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
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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 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 managed to set off the smoke detectors while cooking burgers. The cops and fire department showed up. FML
Today, a guy I been seeing went to work and left me in his house. As I made a bagel, it burned, the smoke alarm went off. This activated a call to the fire department but I didn’t know. The fire truck showed up. Little did I know, the guy’s family was outside too, just to see what had happened, thinking I'd broken in. FML
Today, I had to call 911. Why? My fireplace caught on fire. FML
Today, while trying to sleep after a night shift, workers came to hook up city sewage service, firing up drills and shouting. An hour later, my child woke me up to tattle on her sister. Just as I was drifting to sleep yet again, the smoke alarm battery started chirping. I give up. FML
Today, my house was so dusty that when I started to clean it, the smoke detector went off. FML
Today, my fire alarm startled me so badly that I shat myself. FML
Today, the fire alarm went off at my apartment. I rushed out but forgot to grab a coat, so I hopped in my car and fired it up, figuring I'd wait it out. A fireman knocked on my window and loudly asked me to get out, then wrote me a citation for "improper fire alarm protocols." That's a thing? FML
Today, my smoke alarm started chirping at 3 a.m. I replaced the battery, reset it, and got back into bed. Five minutes later, it chirped again. I searched for the source before realizing it was my roommate's alarm clock. 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
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Top comments
wanijima 0
...Talk about an extreme reaction to a smoke alarm. You definitely deserved that one. Next time check and see what the hell is going on first. Most times it's just the alarm being stupid, which doesn't mean you have to be, too.
emzmcgee 0
You know how busy the fire department would be if someone called 911 every time this happened? You deserved it for wasting their time.
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dramaqueen32 0
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sarahbau 0
I had a similar situation, but in my case, I smelled around for smoke rather than immediately calling 911. What was odd was all 3 smoke detectors in my apartment were being set off, and would stop after a while. After the 5th time of all three of them going off together and not smelling smoke, I called the fire department just to be safe (maybe there was something I couldn't smell, or carbon monoxide or something). I felt bad calling, but what else could I do? With all three alarms going off, it definitely wasn't the battery. The fire department came by, and they couldn't smell anything either. The alarms never went off again after that. To this day I have no idea what was going on with them.
NorfolkDude 2
Honestly I hope you die. Really. You wasted the tax payer's money and you probably caused real emergencies to be put on hold for your stupidity.
Hiimhaileypotter 53
Doesn't mean OP deserves to die. Sheesh. You should never wish death on someone.
colonelduckie 5
People like you give women a bad name.
hate_my_life29 0
I'm a firefighter, happens all the time
st4rbucksisevil 0
Waitaminute, why did you call 9-1-1? Don't fire alarms signal the fire brigade where you live?
wtsc 0
It's idiots like you who waste our tax money. YDI for being a moron.
CamH_fml 0
No smoke? No flames? Then investigate before you call. Idiot....
danii_s2 0
burnt toast can set them off. shouldv checked first. one day there's b a real fire-one that could easily b extinguished.. but ur guna just run for it anyway, n it'll b your fault, that u n ur neighbours have lost their houses. all over a little bitty fire.
catriona_cd 0
i know can't help but think if the op would call them, if her detectorgoes off when she burns toast lol