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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Halloween
A failed costume, stolen candy and a very real scare: Halloween, the one night when fear is allowed.
Today, I lost power. That didn't stop my house alarm from running on battery, loudly informing me in a British accent, "AC power disconnected. BEEP. AC power disconnected. BEEP." It's been going on for 5 hours and the battery takes a special screwdriver to remove. One we don't have. FML
Today, the power went out. Thankfully, it was early in the morning so I should've been able to sleep through it. Then I realized I have an impossible time sleeping during power outages. FML
Today, I woke up to find my power was out. After taking a shower in the dark and being unable to make myself lunch, my power came on two minutes before I had to leave for school. 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, the power went out at work. As everyone left the building to go home, the owner came in to inform me that, since the phones were on a battery back up, I would be staying to man them. The phones rang 2 times in the 4 hours I sat in the dark by myself. Both times were telemarketers. 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, after a power outage at my house, my 14-year-old brother was genuinely confused as to why our flashlights still worked if we had no electricity. FML
Today, I'm staying in a hotel. The power went out while I was having a shower. So I waited for it to come back on, until an announcement came over the fire alarm, "Due to generating failure, the power will be off for the rest of the night. Sorry for any inconvenience this may have caused, and have a good night." FML
Today, my smoke alarm started chirping at 3 a.m. I replaced the battery, reset it, and got back into bed. Five minutes later, it chirped again. I searched for the source before realizing it was my roommate's alarm clock. 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
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bonbon1559 20
Hammer time!
NoOrdinaryNZer 28
FYL op, alarms are annoying as hell.
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NoOrdinaryNZer 28
FYL op, alarms are annoying as hell.
bonbon1559 20
Hammer time!
GAJones4221 10
obviously they don't use it ever, bludgeoning with a hammers justified.
BlueBaronBitch 22
As Nicki Minaj (god I hate even typing this) would say: pound the alarm
JKPwnage 27
I read it in the voice of MC Hammer
may14th 26
Light it on fire
GAJones4221 10
No, we smash it with a hammer until we can move it outside and then light it on fire with gasoline.
BlueBaronBitch 22
Wouldn't that just set the fire alarm off too?
moodyreallyrocks 27
Hopefully everything will start getting better OP!
PO_linesman 4
Open the cover/lid. Disconnect the battery. If the outside strobe has a separate battery you might need a ladder to do the same outside. Then get an alarm technician to reset the PIN so you can start using it again.
Furcorn_57 17
Hope everything gets better, OP! That must be annoying. FYL.
cheeeksss 29
Beyonce yelling "ring the alarm" started playing in my head.
MsFit 17
I started hearing, "Ring the alarm and I'm throwin' elbows" in mine. Now it's stuck in my head and I just want it to stop. Thanks a lot for the very literal Dirrty mind, OP
ananicosia 28
At this point your only option is destruction
BlueBaronBitch 22
RIP everyone's ears
elcee1987 18
Dude. Remove the batteries.