Today, I arrived twenty minutes early for my opening shift at work, so I decided to turn on the radio and wait in my nice warm car. I woke up two hours later with twelve missed calls from my boss and a dead car battery. 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, after being a few minutes late to work a few times this week, I left the house super early this morning. When I got to work, security hadn’t unlocked the doors yet, so I waited in my car, where I ended up falling asleep and sleeping through most of my entire morning shift. FML
Today, I was sitting in my car waiting my shift to start. I must've fallen asleep because I woke up to a call from my boss firing me. I was in the parking lot. FML
Today, I was woken up from a phone call from my boss. He asked if I had been asleep. I told him I wasn't, that I was in my car on the way to work. Then my alarm went off. FML
Today, I was supposed to start my first day of work at my dream job. However, my car had other plans and refused to start. When I called my boss to tell him I was going to be late, he told me not to come in at all and fired me on the spot. FML
Today, I got into a pretty heated argument with my boss. On my way out the door I told him he would be lucky if I came back to work. Unfortunately, I left the interior light on in my truck and it drained the battery. I had to go back in and ask for a jump. FML
Today, I was running late for work. I was trying to find my car keys, then realized I'd left them in my boyfriend's car. My phone charger was locked in my car, and my phone was dead. I couldn’t get hold of my boss and explain what had happened. I’m fired, aren’t I? FML
Today, I woke up early for work and spent 30 minutes frantically looking for my keys. I had to take a 30-minute Uber ride to work, then drove an hour in the company truck, only to be stood up. FML
Today, I set my alarm to wake up early for work. It turns out I set it for PM instead of AM. I woke up to my boss calling me, asking if I was still alive. FML
Today, I finally got up early enough to get to work on time. I arrived 15 minutes early only to realize that I'd left my work laptop at home. Ended up being 30 minutes late. FML
Today, I woke up at 5:30 and made the half hour drive to work only to find out that it was my day off. After finally getting back home and into bed, my boss called, requesting that I come back to work since I was "already up". FML
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zelinaaa 0
Oops:( YDi tho...
A7X_LoVeee 10
Yeah, because bosses randomly think, "Huh, so and so isn't in yet, I'll go check the parking lot!" ......
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Comments (95)
twister21_fml 0
it's kinda your fault! it's always good to be early!
AvengedSevenfold_fml_fml 12
Now there's an idea CloudEnvy!! XD
RavenNight 0
well damn u shouldnt have done tht. but hey no one wants to be out in the cold so i understand
phiend99 4
agree with #9. Two hours to drain a battery with only the radio on is a real improbability. YDI for posting a bogus FML.
Garay 0
No, OP wasn't driving. Driving recharges batteries.
hot00frb 4
I work in a auto parts store, look in the battery There is a thing called reserve capacity that's how long the battery will last if u have the key on and car off and most batteries the capacity rating is only 1.5 hours so I believe the ops post is legit
Nakolover13 0
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ReynshineCutting 10
Except if they just had the accessories on, the air coming out of the vents would not have been warm after the first few minutes, so it makes sense that OP had the engine running to keep the heater going. That would mean the battery wouldn't die. Not sure if I believe this FML.
phiend99 4
I'm an Electrical Engineer. Whatever the Reserve Capacity is on the battery, you need to follow the simple calculation of amps drawn versus amps in Reserve and/or amps in storage. A car radio only draws 1.5-2 amphrs at most, even if the fuse is rated at 5A peak draw. You can leave a radio on in the car for 12-14 hours and not drive the battery down where it won't start. At your calculation, 1.5 hours is only about 3 amps storage capacity. You can't even start a car with that type of capacity. Most car battery's are rated at 550-650 amps. The starter solenoid draws the most, at approx 10-15 amps (which is then stepped up to increase the voltage) and for a very short time. Basic electrical theory.
_yarrrr 0
YDI op. it is unfortunate tho. just deny everything and transfer blame: "you fell asleep and were late" "whaaaat? hell no. you did." no prob :)
bluegoldfish 7
agree with #40 just say you swapped shifts with someone else but it wasnt official so they obviously felt they could get out of it...asshole that they are...and bobs your uncle :)
Tuesdays76 0
Actually you'd be better off just admitting the truth than some bull shit excuse story. The boss could easily find out your lying, and that isn't exactly brownie points.
cbizkitten 0
Lmao
johnwwwwwww 0
whats also not funny is how bad and whiney avenged sevenfold is..
wallc004 0
at what point did your boss not think to look in the parking lot?
edteach 0
lol