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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Wild Nights Out
Last call, bad decisions and 3 a.m. texts you'll regret until noon. Cheers.
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)
ahshhlee93 3
well we appreciate your help! I'm one of the people from Alabama that was out of power for five days
B4K3S0L1D 0
naha. sucks for you. i'll give you a YDI just because this is hilarious. don't worry- i still love you. ^_^
UnknwnClassicGrl 5
Ya, I thumbed down your comment. But I still love you though.
Pigpen181 3
Should have worked 72 hours
AlphaQallnight 0
Oh the irony...
mk58 31
Just what I was thinking!
s3xymoma 1
couldn't you just fix it.
thewife5 19
not if he has power for a different company.. anyways.. the point is he's tired!
JocelynKaulitz 28
Yeah hour 71!!
TripleJay26 0
that blowssssss haha
GeneralLeeAdyck 0
Get up that pole sparky
boatramp 1
you work that 70 that he just worked then you get your butt up that wood get to hooking show us how it's done
awardZu 0
That sucks. We just got power back on after nearly four days in the dark. Thanks for busting your ass to get us back in the light, and so sorry you had to go home to no power.
missmaryb 0
Please. You people love the overtime, time and a half at least which is being paid for by the average citizen with outrageous power bills just trying to stay warm. Most people would kill for your job and pay. Stop compaining, or more to the point, shut the **** up.
CharleneW 0
Jealousy is an ugly thing. He has his job because he put the time and effort into going to school for that trade. It's not like he was just handed the job, so his over time pay is well deserved.
cheeksMcgeeks 3
I guess someone didn't get to work overtime at the Bitch Factory....
guckylynn 19
"Outrageous power bills?" I live in Upper Michigan and my highest power bill was 40 dollars this winter... Oh and I stayed plenty warm too.
MuchDance90s 0
sounds like you're jealous because your chosen career path doesn't pay as well. instead of wasting energy (lol) being jealous why not use it to examine your career or self esteem. Mofo.