Miscellaneous: Today, I was cleaning my apartment because I'm moving. I was...

By Anonymous - 13/05/2009 07:13 - United States

Today, I was cleaning my apartment because I'm moving. I was being really thorough so I could get as much of the damage deposit back as possible. I noticed I still had one of those 3M plastic hooks on the wall, and when I went to carefully take it off, a large chunk of the wall came with it. FML

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By tikizombie - 30/08/2010 20:10 - Canada

Today, I was moving out of my old place. While walking around to make sure I would get my damage deposit back, I stepped on my roommate's lipstick and smeared it all over the white carpet. Then, I tripped on the phone cord and ripped the whole thing out of the wall. FML

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By scottyboy - 01/10/2016 07:58

Today, I started packing up the flat I have been renting. As I took a picture off the wall I also ripped half the wallpaper. That's my deposit gone. FML

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By Anonymous - 02/04/2012 03:59 - Canada - Edmonton

Today, my dad told me it would be fine to use the mounting tape he'd bought to place paintings up in my newly painted room. I did, but after deciding I wanted to move a painting and pulling it off the wall, the wall came with it. Back to square one. FML

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By So so close to clean - 08/02/2017 10:00 - United States - Warren

Today, with words of encouragement from my mom, I vacuumed my room. After finishing and admiring my job well done, I went to put the vacuum away. It caught on the plug for my electric razor which was dangling below the dresser and yanked that and everything else that was on top of it off. FML

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By Anonymous - 14/11/2010 01:39 - United States

Today, I came home to my family remodeling our (extremely) out of date bathroom. I was SUPER excited to help them get it done. I walked down the hallway and opened my bedroom door to find a huge, gaping hole in my wall and my room covered in dust. I had to sweep every surface in my room. FML

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By Elliot - 22/07/2010 15:10 - United Kingdom

Today, I lifted up my blinds, only for them to detach from the wall, hit me on the head, knock a pile of paper over, spill a can of Pepsi, leave plaster all over the floor and a gaping hole in the wall above my window. FML

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By ouch - 12/12/2009 20:36 - United States

Today, I finally finished vacuuming my downstairs. Instead of finding the wall outlet and unplugging the vacuum, I triumphantly tugged the cord from across the room to release the plug from the wall. It flew at me at top speed and hit me in the face. FML

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By Sad_homeowners - 20/10/2016 15:45 - United States - Pierre

Today, I'm still not living in the house I fought so hard to buy three months ago. As I was fixing a hole in the wall, I found black mold covering the back side of my drywall. On every wall. I can't afford to fix it. FML

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By Michael - 05/02/2021 21:30 - Netherlands - Amsterdam

Today, I wanted to clean my house. Of course the vacuum cleaner got stuck behind furniture multiple times. After the fifth time or so, I gave it a good pull. Now my vacuum cleaner is broken and the socket is off the wall. FML

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Rip it up and start again

By Anonymous - 09/02/2022 02:00 - Germany - Norden

Today, after cleaning my mom’s bathroom, I wiped the molding strip along the wall so it was even. A quite precariously-hung potted plant thought that reason enough to fall right on top of me, spreading dirt over the entire room as well as my hair, my sweater, and the inside of my bra. FML

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SailorButterfly 8

Wednesday 13 May 2009 17:47

That happened to me! I hadn't paid a deposit, but I would have had to pay if the apartment was damaged. I glued back in as much of the chunk as I could, and I never heard anything about it....and even received paperwork saying I didn't owe anything. So they either didn't notice or didn't care! lol

shortshan 0

Wednesday 13 May 2009 17:45

Sounds like something that would happen to me... that blows... Sorry!

Comments

I2OI3 0

Wednesday 13 May 2009 19:59

ANOTHER IDEA I JUST HAD!! YOU COULD BUY A MIRROR AND PUT IT OVER THE HOLE TO COVER IT UP AND THEY WOULD PROBABLY JUST THINK THE MIRROR WAS PART OF THE APARTMENT AND NOT NOTICE!

poobear 0

Wednesday 13 May 2009 20:03

you deserve it you definitely took the hook off incorrectly. ive used those for years in lots of different apartments and as long as you pull the tab down and remove it correctly instead of just ripping it off the wall theres no reason it would do that.

GR3453m0nk3y 4

Wednesday 13 May 2009 20:08

yea all u have to do is put some spackle on it and sandpaper it over.... not rly all that difficult.... this is a crappy fml anyways.... wasted my time

poptartkid 0

Wednesday 13 May 2009 20:09

YOU'RE CHEAPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPP

SailorButterfly 8

Wednesday 13 May 2009 20:20

#18, #21, #33...when it happened to me, I WAS pulling the tab like the instructions said to. It still pulled off a chunk of the wall.

sgrspice392 0

Wednesday 13 May 2009 20:32

That happened to all the people that used those 3M strips in the new apartments at my school, even if used correctly they ripped paint off the wall or some of the wall out. We have to pay damage either way... $25 for each hole. Also, if we try to fix it ourselves we get charged more =

shanbam 0

Wednesday 13 May 2009 20:54

I totally know how you feel - I had to put an $800 deposit down (we had no previous rental history and no co-signer) and my boyfriend's asshole brother took a huge chunk of the wall out when he was drunk. We're giving ourselves a week before our lease is up to clean, I want that $800 back! I also read somewhere that its unlawful to charge a renter if they have to replace the carpet or paint the walls, as they would most likely have to do it anyway because of normal wear and tear.

two_bears 0

Wednesday 13 May 2009 20:59

this is hardly an FML. get over it.

lazyyygirl 0

Wednesday 13 May 2009 21:06

this isnt really an FML...all you have to do is just fix it a.s.a.p an FML would be if you're apartment collapsed.

BaldOuting 0

Wednesday 13 May 2009 21:23

agree with #40 - this really isn't an fml. it's easily fixable if you take time out from whining about how much you think your life sucks and just fix it.