Today, in the early hours of the morning, a worker started drilling the road right in front of my window. He stopped 5 minutes before my alarm clock rang. 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, I learned from the noise outside my window that construction workers start their days at 5 AM. FML
Today, having made absolutely sure I wouldn't have work until 4 p.m., I slept peacefully to recover from staying up till 5 a.m. to watch my country in the World Cup. Until at 8 a.m., someone on the floor above started drilling. No one has done any drilling day or night in the last six months. FML
Today, I got out of my house at 6:30am to find that some road workers had dug out a trench in the road right in front of my driveway, then fucked off, leaving their van up the street. There are no buses within walking distance so I missed a full day of work and my boss is pissed. FML
Today, I came home from work early due to a massive headache. A half hour later, the jackhammering started. FML
Today, after 5 hours of attempting to sleep, I began to finally drift off. Then, some fuckwit who'd parked his car right outside my door took 20 minutes to switch his alarm off. I have to be up in about 4 hours, after a 12-hour night shift, heading into another. FML
Today, I came home from work to find construction workers repaving my street. I work the graveyard shift. FML
Today, I fully intended to start going to the gym so I set my alarm an hour early so I could go before work and get it over with. Alas, when the alarm went off and I saw that horrible "5 a.m." on my phone, my brain put me straight back to sleep without my consent. I ended up being late for work. FML
Today, just like every workday for the last 6 months, the construction workers in my building made loud noises in the morning and woke me up almost 2 hours before I would otherwise have to get up. This will continue for one more year. I'm not a morning person, and I live in a protected historical building. FML
Today, I was woken up from a phone call from my boss. He asked if I had been asleep. I told him I wasn't, that I was in my car on the way to work. Then my alarm went off. FML
Today, I set my alarm to wake up early for work. It turns out I set it for PM instead of AM. I woke up to my boss calling me, asking if I was still alive. FML
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Top comments
AkihiroHattori5 0
That sucks! Everyone knows those minutes are the most crucial and decide between feeling refreshed and ready to take on the world, and slamming the snooze button on your alarm clock five times in a row until you realize you're gonna be late for work.
sashastryker 0
yes its 5 minutes but those 5 minutes mean alot if one hasnt slept much. ive been through that it totally sucks, it makes you feel more drowsy than anything.
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Comments (61)
pexy_fml 16
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Mademoiselle_fml 34
That's really horrible. I would be ******* pissed.
Psycho_Babydoll 26
Things like this are so horrible... I have delayed sleep phase (in short it means my sleep cycle is totally screwed up) and very often I'll end up falling asleep just as everyone else in my house wakes up, so this kind of thing happens daily for me. And those are just noises like someone using the shower or voices in the next room, if someone was drilling right outside my window I'd shoot them.
emuexport 4
Anyone here thoought about ear plugs?, and just ask the workers for some....
cwl727 33
That always happened at college when the workers were mowing. Which seemed like everyday.
noamoa9 20
well, on the bright side, you got up early ;)
Soviet_American 29
That's always the absolute worst.
HighlandShadows 48
Oh, how considerate: He didn't want you to miss the sound of your alarm...
stingray112 24
...was the trash can high up?
trucker2 33
Lol....I guess it wanted more realistic wishes