Today, while visiting family in Taipei, I came across a large button that said "PUSH" on it. I was curious and pushed it. A deafening alarm then sounded for the next 10 minutes, attracting concerned neighbours and finally a security guard who informed me that I'd pushed a panic button. FML
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Today, I found a mysterious button under my desk at work and pressed it out of curiosity. It was the emergency panic alarm. Within five minutes, security, my manager, and then two confused police officers were asking if I was OK. I just wanted to know what the button did. FML
Today, I got stuck in my building's elevator. I pushed the emergency button, which made a ringing noise. After about half an hour, I heard someone yell, "Stop pushing that button, my kids are sleeping." FML
Today, I accidentally pressed the panic button under the register at work. I didn't even know we had a panic button until the cops showed up. FML
Today, I walked up to what appeared to be an automatic door. I stood for a second, waved my arms, but nothing happened. Then a guy came from behind me, pushed a clearly visible button under a clearly visible sign that read "Push to open." He said, “It’s OK, happens to everyone.” It doesn’t feel like it does. FML
Today, I was in a store using the only bathroom there. After I was done, I realized I couldn't open the door. Panicked it locked me in, I banged on the door, and screamed for help. The security and a whole group of people gathered, only to find that I was pulling the door instead of pushing it. FML
Today, I was in a big crowded elevator and had to struggle tried to press the button for my floor because no one close to the buttons bothered to ask me which floor I was going to. Instead, I hit the emergency stop button. The elevator stopped between floors for 20 minutes. Everyone stared at me like I was a movie villain. FML
Today, I was on the elevator at work. As it descended, a roach started scurrying about around my feet. I freaked out and started screaming, hitting the panic button without thinking. Now I'm facing a hefty fine for using the panic button when there wasn't a "real" emergency. FML
Today, at a local mini mart, I tried several times to open a door that clearly said "PUSH" by pulling it, much to the amusement to the customers and staff inside. FML
Today, I was in a pool locker room, surrounded by semi-naked people. While changing into my clothes, I accidentally pushed a button on my phone, causing it to make the loud, unmistakable camera shutter sound effect. Everyone definitely heard it. FML
Today, I was taking a dump at work at a nursing home. While reaching for the toilet paper, I accidently pushed the emergency button. The nursing supervisors broke into the washroom to help. FML
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Top comments
MattStro 23
Never push a big red button.
dudeutookhrs 24
Did you panic?
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Comments (88)
dudeutookhrs 24
Did you panic?
davidpropert 32
No I think she shat her pants
mrjiggles1992 18
No they were more alarmed!
Reayg22 1
Like
Wakachulak 22
I wonder what she would of done if there was a roof that said "JUMP" on it?
Miss_Whipped 43
There's no way you didn't deserve this.
XxDevilxXGt 26
The OP did not deserve it. What else does someone do when faced with a big button that says push with no other information? Clearly the only option is to listen to the button.
gracehi 31
Yes. We must obey the button.
ChristianH39 30
Well, if by "someone" you mean someone like OP they obviously would push it, anybody with common sense would ask what it did if they were that curious though.
MattStro 23
Never push a big red button.
UncleHoodie 22
Always push the big red button.
danimal_crackerz 26
Op never said it was red - annoying people
MattStro 23
It's a joke #29- get over yourself.
thecrazymancan 17
I ALWAYS push big red buttons. Buttons are made for pushing. UnU
beararm 11
ALWAYS...thumbs up didn't do the justice
False_Stupidity 41
Especially if it says "PUSH" like this one.
SkylineFTW97 25
They say that the red button is a silent siren that beckons to us all.
iseebearbears 27
Unless it's the "easy" button from Staples.
HighasaCloud 46
It sure is funny how mass psychology works. One guy points out a faulty technicality and he is flamed for not "Getting the joke." In other situations, the inverse is true: one guy is flamed for "joking the joke for others to get" and is flamed by everyone who points out a technicality, such as "not red" in this case.
BlaqMontana 16
#68 your point exactly?
swaglesshipster 23
I thought panic buttons weren't supposed to make you panic!
jrey6104 4
I don't see why people dislike comments, there's nothing wrong...
QuaDECH 13
@57 a troll probably disliked it and everybody else followed for no reason.
Cads1 24
Just because you could, does not mean you should.
QuaDECH 13
Yeah, but it's a button. It's like when there are buttons it is not will it be pushed, but when and by whom. It looks like OP gave in to the temptations.
False_Stupidity 41
The way I see it, OP was just following the instructions on the button.
Dreamsorrow93 24
Well, buttons are meant to be pushed.
Welshite 39
Your name is Dee Dee right? "Ooh what does this button do?"
taymichele16 15
You watch too many cartoons
Sammeydw 22
There Is No Such Thing As Too Many Cartoons!
goodvsevil1275 20
but there is such thing as too many capitals
QuaDECH 13
There is also such thing as not enough capitals.
weswheatley 14
i Prefer margo Roth speiglemen's random Capitalization over Capitalizing Every Freaking Word Making My Mind Want To Kill Itself
nieldan 8
#50 paper towns!
kittyisbaeornaw 18
Never push the buttons!
ThatHorse 15
At least it wasn't the nuclear war start button.
ThatHorse 15
I feel as though you don't know how jokes work.