Today, my neighbour from across the road phoned me at work telling me there was a fire engine outside my house and a lot of smoke. I drove home in a panic, smashing a rear light on a post and getting flashed by a speed camera. It wasn't my house. The firemen were putting out a bonfire next door. FML
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Dead leaves, the first cold of the season and an umbrella flipped inside out: fall, the season of grace.
Today, I was awoken by my neighbor pounding on my back door at 3 am, only to look outside and see my car engulfed in flames. FML
Today, my house caught on fire. After it was put out, I realized the damage wasn't bad, mainly smoke damage. I went to my parents' for the night because my house smelled. While there, I received a phone call from my neighbor. Apparently, my house caught fire again. It's now a pile of ashes. FML
Today, at 2:47 am, my mom woke me up in a panic screaming about smelling gas and the house blowing up. Twenty minutes, two fire trucks, and a traumatized dog later, it was just the neighbors burning their mail. FML
Today, looking out of my window, I spotted a fire raging in the building across from my apartment. Grabbing my phone, I dashed out to the balcony, only to slam into the screen door instead. After calling 911, I sprinted back out, only to clock the door a second time. FML
Today, the fire alarm went off at my apartment. I rushed out but forgot to grab a coat, so I hopped in my car and fired it up, figuring I'd wait it out. A fireman knocked on my window and loudly asked me to get out, then wrote me a citation for "improper fire alarm protocols." That's a thing? FML
Today, a guy I been seeing went to work and left me in his house. As I made a bagel, it burned, the smoke alarm went off. This activated a call to the fire department but I didn’t know. The fire truck showed up. Little did I know, the guy’s family was outside too, just to see what had happened, thinking I'd broken in. FML
Today, I was at my friend's house. It was dark and downpouring so I couldn't see as I was backing out of his driveway. I made it out, but then my phone went off, scaring me, and I accidentally hit the gas pedal, hitting his neighbor's parked car. Turns out he called to warn me to watch out for it. FML
Today, my smoke alarm went off. In a frenzy, I called 9-1-1 and exited my house. Several minutes later a fire truck showed up. After investigating, one of the firemen informed me I needed to change the batteries in my smoke alarm. FML
Today, my girlfriend and I were getting it on, and listening to loud music when she suddenly looked worried and asked if I heard something. I said no and continued. Moments later, three firemen opened the bedroom door and told us to get dressed and go outside because the building was on fire. FML
Today, police knocked on my door in middle of the night. They said there was a fire in one of the houses in our street, so they were evacuating houses. They wouldn’t let me go back and get dressed. As I was only in my underwear, they told me I could wait in their car. FML
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mike3775 39
Why would you rush home when the firefighters are already there and there is nothing you can do? As far as running the red light goes, you deserved the ticket for being stupid.
Bobby64 29
Well, if you hear your house might be on fire, what would your first reaction be? Calmly drive home and see what happened? She might've overreacted some, but I can understand why. FYL, OP.
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mike3775 39
Why would you rush home when the firefighters are already there and there is nothing you can do? As far as running the red light goes, you deserved the ticket for being stupid.
Bobby64 29
Well, if you hear your house might be on fire, what would your first reaction be? Calmly drive home and see what happened? She might've overreacted some, but I can understand why. FYL, OP.
NoodleBurger 0
I don't, she risked everyone else's lives on the road with her carelessness. YDI op, next time THINK before you drive madly.
mike3775 39
I had this happen once when I rented an apartment before I bought my house, and I didn't rush home, because I knew there was nothing I could do.
MrSassypants 34
Science proves staring at a fire puts it out faster than water. True fact.
daysgoby902 6
what puts it out faster than water?!?!
Pixxio_O 11
As 13 suggested, op rushed home to stare at the fire...
chuckychan 8
you must be a bad driver.
ktateprado 0
That's hot.
bentleyGCspeed 0
#1- where in the post does it say OP ran a red light? If you read it, OP says she got flashed by a SPEED camera. if you're going to call someone stupid, know what the he'll you're talking about.
akayc32 0
7, My first reaction would definitely not be to drive home unsafely. Turns out you do even less to help when the ambulance that is supposed to be a mutual aid for the fire department, is trying to help citizens injured by someone driving recklessly. OP should have been much more careful, if the fire department can't save it, I doubt OP can. YDI.
Nerry_fml 0
Reason #7 as to why women shouldn't drive.
eshhayz 0
so what if the house wasn't yours ? ether Safe than sorry !
UsernameIsUsed 9
42, I chuckled at that. Unless OP's cat recently had kittens, and she thought she had to rush home to run into the burning building to save them, I would say YDI...
Grayscale 9
#7 - I can give you my answer. If I heard my house was on fire, I may or may not be in panic, but I'll be trying to be as calm as possible. And I will NOT drive as long as I'm still in panic. Sometimes people started, but being panic is very different. And trying to do anything while you're in panic almost always result in something worse, unless you're lucky.
atthegates 0
Those of you saying drive calm are retarded. I'd be mowing over pedestrians trying to get home if i thought it was on fire.
Grayscale 9
People who don't have control over themselves shouldn't drive. You all said her life sucks because all she hit was a pole. What if it's people? Children? And I don't think she's intended or decided to hit it because it's a pole. Or maybe some people need to have to wait until they or their relatives got hit by a panicked driver first to realize that people with no self control shouldn't drive?
Holy_ish 19
I would have been pissed
ktateprado 0
I wouldn't do it in the first place.
GardeningHoes 0
I would have pissed on the fire as well
SadinSherman 16
Then the house would smell like pee
whiteboy7thst 2
Gasoline filled marshmallows,huh?
oops_im_fucked 8
Yum, the gasoline Gives it the good after taste
Michael_Kelso 0
I'm gonna say YDI. Even if your house was on fire there would be nothing you could do about it, so speeding would be useless and dangerous.
Soloman212 28
18, here, take these lemons.
ktateprado 0
Kelso!! Frigin awesome!
Lythiaren 8
Those better be Aperture brand lemons, 36.
mdizzl 6
I would have been extremely pissed off at those neighbors
gmc_blossom 21
Harry, what are you doing on the internet. I'm pretty sure I assigned summer potions homework.
ktateprado 0
Uh oh! Were about to see some hard wand action!
lalala2589 0
Dammit Snape, you're dead.
DomoLaDii 8
i wud have been pissed also lol
Molord1 0
Learn to spell... Idiot...
YoLauryn 0
Why would getting to your house FASTER make a difference, it would still be on fire when you got there.
StopDropNRoll 11
Maybe he just likes seeing things burn.
itsgen 16
if you got flashed by the camera dont pay the ticket it was all over the news how those cameras are pointless and the city is taking them down
Gourmet_Taco 0
Tortoise > Hare bitches. All day err'day.
Nanall 15
Wow. That sucks, op was probably rushing home because there are valuables or maybe people in the house and wanted to see if they were ok.
BB_ava 0
Also by rushing home, OP not only endangered his/her own life but the lives of many others.
Jdeluxh 12
I agree that she shouldn't have rushed but would you be calm if you knew your family and/or pets are in danger? Also, if you have dick neighbors, they may break into your house after the fire is over and take your valuables.
Somoajoe11 2
Way to go now you got a car repair to pay for along with all the extra gas you wasted
StopDropNRoll 11
Your thinking about wasted gas when he just got a ticket worth over 100 bucks and a date with the judge?
hellojuicyhello 5
The tickets r 400 in California._. When u run a red light, I rather have a $100 ticket anytime and gas, sucks...
orangefuzzball 0
Did you at least go mess those neighbors up?