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By ABBenzin - 01/02/2012 16:11 - United States

Today, I was breaking into a house when three police cruisers pulled up. They ran my social, my license plates, and asked me twenty minutes worth of questions, before allowing me to go back to work. I work as a locksmith; the homeowner had lost their keys. FML

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By Matthew - 27/11/2011 02:33 - United States

Today, I was arrested for breaking into a house. This is what happens when I lose my key. FML

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By MadameM - 26/02/2009 08:17 - United States

Today, I accidentally locked my car and house keys along with my phone in my car. Then I had to break into my own house looking for the spare. Someone called the police and I had to explain that I lived there. I forgot to grab the spare when I went to talk to the police officers I locked the door behind me. FML

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Long walk home

By zoe - 15/07/2022 22:00

Today, I got locked out of a building that I work in (I work night shifts). I locked my phone, wallet, and car keys in the building. I had no way of contacting my boss or getting a ride. I had to walk home at night, almost got hit by a car full of dudes yelling slurs, and had a woman scream at me from the passenger seat of a car. FML

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By FailAtLife - 22/02/2009 04:22 - United States

Today, I had a job interview at a restauraunt opening up. One manager hypothetically asked me why I should be hired. I said I was more efficient than most. I left to find I'd locked my keys in the car. It took all the managers to help me get my keys out. FML

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By MattVh - 12/01/2010 17:23 - Belgium

Today, someone had put a lock on my bike. While I was trying to saw it off, the police drove by. I was arrested for trying to steal a bike and released four hours later when they figured out that it was actually my bike. FML

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Let em in

By Anonymous - 29/07/2022 10:00 - Australia - Perth

Today, my neighbour called to say a crazy drunk man was breaking into my house. Thankfully, the police were already there, questioning me about “attempted unlawful entry” into my own house. My keys had been taken from a friend so I wouldn’t drive. It's 1°C and I still haven’t gotten inside. FML

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Confess!

By hitandrun - 10/08/2009 18:28 - United States

Today, I hit a parked car and fled because I was so scared. Four hours later, the cops showed up at my house so I broke down crying confessing everything. Turns out, they weren't there about the car I hit. They were alerting me about the string of burglaries in my neighborhood recently. FML

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By Jason - 12/08/2010 20:33 - United States

Today, I spent forty minutes trying to break into my own house after being locked out. After finally getting in through a small unlocked window, I discovered my keys in my pants pocket. FML

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Thanks for your help

By forgotten - 28/02/2013 00:42 - United States - Phoenix

Today, I saw my car being broken into on the street below my apartment. Too scared to stop them myself, I called the police. Before I could even tell them what was going on, they put me on hold. It was a good 5 minutes before I realized they'd hung up on me. FML

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Bad day

By Anonymous - 12/11/2010 05:37 - United States

Today, I accidentally set off an alarm at the school I work for. No one was there, I didn't have the code or password the company needed, my boss wouldn't answer his phone, 3 policemen interrogated me and asked for ID but realized I left home without my wallet. There was nothing I could do. I cried. FML

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MubeenMV3 5

Wednesday 1 February 2012 18:48

Ohh sht, the first sentence of this FML is so misleading lmao

babybebop2 4

Wednesday 1 February 2012 18:48

Ha I started reading like "you deserved it" then Im like oh no that sucks

Comments

xStaciexLynnx 15

Wednesday 1 February 2012 20:52

Even people who are breaking into your house illegally can pick the lock. They don't have to break in through the window. Also, nobody said he had a van that says lock smith on the side. If it was off hours he could have just driven his normal vehicle out. Or maybe he doesn't have a vehicle with anything written on the side- nobody made a rule that we have to write our occupation on the side of our vehicles.

SF49ERS 0

Wednesday 1 February 2012 20:52

****** asswipe. Why so misleading? lol

TomHarrow 5

Wednesday 1 February 2012 21:47

Thumbed down for your name.

kaykay20 0

Wednesday 1 February 2012 20:56

Wouldn't the owner be standing next to you when your unlocking the door?

sugaryspice 5

Wednesday 1 February 2012 21:04

This is one of the best FMLs I have ever read! At least you have a good story to tell after this experience.

bubo_fml 10

Wednesday 1 February 2012 21:10

A real locksmith would've charged the homeowner for additional labor hours for being detained by the po-po!

DomoLaDii 8

Wednesday 1 February 2012 21:12

I was gonna say u deserved it but then I read the rest lol Damn the first sentence jajajas!

zombicidal 11

Wednesday 1 February 2012 21:12

my car says "student" on the side

Haha_no_123 11

Wednesday 1 February 2012 21:21

While I was reading "i was breaking into a house" I thought, oh well obviously this person deserved it but when I read you were a locksmith I thought "hahaha you got me there! I feel bad for you then" I never pressed You Deserve It though

OfficeNinja 5

Wednesday 1 February 2012 21:27

Sounds like a case, a rare case, of everybody doing their job!

ashesofempires04 7

Wednesday 1 February 2012 21:39

You deserve it for looking shady enough for the neighbors to call the police. You deserve it for not promptly presenting your credentials to the police when they arrived. You deserve it for not making your profession obvious enough to onlookers.