Today, the workplace evacuation bell sounded. Out of panic after the recent earthquake, I ran down 21 flights of stairs, only to find out it was a false alarm. My legs are on fire, and I can barely walk. FML
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Today, I walked up sixteen flights of stairs to my room to avoid the lift lines. When I was almost at the top, the fire alarm sounded. FML
Today, at work, we had a fire drill. I was the first to run out of the building, but in my haste, I tripped on the stairs, and rolled down the flight. When I got to the bottom, I tried to stand up, but my ankle was already swelling. What felt like the entire office watched as I limped to the designated meeting point. FML
Today, we had a fire drill in my dorm, and I live on the 7th floor of my building. They shut the elevators down and I had to walk down 14 flights of steps. I shattered my kneecap last week. They turned the alarm off when I got to the first floor. FML
Today, I went for a run in a new pair of shoes that left me with huge blisters. As I finished cleaning them up so they could heal, I limped to my bed to take a nap. I was woken by the fire alarm. My building was having a drill and we couldn't use the elevators. I live on the 9th floor. FML
Today, with a single misstep, I managed to send myself and several others tumbling down a stairwell at work. An ambulance ended up having to be called for one lady. FML
Today, I tripped while rushing to my classes. In a desperate attempt to regain my balance, I grabbed the nearest thing to me. A fire alarm. FML
Today, I had horrible diarrhea at work. When I felt the bubbling, I ran to the bathroom. An agonizing bowel movement later, I realized that there was no toilet paper in the stall. Just as I was about to ask a coworker who was in the bathroom for some, the fire alarm went off. FML
Today, I tried to sneak out of work 15 minutes early. Just as I reached the exit, the fire alarm went off. Everyone had to evacuate, and my manager spotted me standing outside with my backpack already on. There went my excuse… FML
Today, my fire alarm startled me so badly that I shat myself. FML
Today, after climbing eight flight of stairs due to electricity outage, I got to work only to find the office locked. FML
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ariannaimelda 7
Perhaps this is a sign to work out more. If you did that everyday you'll get killer legs :D
Notime4bull 4
OP is obviously half human torch.
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Comments (183)
stevenmx86 8
Well then it sounds like a little exercise is much needed anyway...
ttamllams 3
You know... Being inside a building or a skyscraper is actually alot more safer than it is being on the ground..?
ashaleeboo 9
At least you got a workout!
apndi 9
Everyone's giving us East Coasters shit about the earthquake. You gotta remember we don't get earthquakes here. I was on FML when I felt it, my whole house vibrated for about 45 seconds and I was like, "What the ****?" I thought it was a bomb or something. It was the first time I had ever felt something like that before. Anyway, chill out people. No damage done, it was only a freaking tremor in the earth, so yeah I agree that everyone completely over-reacted about it, but we don't live in an area where we feel the earth shake and think, "Oh, it's an earthquake." OP: freak out much? Just wait till hurricane Irene comes. Hopefully you won't panic and run outside.
FKJVMMP 17
If the "earth" is "quaking", what would it be other than an earthquake? Rest assured, nobody is bombing Virginia any time soon...
fadingfaith 4
That would suck if 5 minutes later there was a real earthquake...
sillyface007 0
thats just sad... going down stairs hurt?
Tapdivaaa 0
But you ran DOWN the stairs.....
chahacha599 0
Better safe than sorry:)
The0nean0nly 0
Atleast u got ur wrk out in
teh1313 2
that earthquake was bs! I live in Pittsburgh and I felt nothing!
tc34 1
Not bs it was a 5.0 that the epicenter was in Virginia