Today, I installed an alarm app on my phone. Turns out, to unlock the phone and get the ringing to stop, I have to answer a maths question. It took me ten minutes to get it right. 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, for the second week in a row, my brother woke me up in the small hours of the morning begging me to help him figure out the math problem to turn off his phone's stupid-ass app alarm. FML
Today, I was asked a security question by my bank's app when I tried using it after a year. After two to three wrong attempts, I got it correct with the answer, "Myself." The question was, "Who was your childhood friend?" FML
Today, I was playing with my phone and turned it on lock mode. I changed my lock code a few months ago, so that no one would be able to guess it. Turns out I can't guess it either. FML
Today, my phone alarm didn't go off this morning. Furious, I spent ten minutes complaining about technology before realizing I'd carefully set the alarm for 7:00 PM instead of 7:00 AM. The technology was actually innocent for once. FML
Today, I was trying to be a responsible adult and check my credit score. I accidentally mistyped my password five times, got locked out, and had to call customer service. They asked me so many security questions, I started questioning my own identity (and sanity). FML
Today, I found out that, if timed just right, the alarm function on my phone can be disabled by a text message. And my dad has an impeccable sense of timing. I was 20 minutes late for work. FML
Today, I spent a quarter of an hour trying to figure out why my car wouldn't unlock, then why my number plate had changed. FML
Today, I finally password-protected my phone, to protect it from my friends' favorite game: stealing it and sending stupid texts, and hijacking my Facebook. They quickly found a new game. My phone is now locked for 24 hours due to too many attempts to guess the password. FML
Today, my friend sent me an online money transfer. After forgetting the password and locking myself out of my account, I had to phone up the bank and have it reset. I was prompted to answer the security question, which was "What, what?" I had to say "In the butt." to get my money. FML
Today, I locked myself out of my apartment. But it’s 2024, so I have a smart lock I can unlock through an app on my phone. Except I also left my phone inside. The worst part? I had to ask my neighbor to call my mom so she could unlock my apartment from her phone. FML
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FatelBlade 8
Hmmm. That seems like..... Quite a problem......
gahj 11
Lol what is that app called it's pretty cool and btw YDI for not knowing math
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Comments (169)
gray_mac 1
Obviously worked waking you up! Wasn't ten mins of napping now was it! OP shame on you for not knowing basic math, we're you too busy easing kids whilst in school? o/
loganmarquez 3
Last time I checked, "maths" wasn't a word. It's "math" - singular. Good thing it wasn't an English question, huh...?
tika12991 15
In Australia, we call it maths. As in: mathematics. Good thing it wasn't a cultural question, huh...?
baabyxniiica 6
I have the same app on my phone lol
jennlody 28
I had this and the alarm automatically turned off after a few minutes and I could refresh to get a new question if I didn't know the first one..
CutePichu 11
If it's on iPhone, you should have an alarm on the clock app, but hen again
lucasj23 11
ydi for being an idiot.