Today, I found out that, if timed just right, the alarm function on my phone can be disabled by a text message. And my dad has an impeccable sense of timing. I was 20 minutes late for work. 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 phone alarm didn't go off this morning. Furious, I spent ten minutes complaining about technology before realizing I'd carefully set the alarm for 7:00 PM instead of 7:00 AM. The technology was actually innocent for once. FML
Today, I set an alarm labeled "DO NOT BE LATE." When it went off, I turned it off, congratulated myself for being responsible, and promptly went back to sleep. I woke up two hours later. FML
Today, I bought a new alarm clock because I kept sleeping through my phone alarms. The first morning, it went off exactly when planned. I promptly turned it off, went back to sleep for “5 minutes,” and woke up 3 hours later. The clock had been set correctly. I had just gone straight back to sleep. FML
Today, I heard my alarm go off, dragged myself out of bed, had breakfast and got ready for work. As I was heading out the door I checked the time again. It was 1:41 AM. Apparently my alarm never actually went off. FML
Today, I was running late and tried to sneak out of the house without waking anyone up. My phone alarm, which I forgot was set on max volume, blasted a loud “WAKE UP!” at 7 AM right as I opened the front door. Everyone in the house was wide awake instantly. FML
Today, my dad reactivated a digital clock we had lying around, and accidentally set an alarm on it. For 1 a.m.. So guess who went hunting for that noise in the middle of night. And guess who banished the thing to the living room, then forgot about it, and slept on the sofa in said living room. Or tried to. FML
Today, my alarm went off, and in my half-asleep state, I grabbed my phone and snoozed it. When I woke up an hour later, I realized I'd actually snoozed my work email notification for the same amount of time, and my boss was emailing me every five minutes, asking where I was. FML
Today, I set a silent alarm on my phone for 6:30 AM so I wouldn’t wake up my partner. Problem is, I forgot to turn off “Do Not Disturb” mode, so my alarm never went off. I woke up at 9:30 AM, still in pajamas, and missed a meeting with a client. I'm avoiding my manager's calls. FML
Today, my dad's work phone went off, and I thought I should go tell him since he's on call. Turns out no matter how you do it, a 47 year old man at one in the morning will think you are a burglar trying to attack him. 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
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Top comments
LordKoin772 0
Lol wow, what are the odds, that sux big time =P
o3okevin 0
I found this utterly hilarious.
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Comments (83)
charliebronson21 0
damn
Trent14 0
your 20 mins late for work how is your life ******????
ohhoho 2
Someone has never worked before.... ^ @OP: FYL. I had a similar incident recently where I told my dad my phone had no reception. So while I was asleep, he took my phone apart and thus, I failed to wake up for school...
o3okevin 0
I found this utterly hilarious.
Kemine 0
Get an alarm clock.
aback 5
So your dad wants to support you for the rest of your life because why?
splitsides 4
What? Where are you even getting this from??
booyah123 0
why can't you just remember when you have to go to work?
Saddrew 0
My alarm has a tight little thing called ... wait.... SAINTS JUST WON THE SUPER BOWL!!!!!!!
Metzler31 17
yeah saints!!!
sum1savemeh 0
saints ftw!
boatkicker 5
Generally alarm clocks wake you up, not tell you when to go to work. Most people can't remember much about time when they're asleep. OP slept in and then, once they took the time to get ready for work, became late. Not, OP forgot to leave the house.
nonameLiz 0
YDI for not knowing when to go to work
spiralfrenzy 0
My vzw voyager used to do that. It was annoying.
christen09 8
YDI for not having a real alarm clock
MadeOfAwesome 1
people actually still have alarm clocks?! wow.
null_fml 11
I have an alarm clock. But I use my cell phone as an alarm like everyone else does.
shannonbabyy13 0
fail