Today, the seat in my car broke and wouldn't move forward. I had to walk to school in the rain because I was too short to reach the pedals. FML
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Today, I had to walk home in the rain because my mom didn't want to get her new car wet. FML
Today, I was out driving with my dad when the car broke down. He made me get out and push. I am a 5 ft tall 90 lb girl, and the car was an SUV. FML
Today, my car died after I got off work at 1am. All of my coworkers had already left and nobody could come out to jump my car. I had to walk the 3 miles home in a torrential downpour. FML
Today, I thought I'd wear my snow boots so I wouldn't slip on the ice at work. I crashed my car because I can't feel the pedals with my boots on. FML
Today, I had to walk home from school in the rain, because my mom "didn't have a car to pick me up in". But when I got home, the car had magically appeared. Just great. FML
Today, I drove to buy new sneakers to work out and lose weight. Coming out of the store, I saw someone had parked too close to me. I had to beg a stranger to back my car out for me, because no matter how I tried, I couldn't get into the driver's seat. FML
Today, my car broke down. I had a two mile, up-hill walk ahead of me. About half way up the hill, a car beeped. Thinking they were poking fun at my misfortune, I began to curse and use obscene gestures, only to find out that it was my neighbor asking if I needed a ride. She drove off. FML
Today, I drove my car to work as I had some errands to do after, even though I only live a few blocks away. After driving round to find a car park for ages, the closest car park available was outside my house. I ended up walking to work instead. FML
Today, my car broke down dead in the middle of the highway. As I was unable to get it out of the road, it was impounded, and my insurance won't help. Now I'm further in debt and struggling to get to work. FML
Today, being my usual clumsy self, I slipped on the stairs and landed on my tailbone. Hard. Now, I can't even sit up. I have to drive to school and sit on a very hard plastic chair for four and a half hours tomorrow. FML
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corndogs123 0
can't you just scoot forward and not lean back?
PeteyPablo12308 20
What a cute lil' munchkin you must be. :-)
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Comments (144)
rockefoe 6
didn't you ever watch Wild America? just tie blocks of wood to the pedals like JTT did!
allmidnighteyes 11
Why is the seat out of your position to begin with? Does the seat reposition itself when you get out of the car?
leeshxx 3
did u think maybe other people drove the car or it broke and slid out if position?
lifeinhd 3
Maybe she has a coupe and people needed to get in the back. But if so, the main issue is why was the seat all the way backward instead of forward? Or maybe she has a luxury car that tilts the wheel up and pushes the seat back each time you stop the car to make it easier to get out.
hollylollyxoxo 0
perhaps she shares the car.... not everyone is spoiled to the point their mommy and daddy give them their very own car to wreck.
ReynshineCutting 10
Or she has a boyfriend/family member 8000feet tall. My fiancé is 6'6 I'm 5'6 and he puts the seat all the way back when he drives my car and I can't reach the pedals even sitting on the edge when he does that.
cheeksMcgeeks 3
Actually it may have. My car does that. It's extremely annoying... I always have to readjust the seat every time I use the car. The windows set mirrors back too.
cheeksMcgeeks 3
The mirrors set themselves back too**
dudeitsdanny 10
Was the seat pushed all the way back? 'Cause if it was, you're not short, just unlucky D; Most people on here calling you short wouldn't be able to sit comfortably with the seat pushed back, i believe. I'm a mutant, so my long legs require me to push the seat back, though. But FYL.
WallyTheWombat 0
Well I'm 6'3" so I don't even fit into most vehicles without the seat all the way back. My friend was gonna give me his old tricked out prelude but I couldn't fit :(
Juliaa15 6
6'3" isn't even that tall. My brother is 6'5" and he fits into a normal sized car fine. Unless you're measuring in miles and feet or something, you shouldn't be complaining about height, you should be complaining about you living in a civilization with ducked up cars.
dudeitsdanny 10
I'm 6'6", and I fit fine in my Yaris with the seat all the way back. Problem is when I give people rides, no one can sit behind me, haha. But 6'3" IS that tall. 5 inches above the average male in America is tall to me.
docscientist 10
You're saying two more inches is suddenly much taller?
allmidnighteyes 11
If Shaq can fit in a Prelude, anyone can.
Alexweber929 14
My uncle is 6'10 and he can fit in his honda crx, I have another uncle whos 7'2, he has a toyota tacoma extended cab and he had to remove the back seat so he could mount the drivers seat farther back just to drive it, at 6'2 the people on my moms side of the family make me feel very short
FYLDeep 26
That's funny. Many vehicles seats don't go back far enough to be comfortable. Weird seeing it in reverse. Hopefully you'll grow some more?
Burgessnk 0
If you are in school and have your own car, your life is not f'ed
FYLDeep 26
School could mean college too. I drive to college because it's cheaper then living on campus among other reasons. Doesn't nessecarily mean she's rich if that's what you're getting at.
RealChinese 7
it doesn't mean she's rich but i'm in college and i don't own a car... i'd consider myself pretty lucky to own a car while in college
gotbiscuits 0
Obviously it's not her car. If it was hers, the seat would already be in place. Someone else uses it and moves the seat back all the time.
FYLDeep 26
Yeah, but over in Green Bay, Wisconsin pretty much everyone has a car. In New York I don't think it's quite as typical. You can't really do shit around here without one. And it's still cheaper to commute than to live on campus. Maybe if you didn't live on campus (assuming that you do) you could afford a car of your own. Trade-offs...
Burgessnk 0
I didn't mean to imply that she's rich, but if you can afford to buy, run, register and insure a car then you probably aren't scrounging for a buck. if you can do all that while still in school then you are on the right track. if all op has to complain about is a broken seat rather than an abusive partner or terrible illness then, yeah, she had a bad day but her life isn't f'ed. I'm just trying give people a new perspective.
ReynshineCutting 10
Who's to say it is registered and insured? We'd all like to assume it is but seriously how many poor people do you see driving 30 year old junkers around that you know aren't registered or insured? Not saying that's the case with OP but lots of people (unfortunately and stupidly) do it.
Joshwarrior 39
Lmao funny but that sucks. Did they ask the reason you were late, if so I bet they laughed too if you said you couldn't reach the pedals. :)
ponypowered 0
really. c'mon its not that hard to scoot forward. you totally deserve it
Brittneyyyy 7
That sucks. I'm like the only girl I know who has to have the seat all the way back because of my legs. Oh well, better than short legs :P
DearCricket 0
Aww, OP I feel your pain. I would be so sad /helpless if my seat broke. I hate it enough when people move is back, I'm 4'11" and I sit like super close to the stearing wheel. FYL.
docscientist 10
You can't be a dwarf based on height alone. You need a battleaxe.
rattusrattus 19
Ever walked to school in the unexpected hail? Cold and painful. Rain is NOTHING.
coolkid_matt 11
wow that sucks :P