Today, I decided to lighten my hair. I applied the dye and waited 20 minutes. When I went to wash the dye out, the water wouldn't turn on. After my head started to burn, I called the landlord in a panic. Turns out there was a water main break and the entire city block doesn't have water. 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 came home from a crazy costume party and took a hot shower. When I opened my eyes and saw the water running from my head was bloody, I freaked out and called my friend for help. She had to remind me that for the party, I'd coloured my hair red with washable hair dye. FML
Today, I was taking a shower for the first time in my new apartment. The shower head broke off the wall and slammed onto my head, while spraying water everywhere. I tried to stop the water, but only stopped the cold and got burnt by the hot. FML
Today, the water cut out while I was showering, covered in soap and shampoo. I had to rinse with freezing cold drinking water from the fridge. As soon as I'd dried off, the water supply got restored. FML
Today, I woke up to a fog. Literally. A pipe burst in my apartment and scalding water was everywhere. To make matters worse, when I called maintenance he told me he'd come by later, hung up on me, and turned his phone off. He did eventually show up, but it was 5 hours later, well after I'd paid a plumber $200. FML
Today, as I was shampooing my hair in the shower, the power went out. Since my house has well water, no power means no water. FML
Today, I went downstairs to complain to my landlady that there was no water when I was trying to wash my hair. To which she replied, "No, of course there is water, it's just all going into my swimming pool." FML
Today, I woke up to a flooded apartment. Apparently, the upstairs neighbor's bathtub had overflowed and water was pouring through my ceiling. My landlord said he couldn't do anything until the water stopped, so I spent the morning frantically trying to mop up the water while feeling completely helpless. FML
Today, I tried dyeing my hair at home to save some money. I carefully followed the instructions but when I rinsed it off, my hair turned a shocking shade of shiity neon green. Not wanting to leave the house looking like a radioactive toad, I wore a hat and hoped nobody would notice. FML
Today, my apartment building shut off our water for a short period of time because the pipes were being worked on. It was also the morning my dog had diarrhea on my cream carpet. Not only did I have to clean it up without water, I couldn't wash my hands afterward. FML
Today, I was washing my hair in the shower when the water went ice cold. It's 20 degrees outside and we have soft water which takes a longer time to wash away soap. FML
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Puolukka 4
Holy crap...I probably woulda poured bottled water over my head or gatorade or whatever I had in the house...lol...I hope your hair is not too damaged and the color doesn't look bad...and if it does I hope it can be fixed at a salon...wow this seriously blows...it would only be half as bad if you had been coloring it darker...but bleach...damn...
drybamboo 0
Wow, that's horrible. I hope your hair doesn't start falling out.
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Jospehina 0
@ Number 19 and others who said check the water first... where on earth do you live that you don't expect to have water everytime you turn on the faucet? Or do you not pay your water bill regularly?
loosemoose 0
... if only you had a fish tank... That seriously sucks. Ow. (And I'm kidding about the fish. )
nazooer 11
ouch that sucks
queenms 0
aww i feel so bad for u :S
jollyholly414 0
that sucks...u should have checked to see if there was water BEFORE you decided to dye your hair...
jollyholly414 0
never mind...most people don't do that... well, that sucks anyway...can you get it back to normal
CHKutty 0
That sucks that that happened...i'm guessing where you live but if im right its by me...yeah that sucked...couldnt shower all day fml
mizu22 0
no one would check to make sure they have water before-hand. it's just assumed. it just was bad timing and it really sucks :(
ScourgeDragon 0
"QUICK! SOMEONE PEE ON MY HEAD" xP
horseluvr91 0
you should keep bottled water in your fridge...
Chocolate_Chunk 2
Yeah, keep bottled water in your fridge for the once-a-decade event that you might have no tap water. Makes perfect sense.