Today, I was woken up by the massive earthquake in Samoa. I went downstairs to discover that all the hotel staff had fled and abandoned the hotel guests. I was left to run up to higher ground on foot. It was a three hour hike. By the time I got to a safe spot, the tsunami warning was lifted. 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, the workplace evacuation bell sounded. Out of panic after the recent earthquake, I ran down 21 flights of stairs, only to find out it was a false alarm. My legs are on fire, and I can barely walk. FML
Today, I had to wake up my mother as the earthquake alarm rang in my country. This is the second quake in less than a week. FML
Today, I was trying to sleep, when I felt someone rattling my bed from underneath. Petrified from shock, I lied there for what felt like hours, waiting for a murderer to spring out. I must've finally fallen asleep, and when I woke up in the morning, I found out it was a minor earthquake. FML
Today, I was woken up by a loud noise, which I thought was an earthquake. It sounded like a car had driven right into my living room. Which was exactly what it was. FML
Today, I walked up sixteen flights of stairs to my room to avoid the lift lines. When I was almost at the top, the fire alarm sounded. FML
Today, I went for a run in a new pair of shoes that left me with huge blisters. As I finished cleaning them up so they could heal, I limped to my bed to take a nap. I was woken by the fire alarm. My building was having a drill and we couldn't use the elevators. I live on the 9th floor. FML
Today, someone tripped the fire alarm at the hotel I'm currently staying at while I was taking a shit. FML
Today, I woke up in a panic to what sounded like a plane about to crash into my house. I was so scared, I peed myself and passed out. It was just my cell phone vibrating under my pillow. FML
Today, I went tanning on the beach. I found a nice spot close to shore and laid there with my towel and sunglasses. A few hours later, I awoke to waves splashing at me. My towel was soaked and my sunglasses must have washed off the shore. Damn high tide. FML
Today, I woke up to a flooded apartment. Apparently, the upstairs neighbor's bathtub had overflowed and water was pouring through my ceiling. My landlord said he couldn't do anything until the water stopped, so I spent the morning frantically trying to mop up the water while feeling completely helpless. FML
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Top comments
aback 5
Glad you're okay!
El_Oh_El 0
Well, on the bright side, you still got a life to **** around with...
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Comments (131)
nofrillz 0
you should be happy u did the right thing most ppl would flee to a buildin thinking that's safe but they'd get owned.
AntiChrist7 0
Be happy you're alive, you nagging cow
dacho 7
Should've robbed the hotel, you sick ******* moron.
j4jen 0
haha she definatly should have robbed the hotel! genuis
celiba_fml 0
Either this is fake or your are stupid. Tsunamis can hit pretty late, but this one came quite fast to Samoa, the safe spot is surely not three hours away from wherever you are. And if it's not fake, you are stupid to complain because you are alive and still have all your stuff because the hotel was apparently not flooded.. Lots of people lost their home and everything they had. And many people died.
ragsy 7
They should give you a free night at least for abandoning guests.
Manon_fml 2
uhm, actually, they shouldn't. The first thing you learn when you work in a hotel is: SAFE YOURSELF FIRST. They wouldn't want you risking your own life to safe the guests, that's not your job.
toink 0
Where's my ******* tsunami?! I want to talk to the manager!
aback 5
Win!
alexgirl 0
Oh no! FYL because you survived an earthquake. It could have been a lot worse. Yes the hotel staff abandoned you (although maybe they put out an alarm and you missed it, I don't know), but things could have been a lot worse. So sorry, this is really not an FML in my opinion.
toink 0
It is! I came here because I heard it was a great place for surfing. Now I want my ******* tsunami!
expen_dable 0
but things like "my cat pooped on me FML" and "I got a parking ticket when I was trying to park for free FML" are?
arrg 0
No, all three of these are not FMLs.
nypd613 0
u should be jumping for joy you're alive and not an unknown tsunami victim!
darkmis1 18
Oh no! FYL for not dying in a tsunami! Suck it up, and be glad you're alive!
Lolly90 0
I don't think YLS nor YDI is appropiate here... I mean, you should be really glad there wasn't a tsunami. But now you're whining about hiking for 3 hours. Man. You should be thankfull having all your stuff and family.