Work: Today, I finished working a 70 hour work week. I'm a lineman...

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

I agree, your life sucks 43 567

You deserved it 3 133

Carnival of Disasters
Dive into carnival, where hilarious costumes meet unexpected mishaps. Laughter is guaranteed, mask or no mask! More…

Previous FML Next FML

Same thing different taste

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

I agree, your life sucks 12 957

You deserved it 1 025

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

I agree, your life sucks 26 535

You deserved it 5 988

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

I agree, your life sucks 1 575

You deserved it 124

Snow Day

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

I agree, your life sucks 31 011

You deserved it 8 505

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

I agree, your life sucks 35 253

You deserved it 2 304

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

I agree, your life sucks 382

You deserved it 134

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

I agree, your life sucks 29 341

You deserved it 3 997

Skyped out

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

I agree, your life sucks 894

You deserved it 87

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

I agree, your life sucks 128

You deserved it 923

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

I agree, your life sucks 4 284

You deserved it 376

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

awesomeloser14 0

Wednesday 4 May 2011 4:48

irony it's a bitch sometimes. wait did your power come back on?? because you can't get on this,unless you have power.

Sirin_fml 46

Wednesday 4 May 2011 4:52

Mobile phone.

awesomeloser14 0

Wednesday 4 May 2011 4:54

true , but if it was an iPhone he would need wifi. then again he is an linemen......

czonstka 0

Wednesday 4 May 2011 4:58

it's called a data plan.

boatramp 1

Friday 6 May 2011 2:46

called a smart phone brain dead

joelee1408 0

Wednesday 4 May 2011 4:58

more experience the better

nation92 2

Wednesday 4 May 2011 5:07

the 176 ppl that put you deserved it are retarded! how in the hell do you deserve that?

xcrazyforyouu 2

Wednesday 4 May 2011 5:25

like trump says "your fired"

sabrecaz 0

Wednesday 4 May 2011 5:48

Er... my powers out also. So... I'll give you $4.50 for one. Final offer. Powers out I swear.

bluegreengirl 5

Wednesday 4 May 2011 6:15

at least you might be able to find the problem? FYL.

lifeisabitchandy 2

Wednesday 4 May 2011 6:33

you have serious issues

rogueprincess69 0

Wednesday 4 May 2011 6:52

It seems to me like we can't shed any light on your situation!

greenjedi 0

Wednesday 4 May 2011 7:19

that's probably my grandpa no joke lol

bamab 0

Wednesday 4 May 2011 7:29

I'm sorry to hear that it sucks...however I was one of those without power it came back on today one ef4 tornado was 3 mins behind my house and you're work is GREATLY APPRECIATED THANK YOU!!