Today, I got back from a service trip to Kenya, where I had no running water or electricity. I encouraged my friends to go green and help raise awareness by conserving as much electricity as possible. I return home to find that all my lights have been on for 2 weeks. FML
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A failed costume, stolen candy and a very real scare: Halloween, the one night when fear is allowed.
Today, I woke up to find my power was out. After taking a shower in the dark and being unable to make myself lunch, my power came on two minutes before I had to leave for school. FML
Today, I finished working a 70 hour work week. I'm a lineman for the electric company, and worked extended hours all week getting people's lights back on after a wind storm. When I got home, my power was out. FML
Today, as I was shampooing my hair in the shower, the power went out. Since my house has well water, no power means no water. FML
Today, there was a power outage at my apartment. I ended up deciding that the power wasn't going to come on any time soon, and that I should go to a hotel for the night. Just after I unpacked at the hotel, my neighbor called to say the power had come back. FML
Today, after a power outage at my house, my 14-year-old brother was genuinely confused as to why our flashlights still worked if we had no electricity. FML
Today, I was using a public restroom when the lights suddenly turned off. Panicking, I waved my arms around, trying to trigger the motion sensor, but nothing happened. I had to finish in the dark, and as I was leaving, the janitor noticed me, turned the lights back on, and said, “Yeah, I turned those off earlier to save power. Hope you were OK in there.” FML
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 arrived at the kennels I work in to find the power disconnected and the water pump off. This meant I had to bucket water and carry it to keep over sixty assorted dogs and cats alive in temperatures over 90 degrees. The moment I finished, the power came back on. FML
Today, I took a shower after I finished typing an important essay I've been working on for days. My computer illiterate mum shut the computer down when I was gone, without saving a thing. When I confronted her, she yelled at me for "wasting electricity". FML
Today, my roommate decided to turn off all appliances in the house to "save" electricity. This included the refrigerator. FML
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Top comments
noshitsherlock 0
WTF you deserve it. Why didn't you check before you left?
alisalei 0
ydi definitely. i'm sick of all this "go green" jawn, you guys are all hypocrites.
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Comments (110)
SirAlan 0
i hope u have enough money for your bill!
tWitt3rBuG 0
Look at it this way, you've balanced it out by conserving there and wasting in your house! Well, in this day you probably saved your house from being burgled coz it looked like you were at home! mistakes are lessons learnt =P
Natafas 0
Karma sucks.
aero_fml 0
I'll "go green" as soon as you're the one paying my bills.
RiZiViO 0
When you have your mind on things such as packing you forget some of the most obvious things. Try making a list beforehand. I know it sounds silly but list all the things that you need to do and check them off. Good job trying to encourage people to go green. Just try to do it yourself in future. :)
Piemarz 0
Ironic. Well done, next time you will remember (I Hope).
zander09 0
This is why you shouldn't be a ******* dick about conservation.
darkmis1 18
That sux. But maybe if u go without electricity for 2 weeks, it'll even out the bill. Good job on tryin to get people to go green tho :-)
AntiChrist7 0
oh i love hypocrits like you. YDI
peoc 0
well, unless you went to kenya via donkey and sailing boat, Im guessing you used a plane... which is much more polluting than a few lights left on. Gotta love these 'enviormentalists' xD