Miscellaneous: Today, I had shelves installed using a builder who came highly...

By neveragain89 - 06/01/2012 00:37 - Australia

Today, I had shelves installed using a builder who came highly recommended by my co-worker. Turns out the builder is her friend, who has no actual qualifications or experience as a builder, but 'it's his dream'. I now have a gaping hole in my kitchen where the shelves should be. FML

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By Anonymous - 25/05/2022 04:00

Today, I got home to my wife surrounded by plaster, old cement and bricks, and a fucking massive hole in the kitchen wall leading through into next door's kitchen. Apparently she tried to put up a shelf and the wall “fell down”. FML

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By imatotalloser - 28/07/2017 05:00

Today, after months of telling my landlord about the weak floorboards in my living room, I fell through them as I was trying to repair them myself. FML

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By Anonymous - 24/06/2023 12:00

Today, after a full year of work getting my house decorated, it was finally finished. I stepped back from the last painted wall to admire it and my neighbour on the other side of the wall, who was doing some decorating of his own, drilled too far and punched his drill bit right through the wall. FML

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By Anonymous - 17/03/2021 14:02

Today, my roommate placed something on a shelf I put up, and the whole thing came crashing down. It's been fine for 2 years and now the shelf decides to break? Yeah right, dude. FML

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By Anonymous - 23/02/2024 21:00 - United Kingdom

Today, we finished redecorating my kitchen. My dad has been his usual OCD self about getting it perfect, so when he noticed a shelf was just barely not level, he decided to adjust the screws. It fell off and damaged my floor, so he threw the screwdriver and cracked a wall tile. Thanks dad. FML

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By Hellish - 21/10/2016 04:11 - United States - Gurnee

Today, I started a new job that was highly recommended by a worker there. The same coworker that is now making my life a living hell. FML

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By danny - 03/10/2024 20:00 - United Kingdom

Today, I spent two hours building an IKEA bookshelf. When I was finished, I realized it was inside-out. There was no way to fix it without completely taking it apart again. FML

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By CreeptacularBait - 21/03/2018 15:00

Today, after my husband trusted me to sort out the arrangements for modifying our kitchen and I spent a lot of time finding the perfect top-quality items, they were delivered 1,291 miles away in a town I’ve never heard of. FML

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Damn you, Ikea!

By xXrememberthisXx - 16/10/2023 06:30

Today, I attempted to assemble a piece of furniture that claimed to be "easy to build in minutes." Four hours and multiple arguments later, I realized I had misread the instructions, and half the parts were upside down. I'm pretty sure the furniture won this round. FML

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Pipe dream

By Anonymous - 07/05/2023 12:00

Today, I lost my dream house because my mortgage advisor, who I literally paid to take care of the complicated legal stuff, fucked up at every stage until the seller just sold it to someone else. My advisor admitted I'm his first customer, and that he didn’t think it would be this hard. FML

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intothecrypt 3

Friday 6 January 2012 8:42

Store your goods in said hole. Problem solved.

jerseyboy732 16

Friday 6 January 2012 9:09

Go to his house and let him know it was your dream to be a wrecking ball operator

Comments

LilMissZer0 6

Saturday 7 January 2012 4:58

Am I the only one who notices that OP first says "I had shelves installed" then later says "...where shelves should be"?

superbubbles 4

Saturday 7 January 2012 5:35

I don't think a "builder" is considered a profession. Maybe a carpenter? Or cabinet maker? I know what you mean I'm just correcting. :)

AeryFairy 10

Saturday 7 January 2012 15:31

Nope, builder is actually a profession.

thatoneitalian 3

Saturday 7 January 2012 16:17

Time for some flush cabinets, huh?

UNI_cornZ 6

Saturday 7 January 2012 16:34

You should've looked him up!

diam17 0

Monday 9 January 2012 4:49

Idiot

tykiej 0

Tuesday 10 January 2012 8:22

That just sucks big hairy donkey balls. Sorry for your situation!!

claiiire_fml 17

Thursday 26 January 2012 5:24

12- You sir/madam, win.

MossyMegaMan 20

Monday 3 August 2015 18:14

You... You need a CA to be a civil engineer...

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