Today, I received our gas bill for about £200. My flatmate felt that this was extortionate and therefore phoned up our gas company and angrily told them to recalculate the bill. They did. We now owe £300. 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, we finally got our first electricity bill for our new flat. I was shocked to see that we had used £60 worth of electricity in 6 weeks. Then I noticed that it was only an estimate, and that we could read the meter ourselves to correct the amount. We now have to pay nearly £400. FML
Today, I rang British Gas to cancel my boiler cover, as I'm totally and utterly skint. I told her the reason was I was getting divorced, moving house, losing my job, and had no income at all. She was very sympathetic, and said, "How would you like to pay your £37 cancellation fee?" FML
Today, I finally got my paycheck that I could enjoy $300 for myself after taking care of my bills with so many other ones. Then, I find out that the water was shut off, which is supposed to be my roommate's responsibility. Apparently, he has not paid it in months, and they want $288. FML
Today, I under-read the gas meter in an attempt to get a lower bill. Too bad it was the move-in read, meaning the starting point was way behind, causing a much higher bill. FML
Today, I got my deposit back from my last apartment. The receipt is riddled with math errors. I'd told them I’m an accountant when I moved in, so I redid the receipt in my own time to see how bad they fucked it up. They owe me $400 more due to their mistake, and I’m sure I’ll never see any of it. FML
Today, I found out my roommate has been cheating me out of hundreds of dollars when I finally obtained records of the past year's electric bills, which are in her name. FML
Today, my 17 year-old reacted with shock and horror when she learned that a single utility bill can amount to more than 200 dollars. FML
Today, our water got cut off. Since our council tax is also due today, I called them and hurled abuse for cutting off the water so soon. Turns out they don’t actually supply water, nor was it even disconnected. Some random person just turned off the meter tap. 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, I got a call from my cable company in regards to a bill I didn't pay. I paid the bill two weeks ago in full, but they never told me the account changed when my name was put on the account. So now I owe $170 more, and my ex-roommate is getting a $140 refund in the mail. FML
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Sassy8 0
blland - please tell me youre kidding, and not actually that stupid. And yeah, that sucks. that is seriously one hell of a gas bill.
Lifedoutcobra 0
Wow, your life sucks. Sometimes its better just to have some faith...
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coolsteve 0
I'm waiting for all the americans to say "what the hell is a flatmate" and then slag off every country they can
MadeOfAwesome 1
I'm waiting for the Europeans to stop being assholes. Guess I'll be waiting forever.
DaKillahMan 0
Win
MXavierT 0
Well 21, you'd have to be pretty ignorant to not be able to figure out what it means. You'd also have to be pretty ignorant to make stereotypical comments about Americans, when everything that happens over here directly affects your life. ;]
joshhh11 0
eh.
Freeze_fml 17
I love how he prepares for it. Even before someone slips up they're waiting. I'm not going to lie though, I have no idea what the hell a flatmate is. Guess it helps when you're born in an area that actually uses these words, eh?
DaKillahMan 0
I'm waiting for all the Europeans to attack the Americans when they ask "What's a flatmate?" SMH, Douchebag
HanaxD 0
I'm European and I don't know what the hell a "flatmate" is. I don't come from an English speaking country.
strangegirl505 7
haha flatemate is roomate... it's kinda obvious for Americans to figure out you know... it's not like a German term or something... and even then English is a Germanic language. Thanks for having faith in us Brits. Why don't you use euros like eeryone else in Europe? P.S. Look up why we use farenheit too ;)
cocam01 4
hahaha you people are funny. even though it's not hard to figure out. you fail.
Logan99_fml 0
how did u like the American revolution Brit?? or do they not teach it there??
tbwrb 0
a flat mate isn't a room mate. you don't tend to share rooms with a flat mate. A flat mate is someone that you share bills etc with but you will often have seperate rooms. A flate mate could also be someone you share a house with (under rent) or even get a mortgage with (again without room sharing). As for the unit slur we do tend to use both ºF and ºC without much confusion between the two. We keep the pound and other imperial measurements through habit more than anything else. I wonder why America has not used the yard or the stone though? If you are to use the imperial system surely that would make life easier. (3ft to yard, 1760 yard to mile, 14 pound to stone)
mikeyboi19 5
well the same thing applies to the term roommate. I live in a 3 bedroom house with two "roommate" we each have seperate rooms and share a portion of the rent and utilities and honestly it's not hard for Americans to figure out what flatmate means either.
cam007_fml 0
They tried the Euros. They lost money on it.
gildedmuse 0
While I have no excuse for our exclusion of 'stone', we do use 'yards' over here in the states. In fact, in Catholic school we were punished with yard sticks thus beating the system into us.
Mandy_fml 0
FYI, the American Revolution was in the 18th century, and we (England) were probably the most influential country during that time, and after it, up until about 1920. It's called the British Empire, dumbass.
monop_fml 1
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Drummer389000 0
You know what? It's the ******* 21st century! Stop arguing about the 18th century. America is no better than England and England is no better than America. If you ***** can't figure that out then why do you even care. It's an FML, shut the **** up and appreciate it. Make comments that are not hate comments.
TheAspieDork 27
The UK has always had the biggest independence streak of the EU members
thongs4lyfe 0
im sry that sucks dick
NyronNosworthy 0
Waheyy the first post I've seen on here from north east England :D
hp72396 0
oh they teach it here, but the fact is without the frenchs help, American would still be under British rule. it seems you can't win a war without foreign help
capthavoc123 0
Because the French and British were kicking Hitler's ass before we stepped in, right?
Sirin_fml 47
I'd say "we" have all saved each others' asses through the last couple of centuries, then. Well done, everybody!
CheshireHalli 19
Yay Sirin!!! =D
oldfart 0
my gas bill is always £200 every quarter
El_mariachi 0
YDI for living in england
Banez 0
@11 u fail. haha