Today, I was home alone when I heard the carbon-monoxide detector beeping. Panicking, I grabbed my dog, ran out of my house as fast as I could, and waited outside for 3 hours for my mom to get home. Turned out the detector was just out of batteries. 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, our carbon monoxide detector started beeping. My mom started freaking out and made me go stand outside so I "don't die". I stood outside for 20 minutes, it was raining and it turned out that the detector was just low on battery. FML
Today, I thought I had carbon monoxide poisoning because I had the symptoms and my detector was going off. I called the fire dept, they checked me, they checked my apartment. My apartment is fine; I'm just out of shape, have high blood pressure, and don't know how to work simple electronics. FML
Today, my mother told me that the carbon-monoxide alarm went off last night, but since she didn't smell any gas, she decided to just remove the batteries and go back to bed. I had to explain to her that you can't smell carbon monoxide, and that we could have died in our sleep. FML
Today, my smoke alarm went off. In a frenzy, I called 9-1-1 and exited my house. Several minutes later a fire truck showed up. After investigating, one of the firemen informed me I needed to change the batteries in my smoke alarm. FML
Today, at 2:47 am, my mom woke me up in a panic screaming about smelling gas and the house blowing up. Twenty minutes, two fire trucks, and a traumatized dog later, it was just the neighbors burning their mail. FML
Today, I was cooking dinner when my smoke alarm started beeping. I opened the windows, turned on the fan, and checked everything twice. I then realized the noise wasn't the smoke alarm. It was my oven timer. I'd been cooking completely normally and panicking for no reason. FML
Today, I was making dinner when my smoke alarm started going off. I opened all the windows and waved a towel underneath it. After ten minutes, I realized the alarm wasn't reacting to the food. Its battery was dying. FML
Today, while I took my dog out, my mother began to cook, took a Xanax, locked the doors, and passed out. When I managed to get in, I called the paramedics because she was in the smoke for at least an hour. When she became conscious, she blamed me for everything. FML
Today, my nearly ex-husband called in a panic so I could come rescue the dogs, because he'd called 911 due to a gas leak at the house. I came over, after which the fire department and gas company took a look, and they found the issue. The dog. The dog had farted so bad, it smelled like rotten eggs, and was mistaken for a gas leak. FML
Today, I managed to set off the smoke detectors while cooking burgers. The cops and fire department showed up. FML
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Top comments
ckerane 16
its best to be safe than sorry
tigerisabelle 31
For me, I'm the exact opposite. If my detector starts beeping, I'll replace the batteries first before doing anything else. That might be the death of me one day. I also bought detectors that say "Fire" or "carbon monoxide" instead of just beeping, so I actually know when the detector's actually trying to save my life.
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Comments (63)
Oyas12 14
I also was wondering why it did this as a kid, but YDI for not knowing.
soulreaper12296 28
At least you reacted quickly instead of just ignoring it.
Ilikepie82479 20
You did good though
ThePols 11
To everyone saying "Oh you did the right thing, call the fire department next time.". The fire department is not here to change peoples batteries. That's a waste of their time and resources. Test your detectors monthly and learn how they work. Seriously, you're grown ass adults.
buddysboy9 11
It happened to me once and I started freaking out. I have 3 dogs so I couldn't run and I ended up ripping out the batteries cause it was broken
K3YB0ARDASAURUS 17
I don't know...why don't you call the FD
vampy719 17
Better safe than sorry good job
PhoenixMartinez 30
I put FYL, because it's better to be safe than sorry. I remember a few years back, here in Australia there were some kids found dead in their home and of course everyone instantly blamed the parents. Turned out they'd died of carbon monoxide poisoning. Now the parents are big spokespeople for carbon monoxide poisoning and the detectors. Also, I know what it's like for it to beep like that. My smoke detector died once, and constantly beeped all night and all day. We ended up smashing it off the roof with a baseball bat and just replacing it, because it wouldn't take new batteries.
flagelated 9
so if this would have been an actual fire you' d just go out and watch your house burn down? YDI
ELoni_fml 25
Am I the only one who thinks OP is a moron?