Today, I spent over an hour shovelling the walkway and driveway, snow blowing in my face and down my coat. When I was finally finished, a guy started going through the neighborhood plowing everyone's driveways for them. FML
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Today, after shoveling one guy's steps, sidewalk, and driveway for two hours straight, I went to ask for my money. He said, "Work is its own reward!" and shut the door in my face. FML
Today, my parents left early in the morning to run some errands, and I thought it would be nice to shovel our rather large driveway for them while they were out. An hour later, they returned from the store with a snow blower. FML
Today, I broke, shoveled, and salted the ice covering my entire driveway. The size is roughly 8 cars' worth, and took me two hours of back-breaking effot to clear. I completely forgot that it was supposed to rain later today. FML
Today, I shoveled the driveway because there's enough snow to block my car. Overnight we're supposed to get six more inches of snow. It's like shoveling the driveway is a waste of time because more snow gets piled on it the next day. FML
Today, my elderly neighbor used his snowblower to send all of the fallen leaves in his yard into mine, which I'd raked earlier that morning. FML
Today, driving out of my neighbourhood, I encountered three snow plows heading towards me. I tried to turn around in a stranger's driveway but wasn't fast enough, and they left a wall 4-feet high of ice and snow, blocking me in. I rang the doorbell, borrowed their shovel and dug out their driveway. Its -32 with wind-chill. FML
Today, my mom made me shovel our long driveway, as it had just snowed a couple of inches. It took me two and half hours to finish. She came out and said, "Wow, is this really the best you can do?" FML
Today, I woke up at 5:15, snow blowed and salted the driveway for over an hour, left early and drove an hour on shitty roads just to get to work on time only to be laid off. FML
Today, the company that was supposed to clear our apartment's parking lot never showed up. I almost got frostbite in my fingers trying to shovel someone's car out since my gloves got soaking wet. FML
Today, there was a big snow storm and I wanted to help shovel, so I put on 3 pairs of socks, 2 pairs of pants, 2 winter coats, 2 pairs of gloves, a hat and a scarf. Once outside, I was told to go back inside because the job was done. FML
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Top comments
Thinkitthrough 23
Procrastination has it's perks.
clumsylobster 17
Hey, you've exercised, and you made his job a bit easier. Sure it was hard, but I bet your muscles feel great
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Comments (44)
paigexox0 37
Last time i shovelled my driveway i sprained my ankle...falling down the stairs on my way to go do it.
ParisSosa 11
at least he has less work to do c:
joeblow6969 5
At least youre not reliant on that guy being nice and can handle it yourself.
MELKOZAR 27
Who plows driveways? They're used to park. Not to plant seeds?
year2015 11
Yeah, but it makes it easier to park.
Livin_Like_Larry 29
At least you got a workout :/
wvcheesehead 13
Early bird gets the worm but the second mouse gets the cheese.
xdelarosa1281 3
you so deserve it who shovels snow when its still snowing ?
hellphone_fml 37
people who dont want to wait until it gets to be 2 feet tall?
holydevil420 10
Dude just ruined a perfectly good money making scheme for every kid in that neighborhood
wvcheesehead 13
The lazy little bastards in my neighborhood will not shovel snoe, even for decent money, and I have 7 houses so they could get some decent work, but they would rather fingerbang their Xbox than be responsible.
junkusernamexyz 17
Look on the bright side: Now you have an excuse to procrastinate next time, "just in case".
badgercheese94 16
Why would you shovel while it is still snowing? That seems silly to me, like trying to dry the pavement as it rains
WasabiMars 21
#27 Maybe OP needed to use the driveway. And no one really tries to dry pavements.
betweenwinds 18
They said that the snow was blowing, not falling. :) If the snow is "dry," if it's really cold out and the snow crust is broken, or the snow is new-fallen powder, it'll be loose on the ground. If even a light breeze comes by, the snow will begin to blow about and get everywhere, just like it would if it were falling. That's how you get drifts of snow on the roads, etc. It makes shoveling super miserable, but it's not like you can really avoid it.
Setareh23 34
Also, if you know it's going to be snowing for a long time, you may want to shovel now and then to avoid having to shovel 4 feet of heavy snow the next day. Especially if you have back problems or whatnot.