Today, I noticed my dishwasher wouldn't turn on. After shelling out $120 call-out fee, I was a little miffed when the technician walked in, pressed the 'unlock' function and walked out again. 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 guess my husband was trying to prove something by fixing our dishwasher himself instead of letting the maintenance man come. He watched videos on YouTube but ended up breaking it beyond repair, thus voiding the warranty. Now we have to replace the whole thing at full price. FML
Today, I paid a repairman $65 to come to my house to fix my washer. He walked in, looked at the washer, bent over and removed a large steel bolt with a bright red tag sticking out the side that said, "Remove before use." He then looked at me and said, "All fixed." FML
Today, I received an invoice for a plumber call-out. They'd watched me reconnect my own water heater because the heat pump packed up, and the lady on the phone had said no charge. So basically, 690 bucks to use their ladder, when they declined my offer to use my own. FML
Today, my dryer was finally repaired after not working for over a month. I did one load of laundry and my washer stopped working. Another day, another $400+ repair bill. FML
Today, my washing machine broke down, within its warranty. I asked my neighbour if she could open the door for the mechanic while I was at work; she agreed. When I came home, I had a bill for 80 bucks for not opening the door. Her reason? She was busy watching her favorite TV show. FML
Today, my sink seemed to be filling up with dirty water. Concerned, I turned on the garbage disposal and plunged away. With no change in the water levels, I called a plumber. He reached in, pulled out the drain plug, and give me his bill while chuckling to himself. FML
Today I remembered to put my work uniform in the wash; as I hit start I got an email notification. My landlord confirmed that the engineer will be out to fix the washing machine tomorrow after my housemate reported it as broken. My clothes are locked in the machine that now won't turn on. FML
Today, I went to do the laundry at my hotel. I had just enough money for my two loads. After getting frustrated with the washer taking two of my quarters and giving no credit, I took the clothes out. The washer then locked the door shut and started without my clothes. FML
Today, our dishwasher broke. It's my husband's chore to do the dishes, but he refused to hand-wash them, and instead suggested we take them all up to his mother's for her to put in her dishwasher. FML
Today, my sump pump stopped working so I called a plumber to fix it. It took two seconds for him to simply plug it back in. Cost me $75 for the call. FML
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Top comments
aback 5
Read The ******* Manual.
cthulhu1138 1
That's a lot of money for under one minute of work.
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Comments (77)
AmericaPie 0
This is why you femenist women need to stop scaring away all of the men that pass through their lonely, estrogen-ravaged lives. However, you are helping the economy by calling for maintenence. This is just our way of getting our alimony back.
Apocalyptus 0
Ha, your comment is completely invalidated by the fact that you can't spell.
JoyGrenade 0
Anyone could make this mistake. It's not a female thing. Sexist commentators, knock it off.
vdubz 0
people with common sense wouldn't make this mistake, so no, not anyone could. but you are right that it's not the gender that is important. It is the common sense.
joeyl1990 28
anyone could. I have shown up to service calls where the power switch was off, or the device was unplugged, once a printer was just out of paper. It happens. It's actually fairly common and sometimes involves multiple people just not thinking of the solution.
iFruit 0
Sun_Kissed18, you're not the only one..
lexilovesyou 0
No life much ?! ^^^^^
dacho 7
YDI for being a lazy bish. DO YOUR FREAKIN DISHES WITH YOUR HANDS. Seriously? 120$?? Did they come from Europe or something? I can't even imagine how much did you pay for dishwasher if CALL OUT is 120$, geez.
lancerevo1994 0
How hard is it to look around on the control panel for something like "Unlock"? Seems like some people are either lazy or just don't have common sense.
ErinPinelli 24
#21, maybe it was a new dishwasher, you never know.
i_is_a_tr00l 0
My crotch smells. :I
renyark209 0
Wow, is it dumbassfuckup day? Because ove been reading alot about idiots.
vdubz 0
Someone had to have locked it....YDI for calling a repairman without even noticing your own dishwasher has an unlock function on it. I doubt it was hidden. Obviously not if you (or a family member) locked it in the first place.
Kristoffer 35
YDI. Grats on the idiot tax.