Today, I accidentally pressed the panic button under the register at work. I didn't even know we had a panic button until the cops showed up. FML
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Dead leaves, the first cold of the season and an umbrella flipped inside out: fall, the season of grace.
Today, I found a mysterious button under my desk at work and pressed it out of curiosity. It was the emergency panic alarm. Within five minutes, security, my manager, and then two confused police officers were asking if I was OK. I just wanted to know what the button did. FML
Today, I was on the elevator at work. As it descended, a roach started scurrying about around my feet. I freaked out and started screaming, hitting the panic button without thinking. Now I'm facing a hefty fine for using the panic button when there wasn't a "real" emergency. FML
Today, I accidentally set off an alarm at the school I work for. No one was there, I didn't have the code or password the company needed, my boss wouldn't answer his phone, three policemen interrogated me and asked for ID, but realized I left home without my wallet. There was nothing I could do. I cried. FML
Today, I sneaked out of work early. I tripped over my own feet while walking up to my car. As I fell, I managed to hit the panic button on my car keys, setting off my car alarm while I lay flat on the ground in the parking lot. FML
Today, I accidentally left the store with a bag full of groceries without paying. I realized this halfway to my car when an employee chased me down, thinking I was a thief. Turns out, I had spaced out and walked out during a fire alarm drill. FML
Today, at the gas station I work a lady called wanting to know the "password" and if I was okay. Thinking it was a prank I hung up. A couple of minutes later she called back, this time asking if I could see the cops outside and telling me I'd be alright. I saw four of 'em. I'd hit the silent alarm by accident. FML
Today, I was taking a dump at work at a nursing home. While reaching for the toilet paper, I accidently pushed the emergency button. The nursing supervisors broke into the washroom to help. FML
Today, while visiting family in Taipei, I came across a large button that said "PUSH" on it. I was curious and pushed it. A deafening alarm then sounded for the next 10 minutes, attracting concerned neighbours and finally a security guard who informed me that I'd pushed a panic button. FML
Today, I went to the restroom at work, but I forgot the press on the button/timer because the lights were already on, then the lights turned off while I was in the stall. I had to finish my business and exit the pitch-black restroom while trying not to bump into anything or anyone. FML
Today, our community is having a large collective yard sale. It's also the day my phone decided to somehow pocket-dial 911. I had to explain this to the officers responding and also to a lot of surprised shoppers and neighbors. I'm still extremely embarrassed. FML
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Top comments
Bee4594 0
Wouldn't they let you know there was a panic button in the first place?
Deviant_fml 5
whoops...
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Comments (80)
xsouldeath 2
amusing
mrcarmine 0
they didn't tell you when you started? wow, talk about incompetence. what if you needed it and didn't know it was there?
Quinnjamin 0
nice...
Lilibell_fml 0
hahah you aree so stupid!!!!!! there is a panic button everywhere!!!!!!!! thats not a ****** life... thats a ****** brain you dumb ass....
SVelasquez 0
Probably should have asked if there was one. You'd think they'd tell you this stuff just in case.
dcapp 0
yeah they deff should have told you but no big deal, i'm sure it happens all the time
jerrycurls 1
ehh, just an accident. no biggie! =]
imprettyamazing 0
hahahahha I did that too. It was in the mgrs office though so I probably shouldn't have been in there anyways LOL
theswarm666x 1
that should have been the first thing they trained you in. i was once retraining an employee at subway. i assumed he knew about the bait bill due to him working for 3 days before i was working with him. when i was on the register i noticed the bill was missing. apparently he gave it to a customer for change. i told him i am going to be in the back waiting for a call from the cops. he was like why? i told him what he did and told him every step to take... i guess sometimes you got to learn by experience.
bollywood_rocks 0
To the ones saying it's not legit, it hasn't happened to you. FYI, not all panic buttons are red. Some are painted to fit in with the paint job of the counter or wherever it is so robbers are not clued in. When those cops come squealing into the parking lot with their blue lights and sirens on and you're sitting/standing there going "can I help you" without having any idea what you did, it becomes an FML. Add the fact that the boss will have to come in at an ungodly hour(mine was around midnight) to clean up your mess, then it becomes a bigger FML. Oh and you also get written up for costing the company unnecessary money whenever that button gets hit. The cops charge for the visit and the alarm company charges for it too. That adds up to one big FML.