Today, our carbon monoxide detector started beeping. My mom started freaking out and made me go stand outside so I "don't die". I stood outside for 20 minutes, it was raining and it turned out that the detector was just low on battery. FML
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Dead leaves, the first cold of the season and an umbrella flipped inside out: fall, the season of grace.
Today, I was home alone when I heard the carbon-monoxide detector beeping. Panicking, I grabbed my dog, ran out of my house as fast as I could, and waited outside for 3 hours for my mom to get home. Turned out the detector was just out of batteries. FML
Today, my mother told me that the carbon-monoxide alarm went off last night, but since she didn't smell any gas, she decided to just remove the batteries and go back to bed. I had to explain to her that you can't smell carbon monoxide, and that we could have died in our sleep. FML
Today, I thought I had carbon monoxide poisoning because I had the symptoms and my detector was going off. I called the fire dept, they checked me, they checked my apartment. My apartment is fine; I'm just out of shape, have high blood pressure, and don't know how to work simple electronics. FML
Today, I was making dinner when my smoke alarm started going off. I opened all the windows and waved a towel underneath it. After ten minutes, I realized the alarm wasn't reacting to the food. Its battery was dying. FML
Today, my smoke alarm went off. In a frenzy, I called 9-1-1 and exited my house. Several minutes later a fire truck showed up. After investigating, one of the firemen informed me I needed to change the batteries in my smoke alarm. FML
Today, I was making dinner when the smoke alarm started going off. I opened all the windows and stood there waving a towel at it like an idiot. Then I realized that the alarm was coming from the apartment next door. FML
Today, two out of our three smoke detectors were going off. My grandpa won't call the fire department because he thinks our house will be condemned. The alarms are still going off. FML
Today, I was cooking dinner when my smoke alarm started beeping. I opened the windows, turned on the fan, and checked everything twice. I then realized the noise wasn't the smoke alarm. It was my oven timer. I'd been cooking completely normally and panicking for no reason. FML
Today, my house was so dusty that when I started to clean it, the smoke detector went off. FML
Today, the power in my village went out. This caused the back-up battery powered alarm to go off. Nobody in the house even knew our alarm worked, let alone how to make it stop. It's been going off for over an hour now. FML
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Top comments
bigmanj28 0
Better safe than sorry
loveexgirl 15
why did she stay inside if she was like "your gonna diee" ...
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Comments (149)
Kenya72083 0
shld have taken an umbrella
TaylorTotsYumm 10
Was it really too painful to type out those two extra letters? Were your little fingers too tired?
mismonroe 0
20 minutes? Your dad must have been home also.
g_willikers24 17
ha! I see what you did there...
nfc14 2
Or she ducked into the neighbours
cptmorgan6 8
Always thinking on the dirty side, mismonroe. I like.
loveuforever 0
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loveuforever 0
Sorry my iPod went crazy on me. what I meant to say was At least she cares about you.
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heartbrakej 0
I farted in your house, thanks.
leemurcat 5
I'm sure she believed that there was a legitimate threat and wanted you to be safe. You're lucky you have a mother who cares about you.
gunner_lover1993 0
yeah, battery low or not you always have to be safe with that.. I know a couple who died from that.
carrie21_xo 0
it's sweet that ur mum didn't want you to die, but FYL for having to stand in the rain for nothing.
Jesus_Christ69 0
it was only 20 minutes and she could've just stood under a tree for cover. I personally would way rather stay under a tree for a WHOLE WHOPPING 20 MINUTES than stay inside to slowly die from a deadly gas.
FFPulley 9
I'm a firefighter. we tell people to change the batteries in you smoke detectors and you carbon monoxide detectors when the time changes from daylight savings. See it's easier to remember.
fijianchick 0
your mommy was looking out for you