Miscellaneous: Today, as I entered a stairwell, the fire alarm went off, triggering...

By minustoenail - 12/10/2012 05:58 - United States - San Francisco

Today, as I entered a stairwell, the fire alarm went off, triggering the automatic fire doors to close. The one I was walking through ran over my foot, ripping my toenail, and then smacked me in the face. FML

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By poop - 18/05/2009 17:25 - United States

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By Unlucky - 09/10/2009 19:52 - United States

Today, as I got up from the couch, my computer, which was next to me, fell on to my pinky toe. It fell just so that the edge of it cut my toe open. I cursed, and hobbled toward the bathroom to get a bandage. As I'm going into the bathroom, I stub said toe on the door jamb. FML

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By stepknee - 14/10/2009 02:31 - United States

Today, we had a fire drill in my dorm, and I live on the 7th floor of my building. They shut the elevators down and I had to walk down 14 flights of steps. I shattered my kneecap last week. They turned the alarm off when I got to the first floor. FML

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By Mel - 07/05/2011 22:27 - United States

Today, my fire alarm startled me so badly that I shit myself. FML

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By tired - 16/01/2013 19:02 - United States - Boston

Today, I walked up sixteen flights of stairs to my room to avoid the lift lines. When I was almost at the top, the fire alarm sounded. FML

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Doribella98 14

Friday 12 October 2012 11:58

Ouch! There isn't a pretty picture in my head from this. But feel better OP!!!

syley 5

Friday 12 October 2012 13:38

If op was on a stairwell why would the doors close? Don't you use the stairs in a fire?

Comments

goldensh0wer69 3

Friday 12 October 2012 16:21

How about you move out of the way next time.

davek 36

Friday 12 October 2012 18:46

I smell a lawsuit.

nuffsaidboutthat 4

Friday 12 October 2012 18:47

Electromagnets that hold the door open de-energize and the door closes by it's own weight. Fire doors never slam shut unless something is wrong with the gas cylinder helping them close gently. Usually before this happens the fire bells begin to ring and strobe lights flash. OP must be a special one to stand in the door's path while this is happening. YDI

giggitygoo12 7

Friday 12 October 2012 18:50

Would you like that shitty-day burger with a side of painful-fries;(

nuffsaidboutthat 4

Friday 12 October 2012 19:09

Fire doors ease themselves shut with gas cylinders due to their excessive weight. A lawsuit would get you laughed right out of court, it would be like suing for being ran over by a handicap door! You're a moron OP, you are lucky you didn't loose your toe!

Quikraptor 8

Friday 12 October 2012 21:53

You assume this one followed that rule. Like humans, technology isn't perfect. We can't assume it did or did not do what it's supposed to, but I'd figure if it ripped a toe nail off then the OP wasn't wearing any kind of footwear. So they were probably in an apartment complex of some sort. So an imperfect fire-door would make sense. (More landlords like to skip maintenance than people want to admit.)

nuffsaidboutthat 4

Saturday 13 October 2012 2:26

45-I tip my hat to you, your rebuttal was very well written! Though I stand by my original position, it's refreshing to see another adult type within these threads

Underorbit 7

Sunday 14 October 2012 11:19

Says the guy who called the OP a moron. That's very adult of you.

ShantiKumar 4

Friday 12 October 2012 22:54

I was wondering why your toenail was exposed in the first place... it's October and where I live everyone is in boots. But OP is from Cali. makes sense.