By Anonymous - 12/12/2014 02:04 - United States - Yorktown

Today, I was home alone when I heard the carbon-monoxide detector beeping. Panicking, I grabbed my dog, ran out of my house as fast as I could, and waited outside for 3 hours for my mom to get home. Turned out the detector was just out of batteries. FML
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ckerane 16
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its best to be safe than sorry

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tigerisabelle 31
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For me, I'm the exact opposite. If my detector starts beeping, I'll replace the batteries first before doing anything else. That might be the death of me one day. I also bought detectors that say "Fire" or "carbon monoxide" instead of just beeping, so I actually know when the detector's actually trying to save my life.

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ckerane 16
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its best to be safe than sorry

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thecatsmeow_xx 9
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Agreed, carbon monoxide poisoning kills people every year, just last year in my neighborhood a whole family was killed.

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pitapizzaparty 18
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Why did i say this in my head when i read it :D

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ELoni_fml 25
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Or you could, you know, not panic, open the windows and then make a logical and effective discision

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Stryker78cRS 15
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Dude... You still are breathing the cm in if you open the windows

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luvdolphin 9

i would say ydi, but that's definitely something i would do, soo fyl that sucks :(

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iTzYourDad 10
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What.......? Do you even know what you're saying ?

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Sports_guy3 28
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She said she was saying YDI.

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ThePols 11
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I think she means, "you did it to fuck your life"

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lil_ham1644 29
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At least you were being cautious? It's good to be safe, even though you might feel dumb now.

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tigerisabelle 31
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For me, I'm the exact opposite. If my detector starts beeping, I'll replace the batteries first before doing anything else. That might be the death of me one day. I also bought detectors that say "Fire" or "carbon monoxide" instead of just beeping, so I actually know when the detector's actually trying to save my life.

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Mauskau 35
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"FIRE! FIRE!" I imagine that's annoying when you're cooking.

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ullsmith 11
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Blame it on the dog

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sofaqueen_ 14
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That's scary, but at least you reacted quick. Practice makes perfect

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needagoodlaugh 34
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You absolutely did the right thing. You had no way of knowing it just needed batteries changed. You don't waste time with that.

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BobbieH 19
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Actually you do have a way of knowing. The beeping is the indication the batteries need replacing. When a detector goes off it makes a consistent sound or alarm. This is actually required by law and international code. This is for this exact situation, to know that you have to change batteries or know you have to get out quick. At least OP didn't just ignore or remove the batteries to silence the alarm. They now know what the battery low alarm sounds like and can respond appropriately in the future.

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thomasrasmussen7 20

Shouldn't it beep every once in awhile? You think that would've been a clue.

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ullsmith 11
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Knock knock. Who's there? Obama. Obama who? I'm sitting here Obama self

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isabellasimone 18
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At least you're proactive. Also, good thing nothing bad happened.

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