Today, in an attempt to be frugal, I tried to repair my own sometimes-faulty toaster. Turns out I unplugged the wrong kitchen appliance, which I only discovered by electrocuting myself while pulling it apart. Now it's definitely broken, will need replacing, and I have a burn. 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 made the mistake of taking apart and fixing a malfunctioning toaster in front of my five year-old. Two hours later, he tried to take apart a lamp that was plugged in. He shocked himself, broke the lamp, and set the carpet on fire. FML
Today, I stood there for 10 minutes trying to fix the toaster, until I called my brother to help me. I'd forgotten that it wasn't plugged in. He now thinks I'm a complete idiot. FML
Today, I replaced the broken hot plates in my stove, only to realize that something else is broken, and it's still is not usable. I had to change it all back before I could even heat dinner. This was after I had carried the thing up and down the stairs by myself, and spent an entire afternoon cleaning it. FML
Today, the estranged crumbs in my toaster caught light while I was making breakfast. The toast, toaster, and my wooden bench are now little more than collateral damage. FML
Today, our stove broke. Now, we have to cook using a toaster oven. FML
Today, I got burned, all because the toaster scared me while I was holding a pot of boiling water. FML
Today, I tried to fix my laptop charger by fiddling around with it using metal tweezers. Not only did I forget to unplug the cord and shocked myself, I also ended up breaking the charger completely. FML
Today, over the course of three hours, I was burned by our toaster oven, hit in the head by a fridge door, hit my toes on a chair, clipped my hip on a table edge, and had both the washer and dryer lids slam on the same hand. I'm not sure what hurts more, my body or the shame. FML
Today, my mom’s boyfriend insists that I can’t break anything by hooking up my new stove wrong, so I should just try until it works. Some trial and error and one electrician’s visit later, I now have a correctly hooked up stove which is now half broken. FML
Today, I almost burned the house down while changing a lightbulb. FML
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Top comments
RichardPencil 32
You shocked yourself. Electrocution means death by electric shock. Watt a re-volt-ing o-current-s! You potentially could've burned down your ohm.
Virginia6810 16
I’m all for trying to fix something before it is replaced but toasters don’t cost that much really. With that said, always triple check you unplugged the right thing.
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Comments (15)
Miss Beep 14
Sometimes it hurts to be cheap 🤷🏼♀️
Rodville 28
If you electrocuted yourself you’d be dead.
MidnaLink 35
Not necessarily. If she dropped it in water and was touching the water, certainly, but there can always be a quick jolt.
Rodville 28
A quick jolt is called a shock. The word electrocuted means shocked to death.
Michelle Humann 1
Damnit, I was gonna write that!
baristalbc 18
You stole my words.
Virginia6810 16
I’m all for trying to fix something before it is replaced but toasters don’t cost that much really. With that said, always triple check you unplugged the right thing.
evilplatypus 39
As a former electronics technician, there are some thing you DON’T fix yourself if you’re an amateur. Toaster is near the top of that list.
RichardPencil 32
You shocked yourself. Electrocution means death by electric shock. Watt a re-volt-ing o-current-s! You potentially could've burned down your ohm.
childlessmother 16
I’m curious when you took it to the table to take it apart you didn’t notice the resistance in the cord? Just how?
timinator5000 28
right! I do all my projects in the middle of the room.
Sonotsuave 37
Yeah I have a rule, never try to fix appliances myself unless I absolutely am paying attention and know what I’m doing. Sorry but YDI
IrieStorm 9
If you're not even capable of unplugging the toaster, you're definitely not capable of repairing it...
Matthew Irmen 11
Seriously? Toasters are the cheapest appliances around, so do the right thing and buy a new one.