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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Fall
Dead leaves, the first cold of the season and an umbrella flipped inside out: fall, the season of grace.
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)
goldensh0wer69 3
How about you move out of the way next time.
davek 36
I smell a lawsuit.
nuffsaidboutthat 4
Electromagnets that hold the door open de-energize and the door closes by it's own weight. Fire doors never slam shut unless something is wrong with the gas cylinder helping them close gently. Usually before this happens the fire bells begin to ring and strobe lights flash. OP must be a special one to stand in the door's path while this is happening. YDI
giggitygoo12 7
Would you like that shitty-day burger with a side of painful-fries;(
nuffsaidboutthat 4
Fire doors ease themselves shut with gas cylinders due to their excessive weight. A lawsuit would get you laughed right out of court, it would be like suing for being ran over by a handicap door! You're a moron OP, you are lucky you didn't loose your toe!
Quikraptor 8
You assume this one followed that rule. Like humans, technology isn't perfect. We can't assume it did or did not do what it's supposed to, but I'd figure if it ripped a toe nail off then the OP wasn't wearing any kind of footwear. So they were probably in an apartment complex of some sort. So an imperfect fire-door would make sense. (More landlords like to skip maintenance than people want to admit.)
nuffsaidboutthat 4
45-I tip my hat to you, your rebuttal was very well written! Though I stand by my original position, it's refreshing to see another adult type within these threads
Underorbit 7
Says the guy who called the OP a moron. That's very adult of you.
ShantiKumar 4
I was wondering why your toenail was exposed in the first place... it's October and where I live everyone is in boots. But OP is from Cali. makes sense.
stitesy29 18
Wow that must have sucked ass! Hope you feel better soon!!
Glassmaster 0
Wait...if a fire alarm goes off, then the escape route is closed? That doesn't make a whole lot of sense.
nachosbabygurl 9
y wod it close
m3lyc 18
To prevent the spread of fire. That's why they call them fire doors, idiot.
ReflexEight 6
It's like those doors in Dredd!