Today, as I entered a stairwell, the fire alarm went off, triggering the automatic fire doors to close. The one I was walking through ran over my foot, ripping my toenail, and then smacked me in the face. 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, I tried to open a door with a dramatic kick, like in the movies. The door didn’t budge, but my shoe flew off and hit me in the face. FML
Today, I tripped while rushing to my classes. In a desperate attempt to regain my balance, I grabbed the nearest thing to me. A fire alarm. FML
Today, at work, we had a fire drill. I was the first to run out of the building, but in my haste, I tripped on the stairs, and rolled down the flight. When I got to the bottom, I tried to stand up, but my ankle was already swelling. What felt like the entire office watched as I limped to the designated meeting point. FML
Today, I was walking into my office building when I tripped over a doormat and fell flat on my face right in front of the security guard. As I tried to stand up, I kicked the door, slamming shut with a dramatic bang. I looked up to see that the entire building lobby was watching. FML
Today, I gave the back door a slight nudge to make sure it was latched shut. Of course, it flew wide open, causing me to smash my face into the doorframe, fall out onto the back porch writhing in pain, and have blood pissing out of my face. FML
Today, I went for a run in a new pair of shoes that left me with huge blisters. As I finished cleaning them up so they could heal, I limped to my bed to take a nap. I was woken by the fire alarm. My building was having a drill and we couldn't use the elevators. I live on the 9th floor. FML
Today, looking out of my window, I spotted a fire raging in the building across from my apartment. Grabbing my phone, I dashed out to the balcony, only to slam into the screen door instead. After calling 911, I sprinted back out, only to clock the door a second time. FML
Today, at work, I decided to try and impress this girl walking behind me by holding the door open for her. As she was walking through, I inadvertently pulled the door too hard. It slammed against the wall and ricochet back, hitting her right in the face. FML
Today, my dorm's fire alarm went off. In the rush to escape, I slipped and fell off my bunk bed, breaking my ankle in two places. Crying, I told my roommates I needed help to walk. They shrugged and left after mentioning that I would slow them down. FML
Today, as I got up from the couch, my computer, which was next to me, fell on to my pinky toe. It fell just so that the edge of it cut my toe open. I cursed, and hobbled toward the bathroom to get a bandage. As I'm going into the bathroom, I stub said toe on the door jamb. FML
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Doribella98 14
Ouch! There isn't a pretty picture in my head from this. But feel better OP!!!
syley 5
If op was on a stairwell why would the doors close? Don't you use the stairs in a fire?
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Comments (58)
Rodders_SOTC 1
Where there is blame, there is a claim.
syley 5
If op was on a stairwell why would the doors close? Don't you use the stairs in a fire?
greeneyebeauty9 28
gee, you think it'd be able sense someone was there! sorry OP. hope you're okay!
wairdt 5
You deserved it if you went through the door that said: do not open, alarm will sound.
amandajlucas2015 2
Exactly Wut I was thinking.. No where in the FML did I say any of those words
Old_Iron_Sides 6
...and this is why you should wear shoes...
Enslaved 38
Seeing that the OP is from California, he/she was probably wearing open toed shoes like flip-flops.
Old_Iron_Sides 6
Do you not have arms OP?
furbyface711 9
Did you go to the building manager and tell him what happened? And did you take pictures of your injury? Because you can sue over that. But if you didn't start the process before you left the building then it's too late.
S182 15
Im not huge fan of big lawsuits.. just wanna throw it out there. Sure, sue for the cost of the medical treatment and the drugs.. perhaps a little extra for the time wasted with the doc... but you dont deserve to be a millionaire... Not that you would do that OP :)
amandajlucas2015 2
That's kind of rude.."u don't deserve to be a millionaire" and I guess all the people who sit on there ass all day trying to pretend like they are doin something important deserve to be millionaires.. Etc etc
GriffZilla 3
The doors close on the stairways to stop smoke and fire spreading easily through a building - otherwise its an open passage.
HappyBitch 1
Youch! That really sucks.
smiliecat 13
We had doors that would close automatically whenever the fire alarm would go off at the hospital where I worked. They would divide the unit and also close off stairs.