Work: Today, the power went out at work. As everyone left the building...

By devakii - 16/10/2009 17:27 - United States

Today, the power went out at work. As everyone left the building to go home, the owner came in to inform me that, since the phones were on a battery back up, I would be staying to man them. The phones rang 2 times in the 4 hours I sat in the dark by myself. Both times were telemarketers. FML

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You deserved it 2 304

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By x_udontknowme_x - 05/01/2011 16:41 - United States

Today, while I was out of the office, I'd left my phone charging inside. My boss informed me that since I am clearly running up her electricity bill, it will be deducted out of my already nearly non existent paycheck. FML

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By AstonBrown - 15/06/2016 17:53 - United States - Cleveland

Today, a strong storm knocked the power out at our office. I was dismissed five hours early, had my desk locked up and was walking toward the doors to leave when the power came back on. FML

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By stuff - 16/08/2009 04:36 - United States

Today, I was calling my cable company to tell me how to fix my internet. I stayed on hold for almost half an hour, and then when someone finally picked up, my phone died. FML

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By James - 08/02/2016 22:55 - United Kingdom - Sheffield

Today, the power in my village went out. This caused the back-up battery powered alarm to go off. Nobody in the house even knew our alarm worked, let alone how to make it stop. It's been going off for over an hour now. FML

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By boop snoop - 01/09/2019 16:00 - United States

Today, the power at work was out. This would be fine, if they didn’t make me stay for another hour to wait for it to come back on in the Texas heat. FML

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By ducky2721 - 02/01/2010 13:46 - United States

Today, while working my overnight shift, I went into the isolation room to find some items for a former client. The door fell shut and the magnetic lock went to work. Both unit telephones and my cell phone were lying on the desk, and I waited four hours for my supervisor to rescue me. FML

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By Broguy - 06/07/2011 02:20 - Canada

Today, I called my phone company to get some answers about my phone bill. I was okay with being put on hold. In fact, I was on hold for so long, that the music stopped playing. When someone finally answered they told me to call back tomorrow. All my phones disconnected an hour later. FML

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You deserved it 2 954

By Samuel - 21/05/2010 19:12 - Canada

Today, I woke up to find my power was out. After taking a shower in the dark and being unable to make myself lunch, my power came on two minutes before I had to leave for school. FML

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You deserved it 3 995

By thankyouforcalling - 01/06/2015 22:46 - United States - Bremerton

Today, the phone lines at work have been cutting out in the middle of calls. I'm a receptionist at an animal hospital. I now have less than two minutes to figure out what's wrong with a client's pet and how best to schedule them before I become "That rude bitch who hung up on me." FML

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By Anonymous - 28/09/2010 14:03 - Canada

Today, I'm the only one at work in a small office. The water tank sprung a leak. Guess who had to call the boss and get instructions via cell phone to turn it off? I can't even leave the office to change my soaked clothes, because I need to wait for an important phone call. Seven hours to go. FML

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You deserved it 2 470

allmidnighteyes 10

Friday 16 October 2009 23:11

Aww, in the dark? I would've made a giant blanket fort or something of that caliber.

erikatastrophe 0

Friday 16 October 2009 23:15

Getting paid to do next to nothing for four hours... I could think of worse things than boredom.

Comments

DameGreyWulf 0

Saturday 17 October 2009 6:20

While it sucks you didn't get to go home, you DID have four hours in the dark to yourself. There's endless possibilities of entertainment there.

cocky 0

Saturday 17 October 2009 7:24

You're bitching about getting paid to nit do shit? What a moron.

eclecticist 0

Saturday 17 October 2009 7:40

if the owner wasn't around to supervise you, you should just leave...

disturbedchic 0

Saturday 17 October 2009 8:42

If the poster is on salary than they were paid nothing extra to sit in the dark, in such a case I'd say FYL. If your hourly...well, on the bright side you got to sit around doing jack for 4hrs and got paid for it. Try this one on for size, I once got stuck working till 1am on Christmas at a video rental store, we got 2 customers the last 2hrs we were open and I did not get the pleasure of doing what I pleased while my manager sat there with me the whole time.

joHnnycsU 0

Saturday 17 October 2009 8:59

and you didn't have any form of light at all? I know the power went out but a cell phone or any electronic can give off enough light if you're THAT scared. And I also agree with #50. You shouldn't whine just because you were bored.

ObadiahtheSlim 2

Saturday 17 October 2009 16:26

Quit yer bitchin. You got paid for 4 hours of doing nothing. Unlike the others.

twixbarlover 0

Saturday 17 October 2009 20:31

at least you got paid overtime for it (i hope)

monkey314159 0

Saturday 17 October 2009 20:56

That sounds like fun... an entire office to yourself.

MisterZzyzx 0

Sunday 18 October 2009 22:32

You should have gone and taken a shit in your boss' desk.

Improbability 0

Monday 19 October 2009 20:48

Oh man! I feel you! This has happened to me so many times. Everyone else basically gets a free day off... except for me/you. I'm sure they still got paid, they do here. Because they can "work from home." Oh, so that's what that 2 hour long breakfast at Frisch's was? It's like being the ONLY person who has to come in and work a holiday. To answer two crap phone calls. Which, btw, big waist of money on that backup battery, eh?