Embarrassing, Washing machines and Awkward: Repaired

Repaired

By Anonymous - 14/09/2011 09:55 - United States

Today, I paid a repairman $65 to come to my house to fix my washer. He walked in, looked at the washer, bent over and removed a large steel bolt with a bright red tag sticking out the side that said, "Remove before use." He then looked at me and said, "All fixed." FML

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By Asteria - 15/11/2018 05:00

Today, my dryer was finally repaired after not working for over a month. I did one load of laundry and my washer stopped working. Another day, another $400+ repair bill. FML

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By veevee - 17/08/2009 08:31 - Australia

Today, I noticed my dishwasher wouldn't turn on. After shelling out $120 call-out fee, I was a little miffed when the technician walked in, pressed the 'unlock' function and walked out again. FML

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By Jack - 03/04/2013 21:40

Today, my washing machine broke down, within its warranty. I asked my neighbour if she could open the door for the mechanic while I was at work; she agreed. When I came home, I had a bill for 80 bucks for not opening the door. Her reason? She was busy watching her favorite TV show. FML

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By Anonymous - 20/12/2020 20:01 - Canada

Today, after spending $300 replacing a dryer and getting the vents cleaned out when our tenants complained their clothes weren't getting dry, my husband and I realized that it was actually the washing machine that was broken. FML

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By jessmess - 01/08/2012 16:44 - United States - Corpus Christi

Today, I went to do the laundry at my hotel. I had just enough money for my two loads. After getting frustrated with the washer taking two of my quarters and giving no credit, I took the clothes out. The washer then locked the door shut and started without my clothes. FML

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By Anonymous - 11/04/2020 05:00

Today, my husband, who repairs appliances for a living, repaired our dryer. One lot of wet clothes later, it caught fire and ruined the laundry room. FML

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By Going to work naked tomorrow - 11/12/2018 04:00 - United Kingdom - Northallerton

Today I remembered to put my work uniform in the wash; as I hit start I got an email notification. My landlord confirmed that the engineer will be out to fix the washing machine tomorrow after my housemate reported it as broken. My clothes are locked in the machine that now won't turn on. FML

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By thanks a lot - 26/08/2023 01:00 - United States

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Humble pie

By Anonymous - 10/07/2009 16:46 - United States

Today, I was going to do some laundry, with the washer and dryer I bought off of Craigslist for 150 dollars. The washer leaks and the dryer doesn't dry. So I called the guy and left an angry message about how the washer flooded my kitchen. I'd actually just forgot to hook up the drain hose. FML

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By Ashley Rocha - 11/09/2018 20:30

Today, after my washing machine broke yesterday in the middle of a cycle, I went and spent $1400 on a new one. Also today, my dryer started to smoke and almost caught my clothes on fire. There goes another $1000. FML

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blargheria 0

Wednesday 14 September 2011 16:04

Well spent 65$

sasha_kay 4

Wednesday 14 September 2011 16:07

I bet when you got a computer you called tech support because it wasn't turning on...because you didn't plug it in.

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Splayd 10

Tuesday 18 October 2011 8:41

So basically, all the people commenting are perfect, 100% of the time. Also, why does everyone assume that he's "complaining"? I mean, he is mentioning his problem, but-- that's what this site is for, isn't it? If YOU paid sixty-five dollars so that a man could do something that should have been obvious, wouldn't you be saying, "FML"? This is EXACTLY what this website is for. Why are you morons getting mad at the guy? Yeesh. "What? You're upset because you foolishly lost a lot of money? That's not something to be the slightest bit annoyed about!" Wankers, all of you.

zfchatroulette 24

Thursday 24 January 2013 0:53

I totally pictured him as the janitor from Scrubs.

azhang1066 12

Friday 12 July 2013 2:16

Dumb ass

jdreiner 11

Saturday 5 October 2013 14:06

Yls, I used to install these in people's homes, the installer is supposed to remove the shipping rod so I can't fault the OP for a crappy install job. Hope you didn't tip them :/

rithium 2

Tuesday 12 November 2013 19:31

KoalaBek 23

Monday 17 November 2014 11:47

This totally happened to us, after we couldn't work out why our washing machine was walking round the garage every time we turned it on haha

jackacar12436 17

Sunday 12 July 2015 21:11

Well he did fix it

fantasyworld 37

Sunday 29 November 2015 16:53

Read the manual next time.

PsudoAnon 20

Thursday 29 June 2017 2:42

I did this exact same thing, trying to help my grandma with her new washer. Luckily, the visit was covered under warranty and my grandma was too thankful it worked (and too nice a person) to blame me.