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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Halloween
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)
Ohnoitslindsay 0
No one is perfect, and just because someone is an enironmentalist doesn't mean they want you to revert to prehistoric technology, they just want you to be aware of your impact and save where you can. What is so wrong about that? Why is it that the people who try to improve the way the world works are the ones who get the bad rap all the time? OP, you're not a hypocrite, just human.
Clearsky18 2
Maybe you were really excited about going and forgot to turn them off?
NonImmigrant 0
Flying monkeys!
paperfox_fml 0
All you Republicans are absolutely right! Because this one person accidentally left his lights on, being kind to the environment has now been proven to be a huge waste of time and money and no one should bother doing anything! Oh you guys, if only you ruled the world just think what a clever place it would be. =D
ash_flash11 1
(: I love you XD You're so right. It makes my heart swell to see republicans commenting here. Screw the enviromentalists.
marisamaroo93 0
Republicans? I think the term is Conservatives since there are 'Republicans' who are actually left leaning biggots such as yourself.
marisamaroo93 0
Republicans? I think the term is Conservatives since there are 'Republicans' who are actually left leaning biggots such as yourself.
baffledkitten 0
Wow, that sucks. XD The obvious remark would be that you're a dumbass for forgetting to turn off your lights, but I've done the same before (although never for longer than a day), so I'll let it slide. Still, that'll teach you to double- and triple-check things before you go on trips, right? So, how much is your electricity bill this month? :P
KickMeInTheNadz 0
I would have played it off like someone was in there while I was away.
YouAgain_fml 0
Keep it up though! Until we become aware as a global society and start using sustainable energy that is not harmful to the environment you should be encouraging everyone to be green! Every little bit helps and I for one still want to be able to enjoy planet Earth in 60 Years time!
semester2 0
That sucks..but you didn't even know that you were going to be that way before you came back..
likeduhhx4 0
whenever you left your house didnt you realize they were still on ? way to go.
UGADawg08 1
You Deserve It for buying into that idiotic "Green" nonsense.