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
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Fall
Dead leaves, the first cold of the season and an umbrella flipped inside out: fall, the season of grace.
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, I set my alarm to wake up early for work. It turns out I set it for PM instead of AM. I woke up to my boss calling me, asking if I was still alive. FML
Today, I went to bed early, feeling responsible. At 2 a.m., I woke up in a panic because I forgot to set my alarm. While fixing it, I actually turned it off completely. I overslept, missed work, and proved once again that I should never trust myself. 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, the alarm on my phone went off. I picked it up, hit snooze, and dropped it back on my desk without looking. I woke up an hour later to find that I had dropped it directly in a full glass of water. FML
Today, I had an important test at 7 in the morning, so I sat the alarm at 6 o'clock and fell asleep. Later I was woken up by a call from my friend asking me why I didn't show up for the test. It was 9:30. I'd sat the alarm at 6:00 PM. FML
Today, I'm on holiday, but my alarm clock isn't. It rang at 6 o'clock. FML
Today, I bought a new alarm clock because I kept sleeping through my phone alarms. The first morning, it went off exactly when planned. I promptly turned it off, went back to sleep for “5 minutes,” and woke up 3 hours later. The clock had been set correctly. I had just gone straight back to sleep. FML
Today, I woke up an hour and half late to work, sleeping through nine alarms, then fell and injured my knee going into work. I'd forgotten my work ID and door card, and misplaced my coffee mug. It's only 9 a.m.! FML
Today, my alarm went off. I reached to swat it, missed, slipped, smacked my face on my dresser, and fell on the floor. As I picked myself up off the floor, I hit my head on the open top drawer of my other dresser. In 30 seconds of consciousness, I was attacked by two pieces of furniture. FML
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Hiimhaileypotter 53
At least you could sleep a while longer :)
mpsteve137 15
Well It must have felt awesome to go back to sleep
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ChawanKiti 15
How could you not tell what time it was even with the alarm clock upside down? Wow.
LegolasPrincess 10
When you first wake up aren't you a little out of it?
JaegerMayCry 13
When I barely wake up I can barely walk, much less think. FYL OP, but hey, at leather you got to sleep some more! :D
captainmpg 9
How can you not tell when you are being a beotch? Wow.
tombeardo 17
Twat
Welshite 40
Keep your insults to yourself. She made a mistake, just like EVERYONE else.
HowieDoIt 21
...are you talking about?
Coolaidegirl 18
wouldnt u have seen the five was upside down? but it also sounds like something i would do :-D
chlorinegreen 27
5 on alarm clocks typically look like a 2 upside down
Ilmoran 20
Actually, 5 and 2 look like themselves when a digital clock is upside down, not like each other. That's because to get the number upside down, you are rotating it, not mirroring it vertically.
jw90 18
Happens to the best of us OP
IvyOswin 17
Treat yourself to a Starbucks or something for getting ready so early!
igive 29
Starbucks is the devil.
Kibaruto 33
The devil makes good hot chocolate and treats.
VeganVampyre 27
Starbucks is gross. Second Cup is the place to go!
Kibaruto 33
I don't know what a vegan vampyre is, but I can assume it is either painful or disgusting.
Zaros_fml 24
#41, Whoa there, Mrs. Boucher. That's a slippery slope. I suppose foozball is the devil too?
imhope 23
What would they eat?? Tomato juice?
Joshwarrior 39
That happens to the best of us. Hey at least you weren't late
Warmonger_Smurf 29
At least you didn't call your boss at five in the morning that would've been great. Op's boss: Why did you wake me up by calling so early? What do you mean you'll be late? How?
Kibaruto 33
Then make it more awkward by saying something about time travel.
shellykjelly 26
Wibbly wobbly timey wimy
Kibaruto 33
Yes. You are a good person. I would give you a treat if I hadn't eaten all of them...
toneeangel 22
Lol happens to me all the time
False_Stupidity 42
What, your clock regularly falls on the floor making you mis-read the time? You need to re-think the placement of your clock.
ElricMustang 23
This is why I always check my phone and use that as my alarm too.
ptoka 20
Noor may use blackout curtains to help her sleep in on the weekends.