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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Halloween
A failed costume, stolen candy and a very real scare: Halloween, the one night when fear is allowed.
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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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)
balderson 1
There is no such thing as a HOT water heater!!! If the water was hot it wouldn't need to be heated!!!
norm487 2
It's just a water heater. If the water was hot why would you need to heat it?
lifes_a_b1tch 7
It's not a hot water heater!!!!! Hot water doesn't need heated. SMH
THE_A_TEEN 28
Who the **** cares how she wrote it! You guys above me need to calm the hell down, this isn't your FML, shut the hell up!
jphopkins 0
What's a hot water heater? I mean a know what a water heater is but why would someone want to heat hot water
wrocks820 2
Oh my god. Do you live in thornton colorado? Haha if u do that was probably my uncle, kevin XD
stevenmx86 8
So one event and you think it is because it was Friday the 13th?
azhigatex 0
Why do you need to heat hot water in the first place?
sugarhunipie4u 2
Never under estimate Friday the 13th. A similar situation happened to my mother. The corner of my moms living room was leaked on for several hours from the upstairs neighbors water heater, the carpet had to be torn back and vacuum dried before it produced mold.
420smoke420 3
And if this happened on any other day would you be superstitious of that day? Such as if it happened on Wednesday the 23rd? Oh no it the 23rd scary!!!