Miscellaneous: Today, my landlady decided to fix the leak in my room. Her solution...

By Anonymous - 17/10/2009 04:27 - United States

Today, my landlady decided to fix the leak in my room. Her solution was repainting the ceiling. Now not only is my room still wet but it now reeks of paint thinner. FML

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By sproket - 11/04/2011 23:37

Today, the maintenance man 'fixed' a leak in my apartment by flooding the place. FML

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By Anonymous - 15/11/2010 12:06 - Netherlands

Today, after spending two weeks renovating my room and $1000 on paint and a new floor, my landlord told me that he's sold the house. Also, he was kind enough to inform me that unless I paint the walls back to white, I won't be getting my $500 deposit back. FML

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By Anonymous - 11/10/2012 19:03 - United Kingdom

Today, I had to be treated for chemical burns, because my mother got the bright idea of using paint thinner to clean me up after I'd painted our living room. FML

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By meh - 26/05/2015 05:09 - Australia - Brisbane

Today, I asked my landlady if she could fix the air conditioner that's been broken since I moved in. Instead, she came round and took away my bathroom mirror, along with all the toilet paper. FML

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By Anonymous - 26/03/2023 06:00 - Canada - Montréal

Today, I woke up to a flooded apartment. Apparently, the upstairs neighbor's bathtub had overflowed and water was pouring through my ceiling. My landlord said he couldn't do anything until the water stopped, so I spent the morning frantically trying to mop up the water while feeling completely helpless. FML

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By imatotalloser - 28/07/2017 05:00

Today, after months of telling my landlord about the weak floorboards in my living room, I fell through them as I was trying to repair them myself. FML

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Peroxide 3

Saturday 17 October 2009 12:43

ahhh so that's how you fix things, you just paint over them. I'll be right back, i've got to go paint my car. I'll make sure to add some cool racing stripes to make it go even faster than before.

nokillnobeepbeep 0

Saturday 17 October 2009 12:53

Go ask her if you can fix her face, and before she replies start painting away. Hey, you are only following by example.

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MusicAlm 0

Saturday 17 October 2009 12:12

That really sucks. You sound like you have a terrible land lady. Is there a way to report her?

Snowlight_fml 7

Saturday 17 October 2009 12:15

Landladys are supposed to be smart...

ndbmjmmmc 1

Saturday 17 October 2009 12:20

she was only trying to help out , you should have just done it yourself ! whiney ungrateful little bitch .

Tehalon 0

Saturday 17 October 2009 12:25

He rents the place, he doesn't own it so he doesn't need to do any repairs or whatever!

Tubasaurus 0

Sunday 18 October 2009 3:13

Her property, her responsibility.

_Noon_ 0

Saturday 17 October 2009 12:24

Sucks bro

Peroxide 3

Saturday 17 October 2009 12:43

ahhh so that's how you fix things, you just paint over them. I'll be right back, i've got to go paint my car. I'll make sure to add some cool racing stripes to make it go even faster than before.

RosalinaHarmonie 0

Tuesday 20 October 2009 1:44

If I paint my life blue, will that fix things? :P

nokillnobeepbeep 0

Saturday 17 October 2009 12:53

Go ask her if you can fix her face, and before she replies start painting away. Hey, you are only following by example.

chimmy 0

Saturday 17 October 2009 16:24

She sounds like my landlord, and I rent in Missouri too... hmmm. If we do have the same landlord, I'm very sorry for you because she's definitely a slum lord!

Lehk 9

Saturday 17 October 2009 18:27

stop paying rent till it's fixed. keep the money set aside so you can pay it as soon as it is fixed though.

Hermyoni 0

Saturday 17 October 2009 18:40

You didn't happen to take any photos of the damage before she painted over it did you? Either way if it's still leaking complain again and if she still doesn't fix things contact your housing or health department to come and inspect the premises. There might be even more problems you can't see due to the steady leak you have.