Today, I can't get my heat to turn off. It is currently 87 degrees Fahrenheit in my house, and my heat is running non-stop. It's about 20 degrees outside with over a foot of snow on the ground, so a repairman can't come out to fix it. My electricity bill will be about $1000. 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, my heating broke. It's 22 degrees outside, and my father won't let us call someone to fix it because apparently the cold helps the soul grow. FML
Today, since moving to a state with relatively milder winters last year, my heating bill has more than doubled. I am now paying more to keep my new apartment at 62 when it is 20 outside, than what I was paying to keep my ancient apartment at 70 when it was minus 14 outside. FML
Today, my furnace and all of my heating systems broke down. A fridge is 3 degrees Celsius; it is now 2 degrees Celsius in my house. I would be warmer in my fridge. FML
Today, our AC broke. It's 98 degrees inside the house. My parents will be staying at a 5 star resort until the repairman can come to fix the unit in 6 days. They made me stay home to make sure the plants survive. FML
Today, after repairing the toilet, the light, the shower, the cooker and the heater in the flat I've just moved into, my boiler dies. It's mid December, about 1 degree outside. FML
Today, my furnace broke down, almost a month after its twenty year warranty expired. It would have been replaced for free. Now I'm going to have to take out a loan to afford the $4,000 replacement. FML
Today, my parents have kept their bet going about not turning the heat on all season. I woke up this morning to it being the same temperature inside as it was outside. It's snowing out there. FML
Today, for the first time in at least two years, the temperature exceeded 100 degrees in my area. Except this time, it nearly hit 110. Even with my fan and air conditioner on the highest setting, my room was still burning hot. It's currently 11pm and the temperature has gone down… to 81 degrees. FML
Today, we're both sick, the heating hasn’t been working for 3 days, yet the repair company refuses to fix it because some technicality is not up to current regulations. Right on time, we’re also about to be hit by a cold spell, promising sub-zero temperatures. FML
Today, my AC stopped working and I have no money. I live in Phoenix, Arizona. FML
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NotEven 0
Why can't they come fix it? It's called an emergency call, that's what they do. I can't believe a foot of snow is stopping any legitimate HVAC repairman from coming to your house. I would try calling someone else.
stumpygremlin 13
Open a window, that'll at least make it more comfortable.
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stinebaj 0
haha.. i love how this "add a comment" thing asks people to "try and be respectful" and everyone says **** that. classic!
NorfolkDude 2
There are many ways to solve this: 1) Turn off the electricity to the heater by turning off the circuit breaker 2) Turn off the gas at the cut off. Really easy to do this so I'm not sure if this is a FML.
patticake1601 0
we sure are getting a crap load of snow today though!
FMLable 0
Seriously, a foot of snow? 20F? Where do you live? (I'm on the app, don't harass me people : p) We regularly reach -40C (which is also -40F) and get snow drifts of up to 5 feet. Our lives don't stop - we don't even get snow days >.>
Hollandlover19 0
ahah lucky if there is an inch of skool then they clothes skools! and its all over our local news!!!! i would hateeeee to have snow drifts like tht...
smiller0789 3
Looks like you need as much time in school as you can get...
Hollandlover19 0
y do u say tht? lol cuz my typos. I can write very well, let me tell you. I just type like crap online because when I get back to school I have to be all proper like this.
Postlude 1
I find it incredibly difficult to shut my brain off. Typing like shit on purpose usually impedes me and makes me type even /slower/. I don't even understand that kind of mentality...
vexis58 1
I don't see how having to type properly in school has anything to do with typing like that online. If anything, it's more of a reason for you to type properly all the time. If you're used to doing it all the time, you'd be better at it in school. Of course, I don't even know why I bother arguing with you about it.
kaleid0scopeEyes 0
WTF OP YOU THINK A FOOT OF SNOW IS A BIG DEAL?!??!?!?!? Where I live, no one has ever seen the ground because its always covered in at least 30 feet of snow, the temperature has never gone above -90 degrees and we have to ride our caribou to school even during the worst snowstorms!!111 my grandpa has been frozen to the same spot for 50 years! We have to trek 800 miles just to see the sunlight!!! you don't know nothing OP!!
Tigg3r 3
wow. It's cold where you live!
sweatteaforme001 0
The OP wasn't complaining about snow. He was complaining about his heat. READ the post, THEN comment.
powersticks 16
It's called a breaker box. By flipping a switch you can turn off electricity to stuff. The best part is that instead off turning off everything in the house you can turn off specific stuff like, idk, the heater? And since you said it's 87 in the house and 20 outside it's going to be a few hours before it gets to around 60, then you just turn the heater on for an hour and repeat till the heater gets fixed.
Aloura_fml 0
I know for a lot of you, a foot of snow is no big deal. That foot this person had earlier is now closer to two feet and all the malls closed early, the weekend before Christmas. We don't see this kind of snow here but maybe once a decade. We don't have the know how or equipment to deal with it like you do up north. So no, repairmen won't come out in this stuff. On the other hand, there is no reason you can't turn off the gas and cut the furnace power or hit the breaker switch, no reason to be helpless here.
namezox 0
OMG A BITCH FTW.
Hollandlover19 0
ok 1 wth does YDI mean???? and omg thos snow SUX and lastly u should at least be happy ur warm man....or woman w/e-but tht still sux!
melissaferns 16
you deserve it
classic036 0
circuit breaker pendejo!!!! duh. why didn't you think of that already?
sleephunters 8
Es un idiota el guey haha it's very easy to stop this...............get your head out of your ass
Dashuhn 1
If you're having heat problems I feel bad for you son, I've got 99 problems but the heat ain't one.