Today, the power went out at school. If it's out for more than twenty minutes, standard procedure is to let us go home. They came back on almost nineteen minutes later. FML
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Halloween
A failed costume, stolen candy and a very real scare: Halloween, the one night when fear is allowed.
Today, I woke up to find my power was out. After taking a shower in the dark and being unable to make myself lunch, my power came on two minutes before I had to leave for school. FML
Today, the power went out at school. As a senior, I don't show up until third period. When I got there, I signed in as usual. The office secretary waited until I signed in to tell me that if I hadn't, I wouldn't have to attend classes that day. Now I have to sit in class doing nothing. FML
Today, a strong storm knocked the power out at our office. I was dismissed five hours early, had my desk locked up and was walking toward the doors to leave when the power came back on. FML
Today, the power at work was out. This would be fine, if they didn’t make me stay for another hour to wait for it to come back on in the Texas heat. FML
Today, the power went out to my house a second time after coming on a few days ago due to a series of severe storms that rolled through the area. The first knockout took less than 12 hours. This one? A little over three days in a heat wave. FML
Today, our power went out due to some severe storms. My daughter, who is 18, asked me why the lights on the car still worked. FML
Today, the power in my village went out. This caused the back-up battery powered alarm to go off. Nobody in the house even knew our alarm worked, let alone how to make it stop. It's been going off for over an hour now. FML
Today, there was a power outage at my apartment. I ended up deciding that the power wasn't going to come on any time soon, and that I should go to a hotel for the night. Just after I unpacked at the hotel, my neighbor called to say the power had come back. FML
Today, the power went out. Thankfully, it was early in the morning so I should've been able to sleep through it. Then I realized I have an impossible time sleeping during power outages. FML
Today, I was doing an online live exam with the camera on when the power suddenly went out. FML
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Top comments
LouiseD_fml 10
Damn that's unlucky..
lollovelife0304 3
That sucks, getting out of school early is always fun. Too bad.
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Comments (168)
LouiseD_fml 10
Damn that's unlucky..
geon_olam 17
Poor OP had to stick around and get an education...
JustDerpin 11
OP should be glad they have an education. Think of all those poor children who wish they had one.
Futacy 30
In Somalia, the literacy rate is 50% for men and 25% for women. In America, it's almost 100%. I'll admit that sounds pretty sucky, buy just be thankful for your opportunity to get an education.
Futacy 30
*but*
DatRealAssTruth 3
Wat is one day gonna make em dumb? Thts just bad luck
ydi_4_suking 20
The day 33 missed class was the day the teacher was going over how to spell what, them, and that's.
20PercentCooler 8
33 - Just look at the grammar and spelling of your sentence. Then think about what people who say "one day won't make them stupid" can do to society... Edit: Looks like 41 beat me... ;)
DespairFaction 11
I think the teacher covered sucking that day also.
norotors 16
20 minutes is a LOT shorter than at my school. Not that unlucky op
EagorLuvsBigFoot 8
A similar situation happened to me. One morning swim practice the lifeguards didn't show up on time. There is a rule that if they don't show up for a half hour, we can go home. They showed up 27 minutes later. >:(
Futacy 30
97- you're missing the point, the point is that OP got really close to being dismissed from school, and just when his hopes got high, the universe spit in his face. it wouldn't matter if the time limit was an hour or just ten minutes.
lexi365 20
My school, it's 15 minutes. But we have back up generators so we never get a power outage....
kyz_xox 11
One time, our power went out here in the whole town for about two or three days. We went without power for one day at school, then all the other days we got to stay home.
psc159 2
33 - Ironically, you make no sense.
ljfitman 6
Oooooo yeeeaaaa. School is fo fools hammie.
Austy34 5
look how you turned out.
ljfitman 6
Wat u mean dawg?
BeforeItWasCool 12
We mean, that with school, you could have perhaps become a functioning member of society, rather than an illiterate dumbass. Or, a would-be troll, whatever this is.
lollovelife0304 3
That sucks, getting out of school early is always fun. Too bad.
Hiimhaileypotter 53
Getting out of school is exciting! One time last year (I was a junior) we got out of a whole 90 minute block because our teacher was busy and they forgot she had a class at the time. XD
llamalpaca382 13
I had something similar happen. One time in 10th grade, our history teacher had a meeting, and the sub never showed up. It was awesome xD
crimsonprodigy 15
Lol I had a fire at my school, you could see a line of students going home and the others standing outside, for a long time. Needless to say I gtfo. Good Day.
crimsonprodigy 15
Lol I had a fire at my school, you could see a line of students going home and the others standing outside, for a long time. Needless to say I gtfo. Good Day.
Codezlol 21
When 9/11 happened ( I believe it was grade 10 for me ) the school let us take the day off. No disrespect to what happened that awful day, I was just giving my short story of time off school
Grimmerie 31
I do anti-bullying and anti-homophobia presentations at schools and a lot of schools give us the entire afternoon, so I let kids out early. I'm just a nice guy like that.
EagorLuvsBigFoot 8
#firstworldproblems
crimsonprodigy 15
Why the **** do i have 2 posts...
KommanderKush420 5
Somebody called a bomb threat at my school once when I was a niner. We got half the day off and the school had to call the bus company to send busses to evacuate everyone. Man, that day was the 'bomb'.
alyshasocool 8
Life can be a bitch,sometimes.
TourettesGuyFTW 26
So can I... now piss off :p
TourettesGuyFTW 26
Yes, it can, but don't ever question it, or you might find yourself moderated.
Futacy 30
Okay, Avril Lavigne. No? ...I'll just go in the corner over there.
Potterfreakk 6
69- Um, what?
thrashtildeath 9
"lifes a bitch and then you die"
jellyybeans 5
"so **** it all and let's get high"
MormonPornstar 7
"one large coke and a medium fry"
bobgooeyflonder 6
And commas, can be, unnecessary, sometimes. "One grammar nazi guy!"
burro_fml 6
Life's only a bitch if you're one...
asersameh 2
So FYI because you didn't go back to home from school? Kids these days, just wait till college and you will feel like school was a club
LouiseD_fml 10
So you're saying: In college you don't want to get home early?
amandajlucas2015 2
No I think they are trying to say college will make highschool seem fun
yankfan89 27
In my opinion it's difficult comparing college to high school. In high school, for the most part, it's a free education in college when you have to pay for it you tend to take it more seriously or at least in my case.
scrappy23 4
So you're telling me when you were in highschool, you wouldn't want to get out early? Why do people try to be like kids these days when they were kids once... some must have forgot what being a kid is like i guess.
IchimaruGin 5
I actually think college is easier than high school; there's less responsibility and most of my professors don't even count homework as part of the grade.
hawright 13
53- That is an adenine, ribose, and three phosphate groups attached in your picture isn't it you sly little devil? Oh ATP, how I love thee.
whosindahouse 9
Kids and adults these days...
morgiepuff 14
Oh, I know how that feels! Someone probably jinxed it by packing up and getting ready to head home, didn't they?
IPoopedOnU 12
What the **** is up with your pic, Morg?
Nabee143 3
142 She's taking a shit, obviously. Lol Or..... Maybe you pooped on her? I mean your name is something along the lines of "I pooped blah blah..."?
MrHotShot22 6
I think the principal was just messing with you guys to get your hopes up.
Miss_Lisaa 16
I bet it's the maintenance guy of your school who wanted to play with your nerves. :D
missabbey 3
At my school we've stayed all day without lights...you guys have a much better chance of going home then we do
graffitied_love 20
At my school we have systems that generate electricity in case the power goes out
bestnameright 14
By any chance, is your school in Soviet Russia?
SeahorseGuy 7
There was Hurricane coming over my school a few months ago (Isaac) and we only got out for a half day :/
hunteredmundson 17
Our schools have automatic generators so if it goes out during the day we stay there, but if it goes out before school we just stay home (and the generator runs all day anyway)
stormchaser24 24
Wow, it was different at my school. Our power went out for half the day and we stayed there, no A/C and they could not cook any food for lunch. FYL OP.