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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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)
Bacontree 14
You think you had a bad day? How about your downstairs neighbour?
ihaveapenis 0
I'm sorry for being a grammer nazi or term nazi or whatever! But i can't stand when people say "hot water heater" (among other things) because it doesn't heat water that is already hot. If you took the time to look at it you would we see that it is actually just a "water heater". Not trying to get on anybodys case, just pointing it out.
mizsunshine 3
Agreed. ^^
iwadasn 33
I'll be even more of a grammar Nazi: technically, the use of "hot water heater" is correct, because it heats cold water until it's hot, as opposed to heating cold water until it's room temperature or some other temperature. Wikipedia actually uses this one as an example in its article on pleonasms.
TheyCallMeDamien 18
Shouldn't this be your neighbor's FML?
likasumboooodi 0
I would've yelled it was jason I saw him!!
goalyboy8 0
It's not a hot water heater. Why would not water need to be heated?
jess_1193 13
Yet did anyone else notice this was posted on 1/14 not 1/13?!
MishMashMosh 20
IT'S WHAT YOU CALLED COINCEDENCE