paintings up in my newly painted room. I did, but after deciding I wanted to move a painting and pulling it off the wall, the wall came with it. Back to square one. FML
Today, with words of encouragement from my mom, I vacuumed my room. After finishing and admiring my job well done, I went to put the vacuum away. It caught on the plug for my electric razor which was dangling below the dresser and yanked that and everything else that was on top of it off. FML
Today, I came home to my family remodeling our (extremely) out of date bathroom. I was SUPER excited to help them get it done. I walked down the hallway and opened my bedroom door to find a huge, gaping hole in my wall and my room covered in dust. I had to sweep every surface in my room. FML
Today, I lifted up my blinds, only for them to detach from the wall, hit me on the head, knock a pile of paper over, spill a can of Pepsi, leave plaster all over the floor and a gaping hole in the wall above my window. FML
Today, I finally finished vacuuming my downstairs. Instead of finding the wall outlet and unplugging the vacuum, I triumphantly tugged the cord from across the room to release the plug from the wall. It flew at me at top speed and hit me in the face. FML
Today, I'm still not living in the house I fought so hard to buy three months ago. As I was fixing a hole in the wall, I found black mold covering the back side of my drywall. On every wall. I can't afford to fix it. FML
Today, I decided to clean my entire apartment. While vacuuming, I sucked up something big. I didn’t realize what it was until later when I couldn’t find my engagement ring. I digged through a vacuum bag full of dust, crumbs, and mystery hair, only to realize it was on my finger the whole time. FML
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SailorButterfly 8
That happened to me! I hadn't paid a deposit, but I would have had to pay if the apartment was damaged. I glued back in as much of the chunk as I could, and I never heard anything about it....and even received paperwork saying I didn't owe anything. So they either didn't notice or didn't care! lol
shortshan 0
Sounds like something that would happen to me... that blows... Sorry!
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kirei_fml 0
That actually happened to me two days ago when I was cleaning up my college dorm room. I just taped the piece back on and put white-out over it.. you could give that a try?
coffeennicotine 0
That sucks. Those things always take off chunks off the wall. Try to Spackle it. Hopefully that works.
mixedcalibaby 0
FYL, there goes a chunk of your security deposit
mattmag 0
Get some plaster and fix it. It'll cost $10 at most, and unless you're terribly incompetent, they won't even notice.
pencilmustache 0
plaster and paint.
capilot 10
Most landlords prefer that you use nails or thumbtacks to put things on the wall. Small holes are easy to patch. Adhesives do far more damage.
mel2643x 0
those are made so the stacky strip has a tab coming out the bottom that you pull and it comes off perfectly. you deserved that one
packsbruinstiger 0
why didnt you pull the tab. . . totally deserved that one
nofork 0
the same thing happened to me my freshman year in the dorm. i ripped 2 large chunks of the wall off. so i picked off the chunks and glued them back to the wall :)
FYLHOE 0
you should tape the piece back on just to f the managers life haha