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)
adam10_fml 0
Go Green - isn;t that fad dead yet?
GloomySkyz 0
Did you see any Lions? :D
theodivine 0
I hate it when things like that happen. They happen all the time. Don't listen to these jerks who tell you that going green is wrong. I never understood why so many people are against it. At least you're the one trying to make a difference. Good for you. Just check the lights next time. ;]
DarthExecutor 0
Don't worry about it. President Obama criticized people for wasting energy heating and driving SUVs even though he used to have an SUV before he was president and turned the white house into a freaking sauna. If the ******* president can't be bothered to be a good example, chances are there's little you can do about it.
Jskiffy 0
That's actually better believe it or not. You waste more energy turning lights on and off than just leaving them on all the time. Don't feel so bad for yourself, you did MORE than you thought!
we5leyz 4
Quit your whining you tree hugging sap
cody42491 0
**** the enviorment
luckyyyy 0
well actually you use more power when you turn on something and then goes low but you still deserved it
were_giraffe 2
who leaves the house with the lights on? Better yet... who leaves the COUNTRY and leaves the lights on? Heck, the only lights on in my apartment are the ones I'm actively using. Yes, I have an amazingly low gas/electric bill.
powellj 0
To all of you "Green" people here on FML, You are all just a bunch of hypocritical, self-righteous, make yourself feel good f**ks. If you are truly green (which is just a "political fad"), you would not be sitting on your mac (Apple is one of the worst companies for the environment), drinking Caribou coffee and reading FML's all day wasting "resources". So take your environmentally friendly bullshit to Caribou, or your favorite green hangout and leave it there.