Today, I had shelves installed using a builder who came highly recommended by my co-worker. Turns out the builder is her friend, who has no actual qualifications or experience as a builder, but "it's his dream". I now have a gaping hole in my kitchen where the shelves should be. FML
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Halloween
A failed costume, stolen candy and a very real scare: Halloween, the one night when fear is allowed.
Today, I got home to my wife surrounded by plaster, old cement and bricks, and a fucking massive hole in the kitchen wall leading through into next door's kitchen. Apparently she tried to put up a shelf and the wall “fell down”. FML
Today, I tried to hang a new shelf in my apartment. I measured, drilled, and installed it perfectly level, only to realize a few minutes later I'd drilled into the side of a pipe. Water started shooting out like a geyser and almost flooded my bathroom. My shelf looks great, though. FML
Today, after months of telling my landlord about the weak floorboards in my living room, I fell through them as I was trying to repair them myself. FML
Today, after a full year of work getting my house decorated, it was finally finished. I stepped back from the last painted wall to admire it and my neighbour on the other side of the wall, who was doing some decorating of his own, drilled too far and punched his drill bit right through the wall. FML
Today, I spent hours assembling a bookshelf I'd bought online. Once it was finally done, I realized I’d put the back panel on backwards, so now there’s a "Made in China" label facing the room. FML
Today, I started building a basic bookshelf from a flat-pack kit without looking at the instructions, because "How hard could it be?" I finished just as the last screw went in, then noticed the back panel was facing outwards and every shelf was upside down. Taking it apart took longer than putting it together. FML
Today, my roommate placed something on a shelf I put up, and the whole thing came crashing down. It's been fine for 2 years and now the shelf decides to break? Yeah right, dude. FML
Today, we finished redecorating my kitchen. My dad has been his usual OCD self about getting it perfect, so when he noticed a shelf was just barely not level, he decided to adjust the screws. It fell off and damaged my floor, so he threw the screwdriver and cracked a wall tile. Thanks dad. FML
Today, I spent two hours building an IKEA bookshelf. When I was finished, I realized it was inside-out. There was no way to fix it without completely taking it apart again. FML
Today, I proudly showed off my new DIY bookshelf to my family. Everyone seemed impressed until my cat jumped on it, the whole thing collapsed, and it narrowly missed my grandmother. Now my family thinks I need to hire professionals for every project. FML
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intothecrypt 3
Store your goods in said hole. Problem solved.
jerseyboy732 16
Go to his house and let him know it was your dream to be a wrecking ball operator
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Comments (70)
zaza_x_fml 5
Well we all gotta start somewhere I guess.
littlemsweirdo 12
Your like Disneyland ! You know, "where dreams come true" No? Okay. But seriously Fyl. Maybe you can call it one of a kind wall art? Or cover it up with something!
Ninjasaurus18 9
Or cover it with wal art:O Just put a painting in front of it, and it'll be fine.
perdix 31
I hope you paid him in imaginary dollars.
Amrel 10
It was payed in trident gum
Snafuusmc 12
I used to have a shelf, but now there's a hole in the wall.
ICATiger 13
I had a dream!!!
Hyperion11 2
That's where doing it yourself comes into action....
grasshopper02 2
I don't think a 'builder' is a thing.. Do you mean contractor?
ICATiger 13
Then why is there a 'bob the builder'???
astralvagan 20
YDI for not checking him out first! Haven't you heard all the horror stories about people getting ripped off by "contractors with years of experience in the business"? Come the **** on! Are you that dense?
THE_A_TEEN 28
Shut up you over reacting douche...
Invalid_user_nam 0
You look like a raper.
astralvagan 20
How old are you kid??? Have your nuts even dropped yet?
emmkaycee 0
Apparently yours haven't dropped either.
Arxikist 3
Gaping holes.. I remember some guys telling me that they had some of those after coming back from prison.
fancyclown 9
Reminds of a Spongebob episode my nephew was watching this morning. You should make it a drive-through window.