Miscellaneous: Shut up!

Shut up!

By Beepbeepbeep - 01/09/2011 02:50 - United States

Today, I lost power. That didn't stop my house alarm from running on battery, loudly informing me in a British accent, "AC power disconnected. BEEP. AC power disconnected. BEEP." It's been going on for 5 hours and the battery takes a special screwdriver to remove. One we don't have. FML

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By James - 08/02/2016 22:55 - United Kingdom - Sheffield

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

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By Entity303 - 14/11/2020 21:32 - India

Today, I'm staying in a hotel. The power went out while I was having a shower. So I waited for it to come back on, until an announcement came over the fire alarm, "Due to generating failure, the power will be off for the rest of the night. Sorry for any inconvenience this may have caused, and have a good night." FML

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By Anonymous - 13/12/2023 21:30 - Australia

Today, during a storm-related power failure, I jerry-rigged an inverter from my car to supply the essentials. In doing so, I managed to blow up the fridge, smoke and all. The power came back on 5 minutes later. FML

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By Anonymous - 14/11/2024 08:00 - Mexico - Zapopan

Today, on vacation with family, the power goes off in the middle of the night. I wake up as the A/C starts dripping on my head. No air, wet pillow, can't sleep, but I decide to tough it out until morning rather than wake everyone. In the morning, I discovered my sister had hit the breaker because she couldn't find the light switch. FML

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By devakii - 16/10/2009 17:27 - United States

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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By Anonymous - 16/10/2012 16:38 - United States - Raleigh

Today, my neighbors left for their nine month excursion, and armed their security system. One of the features is a loud series of three beeps every three seconds, 24 hours a day. I can hear it, clear as a bell, throughout my entire house. FML

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By Anonymous - 20/05/2017 16:00

Today, I found out that the electricity company can just show up unannounced and cut off my power, but cannot find the meter for a whole 10 days to switch it on again. It's currently dark and 7°C in my bedroom. FML

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By Pandy1031 - 09/02/2017 08:00 - United States - Crofton

Today, as I was shampooing my hair in the shower, the power went out. Since my house has well water, no power means no water. FML

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By Samuel - 21/05/2010 19:12 - Canada

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

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By lollerskate - 16/01/2010 15:37 - United States

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

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MrBoredGuy 1

Thursday 1 September 2011 8:28

Go buy the right screwdriver? Wouldn't take anyone else 5 hours to figure that out

baconstrips 12

Thursday 1 September 2011 8:27

Just smash the thing to bits

Comments

Siji 0

Friday 2 September 2011 4:04

Damn, you act like it's an insult to have your accent grouped with the others. My Texan accent varies with those of other Americans, and I don't get offended when someone calls it an American accent.

theblackzach 0

Friday 2 September 2011 4:12

I would have just smashed it..

brit1029 3

Friday 2 September 2011 4:24

I have the same problem... Only to add to the alarm on the inside it has a huge megaphone on the roof in the front and back of the house... It screams "warning there may be an intruder" or "warning possible fire." it is quite sensitive too.

Koolman189 0

Friday 2 September 2011 4:59

smash the damn thing

m16agent 3

Friday 2 September 2011 5:03

this is the one thing duct tape wont fix... or will it?

DoctorKyda 5

Friday 2 September 2011 6:06

And that's why you need a sonic scewdriver.

annigotammo 1

Friday 2 September 2011 6:08

why wouldn't you have that screwdriver seeing as you could need it for situations like these, ydi for being unprepared then whining about it

funfofa 1

Friday 2 September 2011 6:11

did the power go out because of hurricane Irene? cause then u cant go out and get the screwdriver! fyl indeedy!

schomes 0

Friday 2 September 2011 6:23

Ever think about pressing the off button

candyaddict54 3

Friday 2 September 2011 6:54

This reminds me of the time when your phone dies out of battery but it has the power to light up and beep a thousand times to warn you to charge it. British accents aren't so bad!