Today, while working as a paramedic, we got called to an assisted living home. The medical emergency? The woman had a leak in her bathroom and wanted it fixed. FML
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Today, I was taking a dump at work at a nursing home. While reaching for the toilet paper, I accidently pushed the emergency button. The nursing supervisors broke into the washroom to help. FML
Today, due to an unforeseen pipe-related incident, I had to shave my legs in my backyard fish pond, while a plumber assessed the damage to my war-zone of a bathroom. FML
Today, while working at my job at a nursing home, I slipped and fell. It wouldn't be so bad if it was just water. No, one of the residents had just had an "accident". FML
Today, I tried to fix a leaking pipe under the sink. I watched a YouTube tutorial and was feeling confident that I could get the job done. Two hours later, half of the kitchen was practically flooded because I forgot to cut the water off, and scrambled to actually find the main valve, then I had to call an emergency plumber, who showed up, laughed, and fixed it in five minutes. FML
Today, I had to use the bathroom really badly in a drug store. After I did a #2, just as I realized the handle on the toilet was broken, a knock came at the door. I tried fixing it for ten minutes, before slipping out the door, to come face to face with two employees coming to fix the toilet. FML
Today, after disappearing for an unusually long period of time, my boss called the store phone while sitting on the toilet. Turns out she'd started bleeding uncontrollably from the arse, and as the only other female staff member, she needed me to go help her. FML
Today, after dealing with tons of drama and working a 14 hour shift, I took a shower. When I stepped out, a weak spot in the floor gave way. While falling through the floor I grabbed the toilet tank lid, which fell into the tank and broke it. Now my leg hurts and the bathroom's flooded. FML
Today, I received a call while at the dispatch station for the Naval hospital I work at. It was a woman having a panic attack. Apparently, she couldn't plug her vacuum in, and was more or less freaking out. I had to take her in anyway. FML
Today, while I was working a customer notified me that the men's restroom need some attention. Thinking that there was just a small mess, I walked into the restroom only to discover someone had taken a crap in the sink. Guess who got to clean it. FML
Today, when I got home from work, my fiancé was finishing up with the plumber who had just installed new fixtures for our shower. I decided that I was going to be the first to break it in. I went to the bathroom, got undressed and went to start the water. The OTHER plumber was still in there. FML
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jolie21 18
What the hell was she thinking when she called you? Can someone be that dumb?
tehdarkness 21
I can't wait till I'm old and I can perform hijinks and pass them off as insanity!
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Comments (74)
niftyismybitch 21
Unless she was the one leaking...
mangobbler 11
This is an abusive use of an emergency system. Stuff like this should punishable as a crime.
azwb09 10
It is but most EMS workers won't report it sadly so it continues to happen
firechicky 12
Where do us ems workers report it? Everyone knows the system is abused. Report it to who? For what reason? Its not going to change anything.
firechicky 12
Assisted homes usually feature people who care for themselves with some help keeping meds straight and meals provided without needing to cook/grocery shop. People with significant dementia or other illness are usually in nursing homes with provide round the clock medical care/assistance.
worldclassrager 39
I think a maintenance would have been a better call...I take it this was a emergency cord pull...
rgri 11
Fine her so she learns her listen.
Vnzlan_girl 10
Apparently you need to learn your english ;)
toon_girl 12
I really wish people who waste the ambulance service's time could be fined the way those who waste police time are. Every time someone makes a stupid or hoax call, someone else could be dying. I'd love to know how that call got through to getting an ambulance though.
gimmickgame 7
Depending on the nature of the call and where it's at, they can. Do it too many times and they get thrown in jail. More than that and they're no longer allowed to call. Look up Lori Ann Warner.
blackpuddle 30
They can call and say that there's something wrong medically and then when EMS gets there, SURPRISE! That happened to my boyfriend a few times when he worked EMS. The best one was the guy that called in with some sort of knee problem and when they got there the guy wanted them to make him a sandwich and had no medical problem at all. I wish I was joking. ><
fluffycatsdad 33
And the dispatcher didn't think to ask what the woman's problem was?
RedPillSucks 31
The dispatcher can't ignore a call to 911
RedPillSucks 31
The dispatcher can't ignore a call to 911
JMichael 25
Haha that's when you sit back and say under your breath "I love my job, I love my job, I love my job."
christiangrey 4
Did you fix it for her at least????
perdix 29
Hey, old folks pay a lot to live in "assisted living!" Why shouldn't they feel entitled to having their assistance to come to them with flashing lights and blaring sirens? I hope she tipped you nicely. She could have fallen and not been able to get up!
EvilLittleMan 23
Tell her to dial maintenance,