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)
Explicitng 0
Why do you need a "professional" builder to install shelves?
Furrywhiplash 14
Because no matter what, this world will always have people too lazy to do things for themselves.
abbybailey204 19
Glory hole!
attaboy368 20
why didn't you check with Anjie first and see what she had to say before you agreed to do this. Now you are going to have to see Judy about it so she can tell you ydi too~~
ImSoEffedUp 10
The builder would have a gaping hole too, after they remove my foot from his @$$....
mr_freak 1
LOL
Zomg_Okay 27
If you had a contract with him, you could sue for not having the necessary skills and training, and also for not doing the job properly. If you took him at his word, FYL.
mbrooks5110 0
You have to Reach credentials no matter the recommendation!
monster_tamer 11
Get this "builder" to pay for proper repairs.
samanthajonesdru 1
guys like that give contractors like me a bad name. my wife could put up shelving by herself with her little purple tool set. come on man its a DIY project. ive never been hired to build shelves, i build houses. SUCKA
permannator 10
Stop trollig