Today, at around 11 p.m., the police made a visit to my house, explaining how my neighbors had thought I was using a universal remote to change their television channels. 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 found out that my parents changed the code on our alarm system while they were out of town. The police could not verify I was their son, despite spending hours trying to get hold of them. They thought it was just another telemarketer. FML
Today, I awoke to the sound of my neighbors attacking my car with a baseball bat accusing me of calling the cops on them. I did call the cops on them, after they screamed at me last night, drunkenly, to call the cops for them because they thought they were being robbed. FML
Today at 10:00 pm, someone rang my doorbell 4 times, while I was sleeping. I thought it was an emergency and I opened the door to my neighbor who just want to ask if I had a blackout at noon. FML
Today, I was singing while unloading my dishwasher. I heard a knock on the door and went to answer it only to find the police telling me they received noise complaints from my neighbors. I live next-door to my parents. FML
Today, the police searched my house because my neighbors thought we were aiming a gun with laser sight at them. We were only getting our daft dog to chase a laser light around; we don't even own any guns. FML
Today, my neighbors called the police and said that they saw, through the window, a suspicious person in my house doing something to my piano. The "suspicious person" was me, in my own house, playing my own piano. FML
Today, I was doing a job for some people on my street cutting their bushes. After I had finished and went to get my pay, I realized I had gone to the wrong house. They called the police. FML
Today, I came back to my appartment to find that I couldn't watch certain channels on my tv. When I called the tv company I found out my parents had put a 'parental block' on all my favorite channels. Im 22 and rent an appartment with my friends. FML
Today, I woke up to NYPD detectives banging on my door with flashlights, looking for some criminal who used to live in my house. Apparently, when they showed the man's mugshot to my neighbors upstairs, for some reason they identified the man as my husband. FML
Today, I awoke to banging at my door. It was my neighbor, accusing me of stealing her mail to spy on her, because apparently she thinks I must be some sort of secret agent. The cops don't believe me when I call, and she won't go away. FML
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annie_nk 23
This warrented police to take action?
unknown_user5566 27
I would hate to be that cop. All I would be thinking is: "**** my life- this is what I went to the police academy for?"
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Comments (89)
annie_nk 23
This warrented police to take action?
BeforeItWasCool 12
Well, yes I'd say so. Its probably considered some form of harassment, and if a person is distressed, police have to take action.
annie_nk 23
I'd understand if he was outside the house but he was in his house. The remote wouldn't reach that far even if it was programmed to their TV. Which he couldn't do from his house.
hotshot2626 9
If OP was doing it, its rude. However for something as trivial as this, one would think you could confront a neighbor. Besides how would OP know what brand and model the neighbor had as a TV to program the remote.
GypsyRover 0
This is a FML for everyone involved.
beccaishereyay 11
There should have been some actions before the police were called. Like actually talking to their neighbor first. One of my biggest pet peeves is when people have a problem with you but say nothing until all hell breaks loose.
spazz666 18
17) That's the point of a UNIVERSAL remote. It works for most brands and models.
xxenforcerxx 4
with universal remotes, if you manually program you just hit setup, tv, then press the channel up button til the channel changes. all you have to do is be within range
patrickalamo 48
Walk over to the neighbors with the police.
collegegirl17 8
This is totally a copied FML haha. I saw it on random a few months ago and it was a 2009 one.
reddawn1985 12
Ad soon as I read this I tried it... It doesn't work.
KiddNYC1O 22
Unrelated but your daughter is just adorable. God bless.
annie_nk 23
Thank you so much!
nicole79 2
That would actually be hysterical!!!!
zandalee 20
The neighbors have a fussy TV watching ghost!
randomkayx3 11
Change it to a **** channel when a mum is about to walk into her son's room and get him in trouble.
MissMae93 23
35 - I'm picturing it as a crabby old couple who have nothing better to do than complain about little things or something along those lines.
gc327072 31
Like in Home Alone!! I've always wanted to do that!
laden_swallow09 35
35- I have an feeling that's how this FML started.
BunchieRules 31
Your neighbors probably wear tinfoil hats as well, if they're that paranoid. FYL, OP.
GothickNihilist 15
Is that so the aliens can't read their minds ? Or is it to protect them from Major League Baseball ?
TomPusslicker 21
Its probably because they've seen 'click'.
BunchieRules 31
62 - That would change time and space itself, and not just the channels. Then again, I guess only OP would be affected, because of the "autopilot" feature.
unknown_user5566 27
I would hate to be that cop. All I would be thinking is: "**** my life- this is what I went to the police academy for?"
perdix 31
Sometimes I think that some cops would rather intervene with harmless citizens than confront dangerous criminals or organized drug gangs. I'm sure the life-and-death shit sounds fun when deciding to be a cop, but I'll bet that gets old real fast.
beccaishereyay 11
Someone's gotta do the shitty work, right?
unknown_user5566 27
Perdix- That's true, but I was thinking more along the lines of "I really have to deal with idiots like this?" I'd agree that the action-packed stuff likely gets tiresome at some point, but I'd rather do a routine stop with normal people versus weirdos, haha.
jacquesromualdez 12
More like the boring version of cops who just sit around their cars eating donuts. "Dispatch 911, please respond." "Whoa great! Action time! Woohoo!!"
athlete1990 4
I'd **** you silly.
plasticsmile42 2
Some interesting neighbors you have there.....
st333ph 12
I feel sorry for the cop. A lot of cops actually. They have to deal with weird people and stupid things.
GrAmCrAcKeRzz 3
Lol.
theartists 5
"I'm going to post lol just to let everyone know I laughed." Your thoughts, no?
annie_nk 23
I wouldn't be surprised if he didn't really laugh out loud. lol is becoming so overused.
Bekll 31
Becoming? I'd say the last decade.
flockz 20
Lack of Laughter.
CantusVulpis 12
At least he capitalized and punctuated? Sorry, I like finding the plus side.
walmartpaysme 15
48, laugh out loud is not even a complete sentence. Therefore, capitalization and punctuation really offer no improvement in this situation.
MormonPornstar 7
Right, he should've used the acronym IACLOL. Now it's a full sentence - rest easy
HannahLouise96 13
Wait....what?
GothickNihilist 15
It still never ceases to amaze me how idiotic people can be. I can't believe that people think that it is possible to change other people's tv channels Why on earth would that warrant a police call. F your life indeed.
goose12321 11
They would've been a laughing stock in the police station after they called in.