Today, a stoplight dropped square into the bed of my pickup truck. The police think I was attempting to steal it, and my insurance won't cover the damage to my truck. There were no witnesses. 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, I was driving in my very own car that I bought and paid for myself, when I stopped at a stop light. Then I noticed the truck in front of me turn on his reverse lights. I honked desperately. He hits me, looks out the window and says, "I see no damage" and drives away. FML
Today, a truck rear-ended my car and drove off. I could see everything from my office, everything except his license plate. FML
Today, for the second time this week, a jerk in a big truck let a big rock fly out of their uncovered back and damaged my windshield. Both times the cops refused to do anything and I can't afford to fix it as I was demoted at work. FML
Today, I parked my truck next to a rather large SUV at school, went to class for 8 hours straight, came back and found my passenger side door crumpled from where they had backed out and hit it. They left a note on my window that said, "Sorry about your truck, but I don't have insurance." FML
Today, I had the lovely experience of witnessing a tow truck cause a couple thousand dollars' worth of damage to my broken-down car. FML
Today, I crossed the street at a crosswalk and someone in a big pickup truck swerved to try to hit me. This has happened to me multiple times. FML
Today, I accidentally rear-ended an undercover police car. FML
Today, I got into an accident. As I was talking to a police officer about what happened, the tow truck driver managed to take my car and drive away, leaving me with no phone or wallet. I just spent an hour walking home in a hail storm. FML
Today, I was on my bike. As I'm rolling through an intersection, some asshat in a pickup runs the red light and hits me. Instead of getting out and helping me, the guy hops out, takes a look at me lying in the street, steals my hat and drives off. That was my favorite hat. FML
Today, my dad was helping my fiancé and me move. On the way, someone sideswiped the trailer. When the police came, we found my dad had a suspended license, no insurance, and a broken tail light. No one else could drive a manual, so we were stuck in a parking lot for 3 hours. Thanks, dad. FML
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Silentstrike 11
Give them some donuts, you will then be helped. Merry Christmas
baseballplaya5 7
And how exactly did that happen?
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Comments (106)
MrIncredibleSME 3
The classic example of wrong place, wrong time. You win again, universe.
brandoneyez1 25
No witness... You have a case. You mean no traffic cam either... ? Bogus.... Tell them they got no proof and what would you want the light for anyway....
Chiirushi 4
SUSPICIOUS! XD
texas_redneck88 10
There weren't any kind of traffic cameras at that intersection?
ImNoUnicorn 3
Traffic cam...?
thiscrazything 1
Worst luck in the world! Try suing the town/county for repairs to your truck. Good luck with that one!
binaryblue82 6
They should be able to tell by the damage in the truck that the stoplight fell into it. That's ridiculous. And insurance won't cover it b/c if it just fell like that the DOT (Dept of Transportation) in your area or the county engineer's office is technically responsible for any restitution and repairs. Hope that helps.
Jirekianu2 19
If you were attempting to steal it with no ladder and your trucks obviously damaged that's pretty clear you weren't stealing it. Also, point out the mounting point. If it broke it'll be obvious.
Southpaw7391 3
Exactly there as to be more to this A stop light is 17 feet or so up and weighs about 50 lbs When it fell it would have damaged your truck significantly And also the light, secondly tell the cops to dust for prints if it do just fall your prints wouldn't be on it
fyl_darksouljoke 0
why steal one when odds are you could buy one? there are stores out there that sell traffic signs and probably traffic lights as well. cops arent the brightest sometimes. shit luck with the truck damage but trucks were designed to take abuse
OfficeNinja 5
Ask the cops to explain in detail how all the damage occurred to both the light and the truck WITHOUT it involving "the light fell from a height". Also, how did you climb up to the light and cut the wires without getting zapped, or anyone seeing you.