Today, I lost power. That didn't stop my house alarm from running on battery, loudly informing me in a British accent, "AC power disconnected. BEEP. AC power disconnected. BEEP." It's been going on for 5 hours and the battery takes a special screwdriver to remove. One we don't have. FML
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Fall
Dead leaves, the first cold of the season and an umbrella flipped inside out: fall, the season of grace.
Today, the power in my village went out. This caused the back-up battery powered alarm to go off. Nobody in the house even knew our alarm worked, let alone how to make it stop. It's been going off for over an hour now. FML
Today, the power went out. Thankfully, it was early in the morning so I should've been able to sleep through it. Then I realized I have an impossible time sleeping during power outages. FML
Today, I was making dinner when my smoke alarm started going off. I opened all the windows and waved a towel underneath it. After ten minutes, I realized the alarm wasn't reacting to the food. Its battery was dying. FML
Today, I'm staying in a hotel. The power went out while I was having a shower. So I waited for it to come back on, until an announcement came over the fire alarm, "Due to generating failure, the power will be off for the rest of the night. Sorry for any inconvenience this may have caused, and have a good night." FML
Today, during a storm-related power failure, I jerry-rigged an inverter from my car to supply the essentials. In doing so, I managed to blow up the fridge, smoke and all. The power came back on 5 minutes later. FML
Today, I kept hearing a weird buzzing sound in my apartment. I turned off everything, unplugged appliances, and was on the verge of calling maintenance. Turns out, it was my electric toothbrush vibrating in my suitcase… for three hours. FML
Today, on vacation with family, the power goes off in the middle of the night. I wake up as the A/C starts dripping on my head. No air, wet pillow, can't sleep, but I decide to tough it out until morning rather than wake everyone. In the morning, I discovered my sister had hit the breaker because she couldn't find the light switch. FML
Today, the power went out at work. As everyone left the building to go home, the owner came in to inform me that, since the phones were on a battery back up, I would be staying to man them. The phones rang 2 times in the 4 hours I sat in the dark by myself. Both times were telemarketers. FML
Today, my smoke alarm started chirping at 3 a.m. I replaced the battery, reset it, and got back into bed. Five minutes later, it chirped again. I searched for the source before realizing it was my roommate's alarm clock. FML
Today, my neighbors left for their nine month excursion, and armed their security system. One of the features is a loud series of three beeps every three seconds, 24 hours a day. I can hear it, clear as a bell, throughout my entire house. FML
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Top comments
MrBoredGuy 1
Go buy the right screwdriver? Wouldn't take anyone else 5 hours to figure that out
baconstrips 12
Just smash the thing to bits
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Comments (214)
kaykay10xo 0
how about you leave your house and go buy it...?
FarSide 23
Can't you just plug it into an extension cord?
DrunkSwagger 2
Damn
THE_A_TEEN 28
That's not an alarm. Someone cleverly disguise switched your alarm with a makeshift timed C4 bomb waiting to explode... RUN OP
immortal628 20
Thats when my neighbors would find me dead with a very ordinary screwdriver jammed into my ear... Probably.
bizarre_ftw 22
So you Did have the right screwdriver!!! :D
brianjman14 23
HULK SMAAAAASH!
bizarre_ftw 22
no
chosha_fml 27
And you didn't think to GO GET ONE during the last five hours? YDI.
dougierocks 13
Ummm. Did you try entering your code? Then the disarm or silence button? It really just wanted to know that you heard it.
icy37 10
I think it does that 'cause if some thief was bothered to kill the power to your alarm, you would know.
haj_fml 4
Reminds me of that episode in Friends when Phoebe couldn't stop her alarm
Ruby246 0
Beat the living shit out of it! Oh....wait.....Beat the Non-living whatever out of it!