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)
permannator 10
Stop trolling
Epikouros 32
Don't be so hard on the guy. It takes a bit of time to experiment and discover your true talent. Obviously, there's still a great future for him in the building trade - as a demolition contractor.
jmm23 0
Was it Tim the tool man tailor ?
Mkbitch 2
Didn't bother to ask him questions about experience first? YDI op!
samanthajonesdru 1
Yes well brains and common sense are lacking to lots these days. Just did a fix it job on this supposed "add-on" that this "carpenter" built. The owner said: well he went to school for it. HA. Experience trumps any kind of carpentry school. This thing he built deserves an FML all together, as the city inspector came to provide us demo permits and had a good laugh. People ask for references not credentials. In trades there is a big difference between learning it in school and doing it hands on.
ronski 41
Should have checked him out before getting him to do the work
CGAJackson 0
Nobody gets walked on unless they want to be.
KiddNYC1O 22
I love that word: gaping.
Jasonf6 0
Sue her and him.
chels1994 11
I would want to smack the shit out of her for recommending him, knowing that he wasn't qualified