Today, I was caught and fined for picking a lock. I have OCD. I was picking the padlock on a toilet paper holder in a public toilet because the roll was the wrong way round. FML
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Dead leaves, the first cold of the season and an umbrella flipped inside out: fall, the season of grace.
Today, my financial situation is so dire that I tried to steal toilet paper from work. I got caught. FML
Today, I went to take a piss in a public bathroom. Somehow, I managed to completely jam the lock. After minutes of trying to get myself out, I gave up and crawled under the stall, at which point someone walked in and was very surprised to see me on the floor. FML
Today, before leaving my house, I OCD-checked all of my doors 16 times to make sure that they were locked. When I got home, my house had been broken into. Turns out I accidentally unlocked my front door when trying to lock it for the last time. This is why I have OCD. FML
Today, I had no choice but to use a porta potty. I was happy to get a clean one. I wasn't happy when a young child tried opening the door and used enough force to break the lock, showing me sitting on the toilet to the world. FML
Today, thanks to some asshole with a padlock, I got trapped in porta potty for over an hour. FML
Today, I was put in lockup for accidentally scaring the officer by lifting my hand to scratch my head. FML
Today, I locked myself out of my own shop. And I'm a locksmith. FML
Today, I was fed up with things being taken from my room so I installed a key-locking handle on my door. I installed everything but the door knobs, and because I was worried that I would put the two of them on backwards, I closed the door to check. I'm now locked in my room. FML
Today, I decided to use the disabled toilet in work to get a little extra privacy while I did my business. The cleaners who unlocked the door from the outside and barged in on me were nice and waited until I finished to apologize and explain there were complaints the door had been locked for days. FML
Today, I was at the gym. At the end of my workout, I realised I lost the bundle of keys I had in my pocket that contained the key to my locker with all my stuff. I panic and start looking for them. After an hour of desperate searching, I find them thrown in the bottom of the public toilet. Thanks. FML
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Top comments
StoryOfTheYear 15
Who caught you??
dudeitsdanny 10
It's hard to live with, yes. Hell, it's hard watching someone you love struggle with it. It's not something to be rude about. People who suffer from OCD have a choice: Panic attack, or doing domething about the object of their frustration.. Obviously there is a correct, or at least best, choice. Most of them don't inconvenience strangers at all, and try not to inconvenience people closer to them.
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Comments (200)
HunkyMumbles 27
I have OCD too, and whenever I find even one little thing out of position, I go apeshit over it and immediately go and fix it
HunkyMumbles 27
I just find it SUPER ANNOYING!!!
HunkyMumbles 27
I also find it hard to believe that hanging toilet paper the wrong way isn't a crime.
wanna_bee 8
You deserve this considering you where picking the padlock. Learn to control your disorder. Other people have it worse and do what they need to inn order to stay out of trouble.
hegchog12 18
Why is it in the US everyone seems to have OCD of some kind? I have never met anyone in the UK with OCD (that I know of).
EdibleMango 3
You do realize OP is from Australia right?...
gigiskye 20
Most people don't actually have it. They just self diagnose themselves it's stupid.
josace 9
I somehow have strong OCD with extreme ADD its a pain in the ass.
alchemist27 13
You need help.
Urpoppy 21
Can't blame you for that.
unholyswiss 19
The struggle is real indeed
gigiskye 20
There is no right way to put the roll.