Today, I finished working a 70 hour work week. I'm a lineman for the electric company, and worked extended hours all week getting people's lights back on after a wind storm. When I got home, my power was out. FML
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Today, a strong storm knocked the power out at our office. I was dismissed five hours early, had my desk locked up and was walking toward the doors to leave when the power came back on. FML
Today, I was driving home from a long day at work fixing people's electronics. When I got home, I got a call from work saying I needed to go back and help a customer with their TV again. When I got there, after an hour of driving, I realized I'd accidentally kicked the power cord out. FML
Today, the power went out to my house a second time after coming on a few days ago due to a series of severe storms that rolled through the area. The first knockout took less than 12 hours. This one? A little over three days in a heat wave. FML
Today, the power at work was out. This would be fine, if they didn’t make me stay for another hour to wait for it to come back on in the Texas heat. FML
Today, my power went out due to a huge snow storm. I was in desperate need of candles and flashlights. I had to walk to the store since the roads were closed. I walked 4 miles in the blizzard. When I got home, the power came back on. 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 overjoyed when someone finally came to my house to get the electricity back up and running. All that was changed to dismay upon finding out they first needed to find a tree trimming and removal service to clean up all the fallen branches on the power lines. 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, I had a really good day out just to come home right before the electricity company closed for the day, to find out my payment hadn’t gone through and they'd turned it off. FML
Today, I woke up to find my power was out. After taking a shower in the dark and being unable to make myself lunch, my power came on two minutes before I had to leave for school. FML
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Top comments
McMan 23
Well that's ironic...
kodi93 2
thanks man. my power finally came back on today after it was out for almost a week. appreciate your work
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Comments (159)
kaelaaa 2
my man is a lineman. the min he walks out the door during a storm I swear my power goes out within an hour! it blows!
boatramp 1
a linemans house is the first to go dark and the last to get lights on
jilli11 1
That happened to me too. I work at the electric company also. I feel ya. :(
silversonic75 6
How can you describe an epic fail that is a weird twist of fate? Like this: CRUELLY EPIC IRONY!!
Dflips 0
Holla hurricane Irene took my power too
Wire54321 7
at least he knows how it call
linemencantbitch 3
Dude, you're sofa king retarded. You got paid more in that 70 hours than I have in my entire life. "Oh no, a 40 hour week plus 30 hours overtime pay, my life is sooo bad." FYL, jerk. I made an account on here just so I could make this comment. I hope your fuse box explodes.
Minikal 10
Oh the biggest irony i've ever read.
gatorgirl7563 22
Your life definitely sucks but you shouldn't have been surprised after visiting powerless houses all day.