Today, it's Friday the 13th. I've never been superstitious, and I figured it would be a normal day, that is until my hot water heater exploded and rained water into my downstairs neighbour's apartment for two hours before anyone noticed. 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, after having a pretty rough day, I decided a nice, hot shower would be great. Ten minutes in, the shower head apparently couldn't take the water pressure anymore, and it flew off and hit me in the face. FML
Today, I was taking a shower for the first time in my new apartment. The shower head broke off the wall and slammed onto my head, while spraying water everywhere. I tried to stop the water, but only stopped the cold and got burnt by the hot. FML
Today, I woke up to a fog. Literally. A pipe burst in my apartment and scalding water was everywhere. To make matters worse, when I called maintenance he told me he'd come by later, hung up on me, and turned his phone off. He did eventually show up, but it was 5 hours later, well after I'd paid a plumber $200. FML
Today, the toilet on the top floor of my house burst, soaked the bathroom, and water dripped down into the kitchen and the basement for hours when nobody was home. Eight blowers and a dehumidifier later, the house is about 90 degrees and I can't leave. FML
Today, my neighbour decided to get high while leaving his bathtub running, resulting in passing out and starting a flood in the hallways. 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
Today, it's been 5-ish years since I bought my condo. Last year, my washer became unbalanced and flooded my entire place and I had to do a total remodel. Everyone said, “What a freak accident, nothing like this will happen again!” Today the hot water supply line to the sink burst and flooded my condo. What did I do in a past life? FML
Today, I had a planned 12-hour power cut for maintenance work, which I'd forgot all about. In need of a shower before work, I spent 45 minutes boiling pots of water on the stove to take a lukewarm, 6-inch deep bath, before realizing my water heater runs on natural gas and was working fine. FML
Today, after dealing with tons of drama and working a 14 hour shift, I took a shower. When I stepped out, a weak spot in the floor gave way. While falling through the floor I grabbed the toilet tank lid, which fell into the tank and broke it. Now my leg hurts and the bathroom's flooded. FML
Today, I found out that the peaceful rain I'd been listening to all night was really a broken water-main flooding my entire yard. FML
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Top comments
rodgersfan 6
Wow, at least you didn't get killed by a masked guy with a chainsaw.
Minecraftering 5
I don't see why people think Friday the 13th is so bad. It's a Friday, it can't be bad!
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Comments (166)
hateevryone 15
wow talk about a bad day
Freestyle713 2
How ironic, me and my dad just replaced a hot water heater in a customers house today,
bri1215 7
It isn't a HOT water heater! It's just a plain old water heater. There would be no point of it heating hot water.
Cadyx 13
That has happened to one of my distant friends. o.O Except, the only matching parts are the water exploding. o-o
trmntr 4
Same thing happened to me but it was on a Thursday near the end of the month. Don't read something into it that isn't there. Random factor align and stuff happens.
dogpig 0
**** you
mariacru1 0
Sucks
xaviiboo 9
If no one noticed when the water heater exploded then how do you know that water was pouring into your downstairs neighbors apartment? I mean did you hear it explode and think nothing of it until you realized that there had to have been more water in the tank or... What was it?
mizsunshine 3
Unless there is a MASSIVE explosion, (which is highly unlikely) the water heater probably ruptured, in which case, it wouldn't have made a sound at all. And if the heater leaks, there is no hot water. Period. Typically when people have no hot water, if they have any sense at all, they check their water heater. So yeahh...
haleypiejune20 4
I think your neighbor got it worse than you.
PrincessJanelle 0
Sounds like your downstairs neighbor is the one with all the bad luck.
eddyg94 11
you have a water heater that only heats hot water? thats just arrogant.