tcm123
This FML is from back in 2012 but it's good stuff
Champaign, United States
Make it stop
Today, maintenance came to fix the constantly beeping alarm system near my apartment. They changed it from beeping on-and-off to one never-ending beep, similar to the sound of my sanity flat-lining. FML
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nephilim241 19
I'm sure there are laws forbidding that, make complaints through the correct channels, keep copies of the paperwork.
EpicSquishii 21
Let the development of constant eye twitching and muttering obscenities to yourself commence! You'll be batshit crazy by this time tomorrow
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Comments (69)
lostcrazydiamond 10
Anybody else remember the FML about the beeping alarm system while the neighbors were on vacation? This is totally a follow-up.
KiddNYC1O 22
Yes. Should've went with good ol' criss-crossing lasers!
geekpower_fml 28
I was thinking the exact same thing. Maybe in a few weeks' time, they'll go and repair it again... To make it louder. And when the neighbors come back, they'll think their house was broken into because their alarm system was changed... This could end up badly for the OP.
schalk 12
1) can you access that speaker's cable and 2) do you have wire cutters ? Seriously though if there's a short in the system or a circuit isn't completed it'll trigger the alarm (tamper proof fail safes). It could also be that a door or window needs to be closed before the alarm is activated. (some sensors detect disturbances in the air particles - like car alarms). The keypad will show there's an error. Either rats chewed the cabling or the circuit board is damaged. This really shouldn't take more than 2 hours to fix (depending on the type of building it's installed in)
schalk 12
OP I googled it - you're pretty much screwed. As far as I can tell the legal amount of time an alarm can sound is 20min. After that it should only display a flashing light. Problem is most alarms will have cycles. Best to contact a laywer and/or police officer because not all states have the same laws. It should have a battery backup, which is why I suggested cutting the speaker's cable instead ;)
tehdarkness 21
Is this an update from a previous fml? Where the neighbors left for several months?
mariebc123 7
Time to find a new apartment
KiddNYC1O 22
You're quite the money saver!
Cavebone 5
Very nicely written.
stuckONsingle 4
Hahahaha sorry but your analogy was awesome
gman90210 18
I live with that all the time. From IED's but doc says its just tinnenitus. Didn't have it before but that don't matter also was seen for torn ligaments in my knee from it as well. Doctor says its because I smoke.
imamaniac 4
i would probably kill someone if that happened to me.
connorhperkins 9
...Hammer time?