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
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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, 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, my dorm's fire alarm went off. In the rush to escape, I slipped and fell off my bunk bed, breaking my ankle in two places. Crying, I told my roommates I needed help to walk. They shrugged and left after mentioning that I would slow them down. FML
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
Today, my building's elevators were temporarily out of service. I climbed up 17 flights of stairs only to realize I left my keys downstairs. After the painful climb back up, the elevator lights came on. FML
Today, as I entered a stairwell, the fire alarm went off, triggering the automatic fire doors to close. The one I was walking through ran over my foot, ripping my toenail, and then smacked me in the face. FML
Today, the elevator broke in my dorm and won't be fixed for several days. I live on the 26th floor. FML
Today, the elevator in my apartment building broke down. I live on the 30th floor and am still climbing the stairs. FML
Today, there was a fire alarm in my dorm. Just as I was leaving my room, a lady in the hallway told me that it was a drill and they'd be inspecting rooms, so I would need to leave my door unlocked. When I came back, my room was trashed and my laptop, speakers, and jewelry were gone. FML
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redc1c4 0
elevators can be death traps in a real fire, and are reserved for the fire dept to use to fight the fire anyway. your RA/School staff should have been aware of your injury, and made a plan to help you, and any other resident with mobility/health issues to get whatever assistance needed to safely evacuate. try talking to the housing dept, or, if they are stubborn, contact the FD on the non-emergency line, and ask why the evac plan for the school doesn't address injured or disabled persons. if there is no plan, its a serious shortcoming that needs to be addressed. if they just forgot you, someone needs to get their butt chewed out.
necrocarnage 0
FYL :(
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Comments (65)
perdix 31
Nature has a way of culling the weak and pathetic from the herd. If it had been a real fire, your roommates would have had nice barbecued meat for weeks.
NataleeC 0
lmfao!!! thats harsh but still its funny
White667 0
Wow, that's kinda extreme, but 'eh. If you have too many drills, it ruins the whole point. As people then don't care during the real thing, or they panic during the real thing because it's not "just a drill"
ifinishlast 0
how can you walk if you shattered your kneecap just the week before? you ******* liar!
bubber 0
He can't you ******* idiot, that is why it took him so long to get down the stairs presumably on crutches, and why this is a FML.
99MDC 0
At least you can take th elevator back up. FYL though.
TheTruth1428 0
It sucks, but would you rather have it been real and burnt just so you can be spared the little inconvenience that you had to go through? FYL for what happened, but YDI for complaining.
that_geibel_girl 15
I would complain if my kneecap was shattered and I had to waddle down 14 flights of stairs. And this is the site where people complain. You are the dumb idiot #25
misspeg 0
YDI for not bothering to tell your RA/school staff about your shattered knee cap just in case something like this happens.
ottospielen 0
That's pretty impressive that you walked down the stairs down to 6-7 floors underground in a building that (for all you knew) was on fire. Next time, you should only walk/crutch down 7 flights of stairs and then go outside.
anniebananie 3
A flight ≠ a floor. Typically, you need to ascend two flights of stairs in order to go up one floor. Hence, 7 floors = 14 flights of stairs.
jisaac09 25
AAAAAAHHHHHH, NO....... A flight is defined as a group of stairs between floors. Which means that the OP either took the elevator up to the 14th floor and then crutched down em or he descended into some lvls of hell if either are true then YDI, but im guessing hes sayin that ever landing is a flight and only had to walk down 7.....
NataleeC 0
omfg! that sux ass man! i hope next time it won't be so bad and i hope u get well soon.
nyabbers 0
dude, that sucks. someone shouldve helped you if they knew about your knee
blueknight1st 26
If you knew it was only a drill than why did you even bother?