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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Top comments
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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DameGreyWulf 1
While it sucks you didn't get to go home, you DID have four hours in the dark to yourself. There's endless possibilities of entertainment there.
cocky 0
You're bitching about getting paid to nit do shit? What a moron.
eclecticist 0
if the owner wasn't around to supervise you, you should just leave...
disturbedchic 0
If the poster is on salary than they were paid nothing extra to sit in the dark, in such a case I'd say FYL. If your hourly...well, on the bright side you got to sit around doing jack for 4hrs and got paid for it. Try this one on for size, I once got stuck working till 1am on Christmas at a video rental store, we got 2 customers the last 2hrs we were open and I did not get the pleasure of doing what I pleased while my manager sat there with me the whole time.
joHnnycsU 0
and you didn't have any form of light at all? I know the power went out but a cell phone or any electronic can give off enough light if you're THAT scared. And I also agree with #50. You shouldn't whine just because you were bored.
ObadiahtheSlim 2
Quit yer bitchin. You got paid for 4 hours of doing nothing. Unlike the others.
twixbarlover 0
at least you got paid overtime for it (i hope)
monkey314159 0
That sounds like fun... an entire office to yourself.
MisterZzyzx 0
You should have gone and taken a shit in your boss' desk.
Improbability 0
Oh man! I feel you! This has happened to me so many times. Everyone else basically gets a free day off... except for me/you. I'm sure they still got paid, they do here. Because they can "work from home." Oh, so that's what that 2 hour long breakfast at Frisch's was? It's like being the ONLY person who has to come in and work a holiday. To answer two crap phone calls. Which, btw, big waist of money on that backup battery, eh?