Today, the fire alarm keeps going off at my apartment. Not only is the noise ear-piercingly loud enough to wake the entire neighbourhood, there's also a big flashing red light in case the deafening sound isn't enough. This is my day off. It's going on all day. 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, I'm dead on my feet. My flatmate's alarm went off for 20 minutes at 5 a.m., which I heard and he didn't. A car alarm went off outside my window for half an hour at 7 a.m. My building fire alarm went off twice, at 8 and 8:10 a.m. Just let me sleep. FML
Today, I accidentally bumped into the fire alarm which set off a high pitched buzzing noise that could be heard throughout the entire dorm. It went on for at least two hours and none of the technicians could figure out how to turn it off. All the girls on my floor are mad at me. FML
Today, my building's fire alarm went off. Unfortunately, this coincided with sexy time, and the loud alarm made me jumpy, making it extremely difficult to untie my naked boyfriend. FML
Today, I woke up hungover and with the lovely surprise of my monthly cycle. Now I’m at work, sitting with a blaring faulty fire alarm that I have no way to turn off. Everyone who can fix it is on holiday. FML
Today, like every year, my next-door neighbors started setting off their fireworks at exactly midnight. Also, like every year, the sensitive car alarm belonging to another neighbor has gone off with every firework. It's been almost six hours of nonstop alarms and explosions. FML
Today, I learned that my new neighbour's car alarm goes off every time a car drives by blasting loud bass. So far, it's gone off 6 times in the last hour. I can't wait until he's done moving in here, where he and his car will stay for the next year. FML
Today, my neighbors left for their nine month excursion, and armed their security system. One of the features is a loud series of three beeps every three seconds, 24 hours a day. I can hear it, clear as a bell, throughout my entire house. FML
Today, I started my spring break. My college is letting the students stay in the dorms for break, so I figured that staying here would mean getting more sleep than going home. Not so much. The fire alarm has been going off every 20 mins since 7:30am because they're "fixing" it. 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, my kitchen nearly burned down because the fire alarm didn't detect the plumes of smoke wafting through the kitchen. This is the same alarm that wails when I use the toaster. FML
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Top comments
Marley_000 14
Put up some decorations and turn the lights off and bam, the most authentic zombie apocalypse set!
rainbowdog 17
Go out and explore the city. It's gotta be better than listening to that all day.
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Comments (45)
Sakuraashita 15
OP's building is probably doing one of those ones that does a fire alarm test like every few months.
ThePaperDragon 31
You could go on an adventure! Visit somewhere you have never been or do something you have never done. . . or you could just go to a friend's/relative's house for a visit.
shellyluv 23
why not go out?
MeanBeagle 22
ferris beuller would know what to do
DenverTyrrell 13
They did save you time...but that's not the point I feel sorry for you I would hate that I love that show
stife7 13
The quick fix is to go out
DewIchigo 17
You just reminded me off Phoebe
CRC_101 31
Keeping in mind that I have no idea whether you have had a lot of experience with fire alarms **or not,** did you at least try changing its batteries? The phrase "keeps going off" suggests to me that the alarm isn't ongoing, in which case that could be the alarm to change the batteries. It will also flash a red light and emit an equally loud noise. If that's not it, you could at least take out the batteries temporarily for your own sanity. A lot of apartments do expect it to be the tenants' job to deal with and change the fire alarm batteries themselves.
fireman45 1
Or call the local fire department.... And they will find the problem and fix it, if they can't they will put the alarm on test or silent and they will call the alarm company, I am a firefighter so I know the process
AloysiusWeasley 15
Beat on it until it stops making noise. Even if #25 is right, buying a new one isn't that expensive.
tonyfan00 38
Time to break out the sledgehammer...