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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aellos 0
Lol, this is the opportune moment to do something silly, and then get caught. That would be an interesting FML.
Aly3277 0
Not sure why you're complaining. You got paid to do nothing. That's awesome.
Aly3277 0
I worked a job where we had to work when the power was out. Most of our calls got routed to another area of the country. We sat there for 8 hours hanging out, talking and playing with our cell phones. I enjoyed the crap out of getting paid to do that.
Sabella 0
You got paid to sit at work and do nothing, be happy!
blalien 0
I don't think that's legal in the United States. Most insurance companies will not cover liability for incidents that occur in a building with no power. Your boss is a dick.
anniebananie 3
Interesting point! I haven't thought of that aspect of it.
crazy20164 0
YDI for not having fun ... you could have found ways to entertain yourself... your in a large empty building you could have built forts or rifle through peoples stuff and since theres no other sound in the building you would not have missed a single call . In my case i would have just slept there and hoped the boss didnt call to see if you were still there.
srak 0
learn to use commas properly!
killurbeer 0
Shoulda coulda beat off i would've
PrinceTwilight17 0
It's called give him the finger and walk away...
killerrr 0
This sort of sucks. But like everyone else has been saying, at least you got paid to do nothing. The only thing I can think of that would make this a true FML is if everyone got paid for the rest of the day anyway and you had to sit in the dark instead of getting paid to be at home, like everyone else. Also, you would think your boss would have had the computers on backup power too. Kind of stupid that he didn't. You should have screwed with the telemarketers when they called. My grandma used to screw with them before the national "do not call" thing. She'd start speaking in random accents or start asking them weird questions and confuse the crap out of them. Pretty funny stuff to listen to. =o) But this is one of the reasons I always bring a book with me regardless of where I'm going. You could have found a window to let some light in or a flashlight to read with. Hmm. Now that I think about it, I can think of plenty of ways you could have amused yourself while you were there for 4 hours.