Today, I was cooking something I knew would make a lot of smoke, so I asked my teenage daughter to tape a bag over the smoke detector. She said she did, so I cooked; the alarm went off and firemen came. She hadn't taped over the smoke detector, she'd taped it over the doorbell. 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, I managed to set off the smoke detectors while cooking burgers. The cops and fire department showed up. FML
Today, I was making dinner when the smoke alarm started going off. I opened all the windows and stood there waving a towel at it like an idiot. Then I realized that the alarm was coming from the apartment next door. FML
Today, I was cooking dinner when my smoke alarm started beeping. I opened the windows, turned on the fan, and checked everything twice. I then realized the noise wasn't the smoke alarm. It was my oven timer. I'd been cooking completely normally and panicking for no reason. FML
Today, I was making dinner when my smoke alarm started going off. I opened all the windows and waved a towel underneath it. After ten minutes, I realized the alarm wasn't reacting to the food. Its battery was dying. FML
Today, I cooked dinner for the girl I've been dating. Everything was going well until I accidentally set off the smoke alarm. The fire department showed up, and my date spent the rest of the evening flirting with one of the firefighters, so I guess we weren't actually dating? FML
Today, my kitchen nearly burned down because the fire alarm didn't detect the plumes of smoke wafting through the kitchen. This is the same alarm that wails when I use the toaster. FML
Today, my smoke alarm went off. In a frenzy, I called 9-1-1 and exited my house. Several minutes later a fire truck showed up. After investigating, one of the firemen informed me I needed to change the batteries in my smoke alarm. FML
Today, my smoke alarm has a tendency to give false alarms. Despite this, it did not go off at all when I was genuinely overcooking food and smoke was everywhere in the house, except for the room I was in. My smoke detector is plotting against me. FML
Today, my house was so dusty that when I started to clean it, the smoke detector went off. FML
Today, after meaning to do so for a while, I began cleaning my oven. I sprayed it with the foam cleaner stuff, closed the oven for the foam to soak in, then forgot about the whole thing. Later, I preheated the oven for a pizza and triggered a smoke alarm, which brought the fire department to my door. No pizza, just shame. FML
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Top comments
MissMae93 23
Well someone didn't get any visits from Sparky the Fire Safety Dog as a child.
junkman6 22
Seriously generation bashing doesn't even cover this. How retarded do you have to be to put a bag over the door bell instead of a smoke detector? Hint smoke detector is on the ceiling.
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DocBastard 40
Who is the bigger idiot here: A) The daughter who can't tell the difference between two little white boxes or B) the idiot mother who told her to disable the ******* smoke detector which would not have been able to save their lives if there had actually been a fire? Oops, I gave it away.
bybib 20
I would have done the same to be honest. Just take it off after and don't get distracted. Oh and open windows.
The_F3rris 11
And to tape a bag on it? Why not just turn it off? I thought that was weird. Seems like a hassle.
McAninch35 9
If I never turned mine off, the fire department would show up at my place probably twice a week. Possibly they'd be missing out on saving people in real danger because I didn't turn off my detector to cook breakfast.
PhishloverA 14
or 3). maybe you're the bigger idiot for not realizing putting a bag over the smoke detector isn't actually disabling it
DocBastard 40
PhishloverA - Except that it IS disabling it, you imbecile. Why the hell else would you put a bag over it? To spruce it up and make it look fancy? NO, you do it so that it won't go off. Hence the DISABLING part. Do you get it now, or do I have to spell it out for you?
onerandomtask 14
sounds like you raised a child who doesn't know the difference..a fail on your part thus a you deserve that one vote
enormouselephant 15
That's one way to make the firemen cum.
sharksfan48 13
Sometimes I wonder how society has gotten so far down the shitter that doorbells are now being mistaken as smoke detectors.
breatheitslow 1
Is she blonde?
jarockstar27 10
Im blonde and this FML is just to stupid to even call it a blonde thing....
skulltorn 8
She's probably a blonde smh
perdix 31
Maybe it was her subtle way of saying, "Mommy, I don't want a meth lab in our house!"
thatonename 7
If you're making meth and have enough smoke to set off a fire alarm, you need to leave the premesis immediately. Not that I've ever tried making meth or anything.....
junkman6 22
Smoking meth lab = everything already blew up. The only way you're leaving is after the fire dept scrapes you off the walls lol.
jmayes414 5
Pats for Patrick.
donut_gurl 8
you raised her! and you really shouldnt cover smoke detectors. open window, use the fan on top of the stove, etc.
foshizzle82 7
This maybe an ignorant question, but who called the firemen? Round here you have to actually call them, they don't just come every time a smoke detector goes off. Just curious.
jmayes414 5
Certain companies that offer smoke detectors, like ADT have options to immediately call their hotline or the local 911 emergency. They'll have it hooked up with a burglar alarm most often or something similar.
foshizzle82 7
Thanks for the info :)
silvermoonstar3 3
are you sure? My security system just has a 'fire' button we can push to notify them, but it doesn't do anything automatically.
doodlecloud 27
I wondered this too. I know some are automatic but I figured that was just schools, offices, etc because it's kind of stupid for a standard residential house. As we can see, it'll lead to wasting firemen's time and possibly people permanently disabling them by attaching bags or whatever because they don't want emergency services all the time...
LilysTillie 7
I wondered the same. My security company would at least call first! If there was no answer they'd send someone automatically...but not as soon as the alarm went off. I can only imagine how frustrating it must be for the fire fighters to deal with false alarms all the time...
jamalamadingdong 18
They have them in homes so if you're not there, and your house catches on fire, the fire department will still show up. But, I think they are supposed to call first so it's kind of her fault if she ignored their call.
RedPillSucks 33
Where I used to live, each apartment had a blinking light over the front door when the smoke detector or fire alarm was triggered.
jabriel13 0
Wow, she's smart