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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Fall
Dead leaves, the first cold of the season and an umbrella flipped inside out: fall, the season of grace.
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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teehee520 0
Carbon offset much?
tko 0
#23--what the **** are 12 yr olds doing on this site?! go play outside you fattass
GabriLee 0
GO GREEN. I want to go on a service trip someday. Though I have to admit, how do you leave all your lights on? If you left during the day, why were all your lights on, and if you left at night, you're not the brightest crayon in the box, are you? And #23... Twelve year olds should not be on this site. Come back in a few years.
palmtrees 1
#55... you also said "YDI for lying." As though it could not be possible that the OP could have been in one of the most remote villages. Unless he/she specified where in Kenya this trip went to, I just don't see how you can think you can make that call. Not saying everywhere in Kenya lacks electricity/running water, but that doesn't mean that SOME places do.
lmmmr 0
#55- Your original comment was also against the rules of the site. You are not allowed to question the validity of the FML as it ruins the experience for the other readers. So next time please keep your expertise to yourself and let the rest of us enjoy the story. Particularly when your expertise has little impact on the content of the FML in the first place.
Ryno 0
So, which had a larger carbon footprint your self righteous trip to Kenya or leaving the lights on? Global warming is a myth, YDI. The problems we're facing are so enormous that doing things like raising awareness about the environment by telling your friends to turn the lights off are the equivalent of throwing rocks at a nuclear missile. Stop listening to Al Gore and TV commercials and do something to actually help solve the problem.
SirAndrew 0
Kept the burglars out, though. Okay, so I turned off a light in my closet. Is anyone else's awareness raised? NOT UNLESS I ACT LIKE A PRICK AND TELL EVERYONE
lmmmr 0
#63- WTF? Who said her trip to Kenya was for environmental service? She could have been doing anything, teaching, providing medical care, distributing aid, etc. Who the hell are you to judge? Or any of you for that matter? The OP is dedicating his/her time to making the world a better place. What are you dedicating yours to?
kewlcat 0
#21 she was talking about energy conservation, not pollution. there is a difference.
peacelovepeaches 0
#63. ur an idiot if you deny global warming. Ur just scared to admit something that could alter ur cushy lifestyle while u use up the worlds resources and take part in ur own self destruction. drinking cyanide would speed up the whole process and make sure earth has one less person killing it.