Today, my roommate decided to turn off all appliances in the house to "save" electricity. This included the refrigerator. 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, my roommate read an article about unplugging appliances to save on electricity. Too bad the fucking moron also unplugged the fridge. We came home to a corpse-like stench and a fridge full of moldy food. We were gone for two weeks while the sludge marinated in the California heat. FML
Today, I came back to my dorm to find my roommate forgot to get rid of her massive amounts of cheese before break. She did, however, remember to unplug the refrigerator. FML
Today, my refrigerator defrosted itself. FML
Today, my mom wants to save money on both heating and electricity. Put into practice, this means that the temperature in my room is about the same as that in our fridge. FML
Today, I got home an hour late from to find that my roommate had left the fridge open for the entire 8 hours. The kicker is that I was an hour late because I was at the grocery store, not buying the things that were getting ruined because I thought we had some. FML
Today, I found out that shutting off the heat in the rental property my parents owned was a bad idea. The water froze and the pipes burst, causing the whole kitchen ceiling to fall down. The water ruined the wood floors and the appliances. I turned off the heat to save money. FML
Today, I learned how to make my fridge colder. I felt that what it was set on felt a little warmer than normal, so I turned it down. Now everything in my fridge is frozen. FML
Today, during a storm-related power failure, I jerry-rigged an inverter from my car to supply the essentials. In doing so, I managed to blow up the fridge, smoke and all. The power came back on 5 minutes later. FML
Today, my mother called me "wasteful" because I left the refrigerator door open and that "electricity money doesn’t grow on trees." This is the same person who lets my little sister have her light on all night, because she’s scared of the dark. FML
Today, the city shut off the water at my house because my roommate thought that the water bills he had been hoarding were "suggestions." FML
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KingCeltic77 18
It sounds like his brain is turned off.
alexh15 13
Rather shocking...
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Comments (75)
CJ91516 11
You live with a retard
lacespace 8
Good thing the food industry makes our food so disgustingly preservable. All your food could probably survive better than a cockroach after a nuclear war. Good news!
BuffaloSabres134 8
You can either kick this moron out, or buy a cooler at wal-mart.....they're on sale this week.
Disobey_fml 13
He probably doesn't own the apartment, since the roomate boss him around.
hateevryone 15
Your roommate is stupid.
PipingMouse 14
You roommate is very...nice for trying to save electricity? But also extremely stupid for cutting off the refrigerator. Make him/her go hungry and replace the food later.
X_Codes 11
If it was only off for one day, the food inside is fine. Particularly if the door stayed closed. Even if it was off for a couple days, the only stuff you'd probably need to replace would be any milk, butter, or deli meat you had in there. Veggies that like being refrigerated actually like a slightly warmer environment even more, eggs are naturally designed to stay edible for a long time, and most other dairy products like cheese, yogurt, and sour cream, has, in some sense of the word, already gone bad. The gray area would be packaged stuff that you "refrigerate after opening." That stuff varies with a lot of conditions, so you'll need to check that it passes the sniff test before eating it. I'd be inclined to say that Peanut Butter would be most likely to be OK, while stuff like Mayonnaise will go downhill fast.
Pretty_Pink_Lady 10
Wait, you refrigerate your peanut butter? I don't...
toxiksedation 5
32 - I'm as confused as you. Wondering why no one else caught that?
Bibliovore 26
#32: We leave the processed peanut butter out, but the all-natural stuff goes in the fridge so it doesn't separate -- it's easier to spread it when it's cold than it is to stir it up first every time.
MiloBear 11
I agree with #20. The power to my house has gone off for a day or two before and nothing inside the fridge went bad. Fridges are well insulated to keep it cold inside.
toxiksedation 5
Thanks 61, I guess that makes sense. I've never had (or seen?) all natural peanut butter so i never even knew that or think of it. Learn something new every day.
perdix 31
Your hospital bills are going to wipe out your savings -- your bill will be for the case of food poisoning, while his will be for getting your foot surgically removed from his ass.
hunteer9 5
Don't forget everything else that you can get besides just food poisoning from eating bad food, that the hospital will charge you for.
Welshite 40
I can just see OP jumping on one leg while being dragged into the ER with his other foot up his roommate's rear in a weird, perverted, bunny hop style dance. My imagination must be on the fritz today.
BossPathfinderGM 14
21, would his roommate have to see a proctologist or a podiatrist for that particular service?
perdix 31
#25, your imagination is fine. I can't imagine the kicks to the side and the back-and-front hops, but the three forward hops fit the bill. #37, both and a plumber, a professional wrestler and a videographer.
greenie213 23
One of the few instances where green is a bad thing.
BunchieRules 31
Agreed. The only thing green now is OP's food.
SqueakyChipmunk 22
Eat ALL the food!
TheChillyBoy88 6
All that food... :(