Today, I finally managed to sleep, after two days of being kept awake by the miniature floodlights my neighbors have installed to scare off burglars. Only a couple of hours into my sleep, I woke up to the sound of their car being broken into. 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, after my windshield wipers being stolen twice in a row, I decided to hide in my car to catch the thief. I fell asleep. When I woke up, the new wipers were gone. FML
Today, I woke up to find my car broken into. After being upset for not hearing my car alarm go off I realized it had in the middle of the night. I had woken up and cursed the idiot who set off their alarm and put a pillow over my head, falling back to sleep shortly after. FML
Today, I woke up to the sound of my car being stolen. FML
Today, my car was broken into, on the same night I stayed up late researching how to install my new car alarm. FML
Today, after 5 hours of attempting to sleep, I began to finally drift off. Then, some fuckwit who'd parked his car right outside my door took 20 minutes to switch his alarm off. I have to be up in about 4 hours, after a 12-hour night shift, heading into another. FML
Today, I had finally gotten my dogs to quiet down and my baby to fall asleep. Not thirty seconds later, my neighbor's car alarm went off. They aren't home for the weekend, and the damn alarm has now been blaring for three hours. FML
Today, after quite a long work day, I got home to find my house had been broken into. Everything but my sleeping boyfriend was gone. FML
Today, I awoke to the sound of my neighbors attacking my car with a baseball bat accusing me of calling the cops on them. I did call the cops on them, after they screamed at me last night, drunkenly, to call the cops for them because they thought they were being robbed. FML
Today, I was so tired, I passed out at work in the middle of a call. All because my neighbor's car alarm kept going off every 3 minutes all through the morning. It was still going when I left for work. If you see a news story in a few days about a whole neighborhood beating a guy to death, that's probably us. FML
Today, I spent an hour in my car terrified to go inside because I thought my house was being burgled. I saw rapid shadows in the light of my lounge. Eventually I plucked up the courage to creep inside with a rock to find it wasn't a robber. It was my cats, fighting in front of a toppled lamp. FML
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xCrazyMexican 4
Hey op here's a tip for the lights put a sheet up over the window to block out the light. Hope you get some sleep soon.
DocBastard 40
Watt's the big deal? You don't sound very bright to me. Let me shed some light on the situation - hang some blackout shades and wear ear plugs.
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xCrazyMexican 4
Hey op here's a tip for the lights put a sheet up over the window to block out the light. Hope you get some sleep soon.
buck33 14
That's what I did when my neighbors had bright lights. Anyway, despite being woken up, this actually kind of seems like a win for the OP.
drewcat21 0
I sleep during the day due to working overnights. Sheets won't do crap but you can buy black out curtains which work great.
xCrazyMexican 4
Thanks 14 I was actually imaging something like that in my mind a dark sheet or cloth of sorts
xCrazyMexican 4
Ah meant to write 16
budnut 10
Was I the only one who went up and looked for 14's comment ?
yoyoforpeace 14
I'm 17 and I understood this fml too.
lindsaymiedema 4
63, what?
hatesfate 6
63 - your profile says you're 21. Either way you may have got the FML which seems to be a feat but you've totally missed the point
Meettitan 14
A large sheet of construction paper, or aluminum foil in the windows; one of the best temporary fixes I've found.
yoyoforpeace 14
66 and 70 it's from an earlier fml...
telli164 30
#70. Her profile says she's 19 now
Helpfulman 17
Or get blackout curtains.
MikeMikeTheAzn 3
Oh the irony!
Srs_business 7
A burglar saw the floodlight and thought "Challenge Accepted!"
Teyros 24
^ lol or the burglars were other annoyed neighbors.
Clioo_fml 17
OP isn't the only one who deserves to be on FML for this...poor neighbors.
PinkieKeen 20
41 - your a complete DUMBASS. OP has been restless for THREE nights, and you think the neighbors should be on FML?
Srs_business 7
42- You're* You should really learn the difference before calling someone a dumbass.
Clioo_fml 17
42, I never said OP wasn't suffering. But before you call me a dumbass, read the Post again. It was the NEIGHBORS' car that got broken into, even after all the money they spent to prevent that exact thing from happening!
BunchieRules 31
Well, 42 doesn't seem very bright, does he?
hatesfate 6
42 seems to be the floodlight that didn't work
IAmAGinger 7
Well, at least you got some sleep? Sorry, that really stinks. :/ (I know, typical comment. Sorry, fellow commenters.)
Srs_business 7
Come on 3, you should've tried to put a little more soul into that comment.
IAmAGinger 7
Oh sure, rub it in why dontcha. :'(
KiddNYC1O 22
You know, you're not sentenced to hit SEND... :P
RadioDeeJayy_ 6
F your neighbor's life, OP. Thankfully it wasn't your car!
itsharkley 8
So why is he breaking into his neighbor's car? Is he wording it like this because he's schizophrenic?
emeraldisle 30
Those lights can be bothersome. Perhaps wear a sleeping mask and ear plugs.
amandajlucas2015 2
That's Wut I did when my college roommate would stay up till five o clock in the morning with the lights on and I had class at 8 I just bought a mask it worked great couldn't see a thing!
DocBastard 40
Watt's the big deal? You don't sound very bright to me. Let me shed some light on the situation - hang some blackout shades and wear ear plugs.
gc327072 31
Perhaps if Edison were here he'd have a more direct solution.
LordoftheOcelots 10
I think the doc has pun-itis
MissMae93 23
You've noticed that too, 21? I'm getting worried!
Soloman212 28
Don't be alarmed by your lack of sleep; brighter times are sure to come about!
feldco1 17
Maybe invest in some better windows coverage? Hope you get some sleep soon!
lovernaught66 7
Stupid burglars creating reason to keep neighbors awake.
skippymagee 5
Got em! This situation blows for both you and your neighbors.
Hiimhaileypotter 53
I've never really understood putting lights up to "scare off burglars." I guess that would work if someone was looking so they could see what they were doing and call the cops, but what if it's 3 in the morning and no one is watching? You're just giving the burglar light to see in.
sadistmonkey 19
Well, if they're bright enough, people like the OP are watching.
youknowimright 5
There's a better chance of getting caught if your lit up. @ 3am its unlikely but if i was a burglar i would steal shit from the pitch black cars than the ones in lit up areas.