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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begeru 0
I would have tried to have a long conversation with the telemarketers, like flirt with them or something (unless their guys but idk that could still be funny)
ZeroMan42 0
OP could have slept. Even if there was an important call, ignoring it would be OP's way of saying "screw you boss, for making me stay alone!". Works in 4 ways: 1) You get to sleep 2) You get paid to do nothing 3) You get to stand up to your boss 4) You'll be well rested enough to head to the bar and spend that paycheck while drunkenly bashing your boss!
abbiperson 0
dude u shoulda ditched but came back 4 the last half hour! there would be no one or nothing to stop you!!
Bcfrmkc816 17
I would've signed up for what they wanted on somebody else's name
NellyFC35 19
Your a good one.....the first chance I got I would have been outty....can't believe you sat there like that
vanessaizawesome 8
Aww, well... At least you could have a nice relaxing time to yourself!!
Dinsmore2016 10
Masterbathe
groza528 17
Without knowing what type of business you work in, it seems unlikely you'd even be able to *help* anyone if they did call. So basically 4 free hours to do anything you don't need electricity for.
Luke16eirb7deneuwn1 20
Hello darkness my old friend