Today, I forgot to shut off some pumps before closing the main valves that run to them. Several sirens soon started blaring at a deafening level. I'm new here and nobody else is around. I don't know how to shut the sirens off. 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, the power in my village went out. This caused the back-up battery powered alarm to go off. Nobody in the house even knew our alarm worked, let alone how to make it stop. It's been going off for over an hour now. FML
Today, I accidentally bumped into the fire alarm which set off a high pitched buzzing noise that could be heard throughout the entire dorm. It went on for at least two hours and none of the technicians could figure out how to turn it off. All the girls on my floor are mad at me. FML
Today, after spending 6 hours straight working on a project at school, I decided to call it a night. The instant I set foot out of the lab, the building started screaming. The maintenance guy had set the alarm without telling me. The police had to let me out. FML
Today, while trying to sleep after a night shift, workers came to hook up city sewage service, firing up drills and shouting. An hour later, my child woke me up to tattle on her sister. Just as I was drifting to sleep yet again, the smoke alarm battery started chirping. I give up. FML
Today, I got stuck in my building's elevator. I pushed the emergency button, which made a ringing noise. After about half an hour, I heard someone yell, "Stop pushing that button, my kids are sleeping." FML
Today, at work I had to spend two hours cleaning up stinky toilet water. Why? Because yesterday, I forgot to turn on the septic tank pumps. The tank overflowed, and so did all the toilets. My boss is not happy. FML
Today, I had to go to the bathroom, but the door was closed. I waited until I was pretty much about to explode, and eventually yelled, "Are you okay?" and my roommate replied, "What are you talking about? Oh, sorry. I left the light on." How do you close the door and forget to turn off the light? FML
Today, I flooded my entire kitchen. The water was cut off at night and I left the faucet open without realizing. When the sound woke me up at 5am, the water reached my ankles. I frantically tried to sweep it out before my mother woke up at 6am. I didn't make it. FML
Today, I attempted to fix my leaky sink using a tutorial I found on YouTube. Everything was going smoothly until I accidentally turned off the water to the entire apartment building instead of just my unit. Now I'm known as the superhero who flushed everyone's morning routine. FML
Today, I lost power. That didn't stop my house alarm from running on battery, loudly informing me in a British accent, "AC power disconnected. BEEP. AC power disconnected. BEEP." It's been going on for 5 hours and the battery takes a special screwdriver to remove. One we don't have. FML
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Theglc20 27
Just walk away. Walk away and dont come back
HeartOfLead 24
Don't be alarmed OP, just call your boss/manager and ask him how.
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Theglc20 27
Just walk away. Walk away and dont come back
AculyAmber 12
It kind of sucks the managers left Op alone when he didn't know how to do everything correctly. Haven't they ever heard of training?
Arrow44 10
Its time to sob in fetal position.
SwaggCapone 11
And you expect us to know?
dmahen 10
Hopefully, OP isn't working at a nuclear reactor.
JasonUMN 15
Hopefully keeping your job after this mishap isn't just a pipe dream.
hemz_fml 13
So you decide to post on FML? Some of these are so absurd it's hard to believe some people even fall for it.
HeartOfLead 24
Don't be alarmed OP, just call your boss/manager and ask him how.
subwaysurfers 13
Pun intended? I almost missed it.
Slawter16 24
Do what you'd do if you were in a toy store and a toy started making noises and you didn't know how to stop it.. Walk far away..
Welshite 40
See, I'm one of those people who walk down the toy aisles and turn on EVERY SINGLE TOY. Then I stand back and watch the children's eyes light up. What can I say? I'm a nice person.
Zebediabolical 45
I'm one of those people who tries to muffle it and if that doesn't work throws it to the ground and stomps on it until it dies.
clemsi 20
67 I can't decide if I like you or hate you ....on the one hand I hated it when toys would go off and would also bury them to shut them up, on the other I hated picking up items on the ground
contextbot 0
(OP actually works at a public school)
xenmarkal51 6
Run!!!
michelleJ11 25
Keep calm & call someone for help.
turkturkington 13
Sirens usually mean 'vacate', don't they? You should do as they say. And then act shocked and horrified when you hear that someone has been silly enough to set the sirens off and then LEAVE them blaring. ;)
Behind_walls 13
Just leave ... Go home, don't go back.
Youkmylife 7
I just hope you're not working at a power plant.