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)
dreamering 16
Lazy after 70 hours? Stop smoking for ****'s sake.
bigbadtim 7
Oh, the irony.
sammi955 0
ohhh the irony=]
docscientist 10
Oh, the iron's on my knee.
snowdrift 6
looks like your in a dark situation.(;
my2centsworth 15
I'm sorry your power is out. That can be rough. I worry about my son's insulin going bad when ours is out. Thank you for working so hard to get the power on for the rest of us.
krizay 10
was that ND?
jbird1193 3
sorry to hear that. you of all people deserve it more than most of us do
Calyx_fml 22
Do you live in Wichita?
titan87 0
Considering his area has been ravaged by heavy storms I am going to assume there are several breaches in the lines, toppled poles, blown line transformers which could take a full line crew days to weeks to fix. Not to mention the power company keeps there trucks at the yard which has all there tools, new line spools, parts, the man lift ect ect. Have so sympathy for people life is not handed to you on a golden platter! There's actually people in the world who get off there lazy ass and go bust there ass in order to keep the world spinning and the people in it happy. Lets try using a little common sense before we open are mouths and let stupid things come out of not only proving your ignorance but also your complete lack of care for anything but ones self.
perdix 31
Are you a guard, a tackle or a center? No wonder my ******* electric bill is so high -- they have a damn football team! The cobbler's children have no shoes.