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
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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, while I was out of the office, I'd left my phone charging inside. My boss informed me that since I am clearly running up her electricity bill, it will be deducted out of my already nearly non existent paycheck. FML
Today, a strong storm knocked the power out at our office. I was dismissed five hours early, had my desk locked up and was walking toward the doors to leave when the power came back on. FML
Today, I was calling my cable company to tell me how to fix my internet. I stayed on hold for almost half an hour, and then when someone finally picked up, my phone died. 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
Today, the power at work was out. This would be fine, if they didn’t make me stay for another hour to wait for it to come back on in the Texas heat. FML
Today, while working my overnight shift, I went into the isolation room to find some items for a former client. The door fell shut and the magnetic lock went to work. Both unit telephones and my cell phone were lying on the desk, and I waited four hours for my supervisor to rescue me. FML
Today, I called my phone company to get some answers about my phone bill. I was okay with being put on hold. In fact, I was on hold for so long, that the music stopped playing. When someone finally answered they told me to call back tomorrow. All my phones disconnected an hour later. 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, the phone lines at work have been cutting out in the middle of calls. I'm a receptionist at an animal hospital. I now have less than two minutes to figure out what's wrong with a client's pet and how best to schedule them before I become "That rude bitch who hung up on me." FML
Today, I'm the only one at work in a small office. The water tank sprung a leak. Guess who had to call the boss and get instructions via cell phone to turn it off? I can't even leave the office to change my soaked clothes, because I need to wait for an important phone call. Seven hours to go. FML
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allmidnighteyes 11
Aww, in the dark? I would've made a giant blanket fort or something of that caliber.
erikatastrophe 0
Getting paid to do next to nothing for four hours... I could think of worse things than boredom.
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TimmyM 0
Oh no, I got to sit around and do what i wanted for four hours and got paid for it. Wah.
Melodyfire 0
dont mind what everyone else is saying. id be mad too if everyone got to go home and watch tv, catch up with friends, and do whatever they wanted for the day while i sat in the dark. so you have a job... i believe that entitles you to say what yo want about it. people who complain about you not liking your job are just irritated because they dont have one and they can go ahead and get over it. has noone here been told "if you dont have something nice to say, then dont say anything after all"? i learned that in kindergarten, maybe yall should go back and relearn how to be a nice person.
cherry_blossom 0
It's the internet. No one's nice.
Allymeme 3
I have a job, and I think this person is dumb for complaining... at my job you have to be on the move constantly. If I was asked to just sit around for four hours and get paid I'd do it.
Witchcraft_fml 5
This FML gives me a very funny image. Take this opportunity to steal a whole load of office supplies. In my opinion, there is no such thing as too many staplers or too much White Out.
yem2004 0
does your boss happen to be Bill Lumberg?
Witchcraft_fml 5
Bonus: if the power's out, the security cameras are probably out. Even if they aren't, they won't catch much distinguishable footage in the dark. Rifling through the boss's belongings is definitely the way to go.
wickedpixel 0
should have forwarded calls to your cell phone
FerrariCake 2
Why didn't you buy a thousand of whatever they were selling and have it all shipped and billed to your boss? If he leaves you alone to handle the phone calls, he's giving you the authority to act on his behalf. It would have made the telemarketers' day AND your boss would have never left you alone with the phones again.
jnxt231 0
Well I know you wont be complaining on payday
blastvortex 4
It sucks that you had the singular misfortune to get stuck with phone duty, but at least you got 4 hours of work in for practically no effort. It's only a pity that you didn't have a book or something on you at the time.
cselby 0
lol at all the mouth breathers on here talking about how this guy should be grateful. I bet half of you don't even have a job, which is why you spend all day posting on FML. anyways, this sucks man. been there, done that, if you have a Blackberry just play the game "brickbreaker" now that is a way to pass time if ive ever seen one.
FerrariCake 2
"ten times more important"? Are you a garbage collector? I think garbage collectors have the most important job in our society. Without them, our communities would be a mess.