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By LightsOut - 03/05/2011 17:58 - United States

Today, I finished working a 70 hour work week. I'm a lineman for the electric company, and worked extended hours all week getting people's lights back on after a wind storm. When I got home, my power was out. FML

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You deserved it 3 133

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By AstonBrown - 15/06/2016 17:53 - United States - Cleveland

Today, a strong storm knocked the power out at our office. I was dismissed five hours early, had my desk locked up and was walking toward the doors to leave when the power came back on. FML

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By Dispute - 08/08/2011 05:30 - Canada

Today, I was driving home from a long day at work fixing people's electronics. When I got home, I got a call from work saying I needed to go back and help a customer with their TV again. When I got there, after an hour of driving, I realized I'd accidentally kicked the power cord out. FML

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By boop snoop - 01/09/2019 16:00 - United States

Today, the power at work was out. This would be fine, if they didn’t make me stay for another hour to wait for it to come back on in the Texas heat. FML

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By iamlauraheremecry - 27/01/2011 05:11 - United States

Today, my power went out due to a huge snow storm. I was in desperate need of candles and flashlights. I had to walk to the store since the roads were closed. I walked 4 miles in the blizzard. When I got home, the power came back on. 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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Is that even legal?

By lilypanda333 - 08/01/2025 02:00 - United States

Today, I had a really good day out just to come home right before the electricity company closed for the day, to find out my payment hadn’t gone through and they'd turned it off. 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 Anonymous - 27/04/2021 21:30

Today, I had one minute to go before a team meeting from my work, a blackout occurred in my block. The outage lasted an hour. The meeting was about 40 minutes long. FML

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Survivalist

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 climber - 21/04/2017 20:00

Today, after climbing 8 flight of stairs due to electricity outage, I got to work only to find the office locked. FML

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McMan 23

Wednesday 4 May 2011 0:14

Well that's ironic...

kodi93 2

Wednesday 4 May 2011 0:17

thanks man. my power finally came back on today after it was out for almost a week. appreciate your work

Comments

ahshhlee93 3

Wednesday 4 May 2011 0:37

well we appreciate your help! I'm one of the people from Alabama that was out of power for five days

B4K3S0L1D 0

Wednesday 4 May 2011 0:39

naha. sucks for you. i'll give you a YDI just because this is hilarious. don't worry- i still love you. ^_^

UnknwnClassicGrl 5

Wednesday 4 May 2011 1:13

Ya, I thumbed down your comment. But I still love you though.

Pigpen181 3

Wednesday 4 May 2011 0:41

Should have worked 72 hours

AlphaQallnight 0

Wednesday 4 May 2011 0:42

Oh the irony...

mk58 31

Wednesday 4 May 2011 0:43

Just what I was thinking!

s3xymoma 1

Wednesday 4 May 2011 0:47

couldn't you just fix it.

thewife5 19

Wednesday 4 May 2011 7:02

not if he has power for a different company.. anyways.. the point is he's tired!

JocelynKaulitz 28

Wednesday 4 May 2011 0:53

Yeah hour 71!!

TripleJay26 0

Wednesday 4 May 2011 0:55

that blowssssss haha

GeneralLeeAdyck 0

Wednesday 4 May 2011 1:04

Get up that pole sparky

boatramp 1

Friday 6 May 2011 2:50

you work that 70 that he just worked then you get your butt up that wood get to hooking show us how it's done

awardZu 0

Wednesday 4 May 2011 1:14

That sucks. We just got power back on after nearly four days in the dark. Thanks for busting your ass to get us back in the light, and so sorry you had to go home to no power.

missmaryb 0

Wednesday 4 May 2011 1:14

Please. You people love the overtime, time and a half at least which is being paid for by the average citizen with outrageous power bills just trying to stay warm. Most people would kill for your job and pay. Stop compaining, or more to the point, shut the **** up.

CharleneW 0

Wednesday 4 May 2011 1:58

Jealousy is an ugly thing. He has his job because he put the time and effort into going to school for that trade. It's not like he was just handed the job, so his over time pay is well deserved.

cheeksMcgeeks 3

Wednesday 4 May 2011 2:01

I guess someone didn't get to work overtime at the Bitch Factory....

guckylynn 19

Wednesday 4 May 2011 6:16

"Outrageous power bills?" I live in Upper Michigan and my highest power bill was 40 dollars this winter... Oh and I stayed plenty warm too.

MuchDance90s 0

Wednesday 4 May 2011 6:38

sounds like you're jealous because your chosen career path doesn't pay as well. instead of wasting energy (lol) being jealous why not use it to examine your career or self esteem. Mofo.