Today, a strong storm knocked the power out at our office. I was dismissed five hours early, had my desk locked up and was walking toward the doors to leave when the power came back on. FML
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Halloween
A failed costume, stolen candy and a very real scare: Halloween, the one night when fear is allowed.
Today, after climbing eight flight of stairs due to electricity outage, I got to work only to find the office locked. FML
Today, I woke up to find my power was out. After taking a shower in the dark and being unable to make myself lunch, my power came on two minutes before I had to leave for school. FML
Today, the power at work was out. This would be fine, if they didn’t make me stay for another hour to wait for it to come back on in the Texas heat. FML
Today, there was a power outage at my apartment. I ended up deciding that the power wasn't going to come on any time soon, and that I should go to a hotel for the night. Just after I unpacked at the hotel, my neighbor called to say the power had come back. FML
Today, the power went out at school. If it's out for more than twenty minutes, standard procedure is to let us go home. They came back on almost nineteen minutes later. FML
Today, I finished working a 70 hour work week. I'm a lineman for the electric company, and worked extended hours all week getting people's lights back on after a wind storm. When I got home, my power was out. FML
Today, the power went out to my house a second time after coming on a few days ago due to a series of severe storms that rolled through the area. The first knockout took less than 12 hours. This one? A little over three days in a heat wave. FML
Today, the power went out at work. As everyone left the building to go home, the owner came in to inform me that, since the phones were on a battery back up, I would be staying to man them. The phones rang 2 times in the 4 hours I sat in the dark by myself. Both times were telemarketers. FML
Today, I was doing an online live exam with the camera on when the power suddenly went out. FML
Today, I had one minute to go before a team meeting from my work, a blackout occurred in my block. The outage lasted an hour. The meeting was about 40 minutes long. FML
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KungFuJack3 16
RUN FORREST RUN
snarkytruth 37
At least your check won't be 5 hrs short. It's hard to get enough hours to make ends meet these days.
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tyress 5
Run next time!
HMYX1006 9
RUN, TUMM TUMM TUMMM!!!!
lexiieeex3 32
Hopefully you got to your car quick enough...
poprockz96 12
What part of Ohio? Reynoldsburg didn't see shit of that storm, we're desperate for rain
mezochan 29
I know we got hit in the northeast, maybe it was the same storm that shut down Cedar Point? :o
AstonBrown 8
In Westerville, close to Polaris
okaydisarray 17
Dayton area got hit pretty badly too. Luckily we didn't lose power though. Sorry, OP. I probably still would have left....
aaronsayshi 21
That's storm that hit was shitty, I was outside at work bringing carts in, I got soaked
snarkytruth 37
At least your check won't be 5 hrs short. It's hard to get enough hours to make ends meet these days.
smallandroid 26
With an office job, OP might be paid on salary, not hours, which would give her cause to want to leave early without losing pay.
201chasew 22
I'm not sure about everywhere, but my dad's work gives the employee for 4 hours after they are sent home due to lack of work or other reasons that aren't the employees fault. If this is the case, he would only be an hour short.
AstonBrown 8
You are correct! :)
KungFuJack3 16
RUN FORREST RUN
trucker2 33
horseshoes and hand grenades.... Power outage
rustybucket 24
Should've made a run for it
hahaonyoubiatch 6
I would've still left
RememberSchlitz 9
You got a short unscheduled break and spent it thinking about what sort of fun stuff you'd do with the extra 5 hours of leisure time you suddenly had. OK, so when you get off work for real, go do that stuff. Now it's both fun and paid for.