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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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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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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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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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.

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begeru 0

Thursday 22 October 2009 7:09

I would have tried to have a long conversation with the telemarketers, like flirt with them or something (unless their guys but idk that could still be funny)

ZeroMan42 0

Thursday 25 March 2010 5:11

OP could have slept. Even if there was an important call, ignoring it would be OP's way of saying "screw you boss, for making me stay alone!". Works in 4 ways: 1) You get to sleep 2) You get paid to do nothing 3) You get to stand up to your boss 4) You'll be well rested enough to head to the bar and spend that paycheck while drunkenly bashing your boss!

abbiperson 0

Monday 11 October 2010 0:40

dude u shoulda ditched but came back 4 the last half hour! there would be no one or nothing to stop you!!

Bcfrmkc816 17

Friday 16 September 2011 20:42

I would've signed up for what they wanted on somebody else's name

NellyFC35 19

Wednesday 11 January 2012 5:55

Your a good one.....the first chance I got I would have been outty....can't believe you sat there like that

vanessaizawesome 8

Tuesday 12 June 2012 2:37

Aww, well... At least you could have a nice relaxing time to yourself!!

Dinsmore2016 10

Sunday 14 July 2013 16:13

Masterbathe

groza528 17

Monday 7 March 2016 16:01

Without knowing what type of business you work in, it seems unlikely you'd even be able to *help* anyone if they did call. So basically 4 free hours to do anything you don't need electricity for.