Work: Today, I forgot to shut off some pumps before closing the main...

By oops - 19/08/2013 16:00 - United States - Omaha

Today, I forgot to shut off some pumps before closing the main valves that run to them. Several sirens soon started blaring at a deafening level. I'm new here and nobody else is around. I don't know how to shut the sirens off. FML

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Theglc20 27

Monday 19 August 2013 22:11

Just walk away. Walk away and dont come back

HeartOfLead 24

Monday 19 August 2013 22:12

Don't be alarmed OP, just call your boss/manager and ask him how.

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Theglc20 27

Monday 19 August 2013 22:11

Just walk away. Walk away and dont come back

AculyAmber 12

Monday 19 August 2013 22:22

It kind of sucks the managers left Op alone when he didn't know how to do everything correctly. Haven't they ever heard of training?

Arrow44 10

Monday 19 August 2013 22:46

Its time to sob in fetal position.

SwaggCapone 11

Tuesday 20 August 2013 2:19

And you expect us to know?

dmahen 10

Tuesday 20 August 2013 8:18

Hopefully, OP isn't working at a nuclear reactor.

JasonUMN 15

Monday 19 August 2013 22:12

Hopefully keeping your job after this mishap isn't just a pipe dream.

hemz_fml 13

Friday 23 August 2013 2:22

So you decide to post on FML? Some of these are so absurd it's hard to believe some people even fall for it.

HeartOfLead 24

Monday 19 August 2013 22:12

Don't be alarmed OP, just call your boss/manager and ask him how.

subwaysurfers 13

Monday 19 August 2013 23:40

Pun intended? I almost missed it.

Slawter16 24

Monday 19 August 2013 22:13

Do what you'd do if you were in a toy store and a toy started making noises and you didn't know how to stop it.. Walk far away..

Welshite 39

Monday 19 August 2013 22:27

See, I'm one of those people who walk down the toy aisles and turn on EVERY SINGLE TOY. Then I stand back and watch the children's eyes light up. What can I say? I'm a nice person.

Zebediabolical 39

Tuesday 20 August 2013 6:15

I'm one of those people who tries to muffle it and if that doesn't work throws it to the ground and stomps on it until it dies.

clemsi 20

Tuesday 20 August 2013 7:58

67 I can't decide if I like you or hate you ....on the one hand I hated it when toys would go off and would also bury them to shut them up, on the other I hated picking up items on the ground

contextbot 0

Monday 19 August 2013 22:14

(OP actually works at a public school)

xenmarkal51 6

Monday 19 August 2013 22:14

Run!!!

michelleJ11 25

Monday 19 August 2013 22:15

Keep calm & call someone for help.

turkturkington 13

Monday 19 August 2013 22:15

Sirens usually mean 'vacate', don't they? You should do as they say. And then act shocked and horrified when you hear that someone has been silly enough to set the sirens off and then LEAVE them blaring. ;)