Today, after I finally laid down from a long day and was about to fall asleep, I realized I forgot to set my alarm. I don't own an alarm clock and my alarm is on my phone. Which was in my car. I live on the 15th floor of an apartment building and our parking garage is across the street. 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 woke up to find my car broken into. After being upset for not hearing my car alarm go off I realized it had in the middle of the night. I had woken up and cursed the idiot who set off their alarm and put a pillow over my head, falling back to sleep shortly after. FML
Today, I'm dead on my feet. My flatmate's alarm went off for 20 minutes at 5 a.m., which I heard and he didn't. A car alarm went off outside my window for half an hour at 7 a.m. My building fire alarm went off twice, at 8 and 8:10 a.m. Just let me sleep. FML
Today, my phone alarm didn't go off this morning. Furious, I spent ten minutes complaining about technology before realizing I'd carefully set the alarm for 7:00 PM instead of 7:00 AM. The technology was actually innocent for once. FML
Today, I sneaked out of work early. I tripped over my own feet while walking up to my car. As I fell, I managed to hit the panic button on my car keys, setting off my car alarm while I lay flat on the ground in the parking lot. FML
Today, I heard my alarm go off, dragged myself out of bed, had breakfast and got ready for work. As I was heading out the door I checked the time again. It was 1:41 AM. Apparently my alarm never actually went off. FML
Today, after 5 hours of attempting to sleep, I began to finally drift off. Then, some fuckwit who'd parked his car right outside my door took 20 minutes to switch his alarm off. I have to be up in about 4 hours, after a 12-hour night shift, heading into another. FML
Today, I woke up and saw that my alarm clock had fallen on the floor. It read 9:05 am. I panicked because I was late for work. As I frantically got ready, I went to pick my alarm clock up to place it back on my nightstand when I realized it was upside down. The actual time was 5:06. FML
Today, my phone alarm went off at 3 AM. I don't remember setting it, but it turns out I'd somehow activated an old "Wake up for a meteor shower" reminder. Despite it being the wrong day by months, I got up, looked outside, and only then did my brain kick into gear and I realized it was set for the wrong date. FML
Today, I fully intended to start going to the gym so I set my alarm an hour early so I could go before work and get it over with. Alas, when the alarm went off and I saw that horrible "5 a.m." on my phone, my brain put me straight back to sleep without my consent. I ended up being late for work. FML
Today, I set 3 alarms so I wouldn't miss an early morning event I was volunteering at. After I slept through the first one, my roommate turned the other two off without waking me up because they were annoying. I missed the event. FML
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bwzwally8 15
That's why you bring your phone wherever you go. Lesson learned.
SonOfAMitch 14
~I agree entirely! My dam clock tells me if my dam has overflowed or if there is not enough water inside it.~
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CsHx 16
You should never leave a phone in your car unattended.
emh86 14
Always when entering or exiting your car check for 3 things. Keys, phone and wallet :)
chlorinegreen 27
I like to call it the 3 tap. Before I go inside I Tap my wallet, tap my phone and tap my keys. I'm actually horrible about my keys, hence the 3 tap system.
Blacksabbath211 9
I have a similar system, but I check for my iPod, my phone, and my wallet while holding my keys. :) The "If the keys are in your hand, you can not be locked out." school of thought saves gas and money every day. XD
irishpotatoes 5
Haha damn that sucks
andyyroxx 20
I remember telling you the same thing in 1845.
DanielleinDC 34
Lesson learned: Get an alarm clock. Bring your phone with you when you park your car, not just because you need the alarm but because you don't want someone breaking into your car and stealing your phone.
perdix 31
Get a rooster. You can't rely 100% on new-fangled technology, so always back it up with time-tested, old-fashioned wisdom. You could always use the eggs.
soja_fml 18
But, ummm... roosters don't lay eggs.
perdix 31
I was just checking to see if anyone was reading.
rampatmonkey 7
do you seriously not have any kitchen timers? idiot.
perdix 31
My phone is my kitchen timer. It's also my watch, camera and best friend.
hateevryone 15
Get an alarm clock
Obey_StudBoii 23
That sounds like one hell of a walk.
RAUN 8
If only they made a cell phone for you that was so large you would leave it in the house your troubles would be over. Maybe you should make it a habit to carry your phone in your pocket and charge it near the bed every night with a big note at your door "PHONE".
onorexveritas 24
this hardly seems like an fml