Animals: Today, my apartment building shut off our water for a short period...

By jordanss - 11/11/2010 18:02 - United States

Today, my apartment building shut off our water for a short period of time because the pipes were being worked on. It was also the morning my dog had diarrhea on my cream carpet. Not only did I have to clean it up without water, I couldn't wash my hands afterward. FML

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By Anonymous - 14/10/2019 16:00

Today, my apartment management notified me that my water was going to be shut off all day so they could fix the plumbing. I took a laxative last night. FML

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By bs_happens - 11/01/2010 15:28 - United States

Today, I found out that a water pipe at my work had burst over the weekend. There is absolutely no water in the building, including the bathrooms. It's a 9-hour day, and I took a laxative this morning before I came in. FML

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By failure - 14/07/2011 16:24 - Russian Federation

Today, my neighbour's boiler broke and flooded his home. To solve the problem, the water company shut off the neighbourhood's water supply while they fixed his boiler. I am now unable to shower, and I smell like a zoo animal. FML

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By good_gravy - 20/02/2012 19:39 - United States

Today, my dog threw up on my bed while I was sleeping. I lost an hour of the day washing the vomit out with a rag, and my garbage disposal jammed on whatever otherworldly things my dog ate the day before. I had to dig it out by hand. FML

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By DogStew - 15/09/2019 20:00

Today, at work I had to spend 2 hours cleaning up stinky toilet water. Why? Because yesterday, I forgot to turn on the septic tank pumps. The tank overflowed, and so did all the toilets. My boss is not happy. FML

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By BW - 03/01/2010 16:04 - United States

Today, I woke up on the coldest morning of the year to discover that the gas fireplace has run out of propane, and there is no water because the pipes are frozen. While trying to locate the frozen pipe, I forgot to let the dog out, and she peed on the carpet. FML

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By Anonymous - 29/08/2009 01:44 - United States

Today, I got a call from the Sheriff's dept. saying that water was coming out my front door. I ran home to find a waterfall cascading over my covered parking. It turns out my puppy had chewed through the hose that connects the toilet to the water. My entire condo had an inch of standing water. FML

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By Anonymous - 25/08/2020 14:00

Today, my 5-year-old got carsick and lost his breakfast all over himself and the back seat. When I got home to clean him off and clean out the car, I discovered that construction workers hit a main water line while working on road expansion at the front of my neighborhood. We won’t have running water until 4 a.m. FML

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By Anonymous Taco Man - 03/08/2021 08:01 - United States

Today, my dog had REALLY bad diarrhea. I found that out when I woke up to find it all over my bed. FML

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By Anonymous - 26/03/2023 06:00 - Canada - Montréal

Today, I woke up to a flooded apartment. Apparently, the upstairs neighbor's bathtub had overflowed and water was pouring through my ceiling. My landlord said he couldn't do anything until the water stopped, so I spent the morning frantically trying to mop up the water while feeling completely helpless. FML

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catnip216 0

Thursday 11 November 2010 23:25

You can't really train for diarrhea. They aren't able to hold it.

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Friday 12 November 2010 1:19

I thought it was a given that just about everyone has bottled water or even a jug of tap water in the fridge. If not, you could have gone out and bought a gallon for under a dollar :)

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nbergonzi 1

Friday 12 November 2010 7:56

your a mo.... use the water in the tank of the toilet.

gunman15 4

Friday 12 November 2010 8:14

you could have gone to the gas station and washed your hands

angel55033 12

Friday 12 November 2010 8:20

no bottled water or clear soda or antibacterial hand sanitized? that sucks, you musta had some kind of chemical cleaning supplies I hope

beautikill 4

Friday 12 November 2010 8:32

do you not own a kettle? or ice water in ur fridge?

Iskaria 0

Friday 12 November 2010 11:21

It is quite clear who above have a dog and who don't, OP couldn't have left the apartment. In Britain at least you are required by law to clean up your dog's shit if it goes on the street (good luck picking up diarrhoea with poop bags), and OP can't realistically leave it alone in the apartment without destroying more carpet. Even if it was crate trained, leaving it restricted so close to its bed when it can't control its bowels would cause the dog a lot of stress. Yes the OP should have prepared with some water stored, but if it was shut of in an emergency there would be no preparation time and the toilet water wouldn't have been a sufficient quantity for cleaning diarrhoea.