Today, at work I got in an elevator to go upstairs. It wasn't until the doors opened minutes later and people stepped in that I realized I had zoned out and forgot to press the button for the floor I needed. I then promptly exited the elevator and waited for the next elevator to go up in. FML
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Dead leaves, the first cold of the season and an umbrella flipped inside out: fall, the season of grace.
Today, I sat on an elevator for 10 minutes thinking I was stuck. After waiting awhile I looked at the screen to see what floor I was stuck on, only to realize I hadn't pressed a button so I had just stayed on the ground floor. FML
Today, I was in a big crowded elevator and had to struggle tried to press the button for my floor because no one close to the buttons bothered to ask me which floor I was going to. Instead, I hit the emergency stop button. The elevator stopped between floors for 20 minutes. Everyone stared at me like I was a movie villain. FML
Today, at work, my boss and I went upstairs to storage. We got in the elevator, I pressed the second floor button, and it didn't move so I repeatedly pressed the button. It wasn't until the fifth press that I realized we were already on the second floor. She thought I was an idiot. FML
Today, I was late for work and sprinted to catch the elevator. I made it just in time, only to realize I was in the elevator alone and had just dramatically dived into it for no reason. FML
Today, I worked up my courage and took an elevator for the first time in my life. Unfortunately, it was also my first time getting trapped for several hours in an elevator. FML
Today, I went into a shop, not really completely awake. To get to the upper floor, I took the escalator... in the wrong direction. After about 30 seconds (which seemed like hours) trying to climb up the wrong way, my brain started working and by that time I already had a few amused spectators watching me. 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 got into an elevator, I spotted a little old lady hobbling desperately to get on. I frantically tapped on the 'door open' button but the doors closed. I got dirty looks from the people in the lift, only then did I realise I had frantically tapped the 'door close' button instead. FML
Today, I got in the elevator with my dog and pressed the button for my floor. Instead of going up, it dropped two floors and opened up to a random basement room filled with nothing but mannequins, and wouldn't go back up. I had to fumble our way to the stairs. FML
Today, I saw a woman struggling to hold the elevator. Trying to be helpful, I jumped forward and pressed the “close doors” button, thinking it was “open doors.” The doors shut right in her face. I had to awkwardly ride up ten floors in silence with three witnesses. FML
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Top comments
JR_Goes_Rawr 11
Take the stairs next time? There are no buttons involved, and you get exercise. It's a win-win, unless you zone out again and forget to walk.
j_cat187 20
It's alright, I'm always.......... zoning out.
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j_cat187 20
It's alright, I'm always.......... zoning out.
Tdrizzzzzly 19
Yeah, I see what you would ......... Wait..huh?
zandalee 20
Christ. I just zoned out reading this FML.
andyyroxx 20
Wait... what?
Authoress14 15
It happens to the best of us. Not as bad as you think it was. Shake it off, OP.
BlakesHonestLie 8
Yeah I agree. Everyone has days where they're not all there so to speak. If it happens multiple times a day for weeks on end, then be worried.
23Z9TZO 18
Is nearly every fml user trying to be dr. phil now?
Authoress14 15
what crawled up your ass #33
JR_Goes_Rawr 11
Take the stairs next time? There are no buttons involved, and you get exercise. It's a win-win, unless you zone out again and forget to walk.
incendiaaa 23
i don't know, i'd get lost if i took the stairs and also get off on the wrong floor. so it's just as bad.
andyyroxx 20
Do you have labyrinth staircases, or?
jarrettd 27
Found my baby crying hard as babes could cry. What could i do??
EpicSquishii 21
My babys love had gone and left my baby blue. Nobody knew What kind of magic spell to use
AllThatHit 7
This should be added on the list of 50 things to do in an elevator
ambitiousnygrl 17
Or not do, rather!
klutz44 28
Yes, it should be #1, push the button.
cr3ativity 15
Missed your cup of joe, eh OP? It happens. One time when I was in New York during college application/ interviews, I fell asleep on a public bus. I woke up at the end of the bus route and had to call a cab to get back to the hotel. :P
KatieEvelyn 6
That's happened to me plenty of times. Just be glad that your boss didn't see that.
Demonfish 14
That's the sort of thing I'd do... And frequently manage to do (not necessarily in an elevator).
Tdrizzzzzly 19
Absent-mindedness happens to the best of us.
JennaNGood 21
Wait... What? You've completely lost me. Which, I gather, is the point.
doritowhore 9
Everybody has little brain-fart moments, OP. It's a part of life. Don't sweat the small stuff.