Today, my sink seemed to be filling up with dirty water. Concerned, I turned on the garbage disposal and plunged away. With no change in the water levels, I called a plumber. He reached in, pulled out the drain plug, and give me his bill while chuckling to himself. FML
Collection
Fall
Dead leaves, the first cold of the season and an umbrella flipped inside out: fall, the season of grace.
Today, I tried to save money by fixing a leaky sink myself. Fifteen minutes and three tools later, I had flooded under-sink cabinets and a new appreciation for plumbers. My landlord arrived with a wrench and a look that said ‘you’ll learn.’ I learned to call professionals first. FML
Today, my landlord refused to send a plumber over to unclog the sink. Now he wants me to pay for water damages because he didn't call a plumber sooner. 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, my sump pump stopped working so I called a plumber to fix it. It took two seconds for him to simply plug it back in. Cost me $75 for the call. FML
Today, I was using the toilet at a friend's house when the toilet made a strange gurgling noise. Thinking it was just old plumbing, I flushed. The water started rising... and rising. Before I knew it, water, and whatever was in the toilet, began overflowing and flooding the bathroom. I had to go ask for help, and a mop. FML
Today, we had to turn the water off due to a massive leak in the kitchen sink that the plumber was currently fixing. I managed to wait two hours before my uncooperative digestive tract said it couldn't wait any longer and I had to take a mega dump in the bathroom. I couldn't flush the toilet or wash my hands. 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, I was draining the water from my fishbowl out into the kitchen sink. The fish was still in it and decided to go with the flow, literally, right into the garburator. I was too scared to stick my hand down there to save it; instead I panicked and turned the garburator on. FML
Today, I had to call a plumber out, because my idiot daughter clogged the pipes while trying to flush a hamburger down the toilet. FML
Today, I absent-mindedly poured the putrid water from the sink’s air trap into the sink that I'd just removed the air trap out of, and flooded the cupboard I then had to crawl into. FML
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Top comments
kwyk 23
Don't worry, plumbers are used to all sorts of crap.
SharnaaaBanana 22
Haha wow. We all do stupid things from time to time :)
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Comments (50)
theraven536 2
Hate to point this out, but the plunger should have dislodged the plug...
noelasis94 18
He just showed you how rewarding the prestigious job of plumbing is, what a classy character.
Shrike 24
Seems a bit sexist to imply one woman's brain-fart can or should speak for the reputation of all women. Hmm...
AzKoldAzICE 3
Lol well at least you made his day one might funnier
Michael_92 20
I didn't even notice this was a chick u til you said something. Quite frankly who cares the sex of the person doing it. It just doesn't matter. I think you'll find YOU are the one being sexist, not anyone else.
Shrike 24
So let me get this straight: you not only didn't notice the gender icon on the FML, but you also completely missed the entire point of the comment I was replying to? Namely that the OP is somehow ruining the reputation of all women? Maybe you should try reading a book without pop up flaps sometime and get back to us when you have some reading comprehension.
chuckcloninger 12
I have this desire to say "You're kidding aren't you?". But I too have managed to pull some pretty dumb stunts in my lifetime too. Hopefully you can afford the plumbers charges and you have a pretty damn funny story to tell if a party ever gets dull.
fksfsdhfsdfh 26
*facepalm*
starfish7 18
Plumbers can be arrogant a**holes. Just try to forget about it.
ohhitsher 5
Lol wow, your smart.