Today, I got a call from a police department saying that if I didn't move my car from a store's parking lot within the next 15 minutes, they were going to tow it and charge me for the fee. I was at work and the reason I parked it there is because it started smoking and almost caught fire. 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, my boss reported to the police that a suspicious car has been parked outside the store late at night. I walked outside and my car was gone. He had my car towed. FML
Today, I walked to work. I later discovered that my husband had parked my car in a no-parking area. My job is towing cars. I had to tow my own car. FML
Today, after a broken smoke detector in my home caused the fire department to come, I got an angry visit from my neighbor who was upset because she had parked in front of a fire hydrant and got a ticket. She demands that I pay it, "or else." FML
Today, I went to lunch with a friend in her car. I told her to park in a lot that had signs warning that we'd be towed, saying, "They never tow anyone from here. In fact, if you get towed, I'll pay for it." When we returned, her car was gone. I had to pay $145 in cash to get it back. FML
Today, my truck got towed after being parked for ten minutes, even though wasn't in a no parking area. Now I have to pay 500 dollars to get it out of impound. FML
Today, while borrowing my girlfriend's dad's truck, I had to pay $120 to prevent it from being towed. I was parked right in front of my apartment unloading heavy furniture into my garage for not even 20 minutes while the apartment manager, who called the tow truck, watched us from his balcony. FML
Today, the fire alarm went off at my apartment. I rushed out but forgot to grab a coat, so I hopped in my car and fired it up, figuring I'd wait it out. A fireman knocked on my window and loudly asked me to get out, then wrote me a citation for "improper fire alarm protocols." That's a thing? FML
Today, I parked my car, went to pay for my spot, and returned to my car only to find a parking violation ticket tucked under the windshield wipers. This all happened in less than a minute. FML
Today, my car was towed. After taking a cab all the way to the lot for $45 and paying the $250 fee to get my car back, my car broke down in the impound lot and needed to be towed to the nearest shop, where it took another $200 to fix, and $50 for the towing. I still have a 3-hour drive home. FML
Today, I started my first day of work at my new job. They had a section in the parking lot for employees only, so I parked there. Apparently, my boss didn't recognize my car, and had it towed. FML
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Top comments
flufffypants 0
What the **** if your car lights on fire don't just move it extinguish it you dumb sack of shit
NeonBunBun 0
Why would you leave your car in a random parking lot while it's all smokey and go to work? shouldn't you have called a tow company or your insurance or something. really now Ydi
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Comments (101)
TheTrollinator 0
YDI for smoking, it's gonna kill you sooner or later
MellowYelloe 0
His car started smoking
MellowYelloe 0
I understand it fine -_-
srunano 4
Here's a cookie Mellow....but only one ok?
iazy9 14
mee toooo
NeonBunBun 0
Why would you leave your car in a random parking lot while it's all smokey and go to work? shouldn't you have called a tow company or your insurance or something. really now Ydi
MellowYelloe 0
It probably stopped smoking when OP turned the car off.
ImaginaryFoe 1
#15 is right. If the car was having trouble, you should've done something about it immediately, not just leave it in the store's lot. I'm sure there were signs warning you the car would be towed. YDI for thinking they didn't apply to you.
MrAdventure 1
Another YDI here, for leaving the car in a random lot. OP should have contacted a tow company, or at the very least notified the store about the vehicle. I can't understand what is essentially abandoning a car that may catch fire and not telling anyone about it. A simple phone call once arriving at work would've solved this.
Eddie_Paints 0
How does something "Almost" catch on fire? Is that like a plane almost crashing, or you almost dying?? Like this is almost an FML!
ImaginaryFoe 1
LOL! You, sir, win.
deathartisan 0
hmmm. correction on my earlier post, op. go die in your burning car, if you need help I can slit your stomach open and start the fire inside you body, while you bleed to death. :]
MellowYelloe 0
You fail so much at grammar. I'm not amazing myself, but your being an asshole and pretty much showing everyone on FML that your one person the world could do without. Not the OP.
MellowYelloe 0
you're* -_-
awuh_man 0
you are being rude to this person and you typed 'you're' wrong twice. you may have corrected it, but some people don't feel the need to correct their typos on the internet, please lay off. the person forgot an 'r' in 'your' and may have some misplaced commas, but it's not that big of a deal. you don't have to be rude to someone over the internet unless their grammar is, 'y0z i jU5t W4s 0v3rLy M34n t0 s0m3 gUy i d0n't Kn0w, l0lz.' so, yeah.
MellowYelloe 0
If you read what I typed more clearly you would have saw that his grammar was the least of my concerns. No one needs to be telling others that he would enjoy cutting out their body, and setting them on fire.
okieraider71 4
You said your car started smoking. Talk it in to quitting before it is a 3 pack a day habit. (wasn't smoking your stash was it?)
PMS_Queen 2
Stupid pigs...they don't care about what happens to the general public....I can't tell you how many times I've had that happen....as long as they get $ from writing tickets and meet their quota, they can't be bothered with things like common sense and doing their job. That's why I can't stand them, and stupid people, in general. Your car could've blown up, for the love of God! But noooooooooo, that's too difficult for them to comprehend. Figures, eh?
capthavoc123 0
Quotas are a Hollywood myth.
srunano 4
Pms-Queen sounds like you really are pmsing.chill out and like mentioned before, cops don't have quotas.But you're right sometimes cops seem not to care, but I think actual crimes are more important than a car burning when no one is in it.After its done burning Op can claim it to his insurance,......ah that new car smell :)
whatashitday 0
# 20 cars blowing up is also a myth... They burn but don't 'blow up' petroleum is not explosive it's flammable. And gennerally when people find their car is 'smoking' it is actually steam and therefore there is little chance of it catching alight.
markisunder0ath 0
how do you get your car in and out of your kitchen? that's where you work right? cause your job is being a woman.
MellowYelloe 0
That was lame, REALLY lame.
lionandthelamb61 9
I thought it was hilarious
cjstyles 0
I don't think I would want a pile of shat car parked infront of my store. you should have called into work explained you would be late and why, then figured out somthing with the car. still shitty situation. lemons suck
MellowYelloe 0
Op didn't want to be late for work i guess. The FML makes perfect sense to me atleast.
penflower 0
me too. what's not to get?
Sabre300 0
Snick, you're such a douche, please re-read the fml, and please pay attention to every word in it >_>