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By Anonymous - 22/06/2009 16:18 - United States

Today, I had a job interview with a person named Chris. The entire time I couldn't figure out if Chris was a man or woman. The interview went as good as it could have went. At the end I said, "Thank you very much sir." Wrong gender. FML

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By Anonymous - 15/05/2009 11:00 - United States

Today, I had a job interview at a local business with the owner who was man, and the manager who was a woman. I thought I did pretty well because I heard the manager whisper so, as I was walking out. Then I heard the owner whisper "no fat chicks." FML

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By Anonymous - 30/06/2020 05:02

Today, I went to the bathroom after a terrible job interview. My interviewer walked in with another guy, talking about my interview, saying he was obviously going to hire the other guy because my odd-sounding name was too hard to pronounce, yet alone spell in multiple emails. FML

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By Anonymous - 08/09/2023 16:00

Today, I was at a job interview which seemed to be going well until the guy saw on my CV that I prefer they/them pronouns. Now, I’m not pushy about it, but he instantly lost interest and kept checking his phone to make sure he gave me my full 15 minutes; at minute 16 I was out the door. FML

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By Anonymous - 25/07/2014 02:04 - Canada - Burnaby

Today, after months of job hunting, I finally got a phone interview with a company. Excited, I prepared for the interview and conducted extensive research on the company. The interview ended within a minute. They'd got the wrong person. FML

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Bad date

By Dammit Brain - 22/10/2020 20:02 - United States - Fredericksburg

Today, I went on a lunch date with a guy I used to work with. When the conversation got dry, I asked him if he went by “Chris” or “Christopher” these days. His name is Daniel. My brain knew my mistake as I said it. Just when I thought the silence couldn’t get more awkward. FML

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By KimberleyIrene - 20/07/2009 22:35 - Canada

Today, I was supposed to hear back from a job I interviewed for. The guy called me and told me I got it. I said "Thank you, thank you, thank you!!" He responded with "You're welcome Emily". My name isn't Emily, it's Kim. He got the numbers mixed up. FML

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First impressions

By Anonymous - 14/01/2011 07:51 - Australia

Today, I had my first job interview in months. The interviewer started by introducing herself and asking how I was. I got caught between introducing myself and telling her how I was and replied, "I'm Kate thanks." FML

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Whut?

By what did you say? - 15/06/2016 13:25

Today, I went for a job interview. The woman interviewing me had such a thick accent that I had to keep asking her to repeat herself. She got so frustrated that she ended the interview super early. I don't think I got the job. FML

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Not a good sign

By DeepFriedZombie - 09/08/2016 00:18

Today, I went to my first job interview. I didn't think I was doing too badly, until the interviewer said, "Wait a second, you're in high school?" I explained that the guy who'd called me had said that this wouldn't be a problem. I then watched as my interviewer left his desk to "deal" with him. FML

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In the bag!

By hiccups - 16/05/2021 14:02

Today, I had a job interview. I thought it was going pretty well, until I got the hiccups. The interviewer immediately said, "Yeah, I think we’re done here," and sent me away. FML

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Monday 22 June 2009 23:03

well u should have said "thank u very much" and not sir

anglcdvl89 0

Monday 22 June 2009 23:02

...So did you get the job?

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iEuphorical 0

Tuesday 23 June 2009 6:19

You could have just said "Thank you very much." It wouldn't have been impolite of you to leave out the "Sir" or whatever you say for ladies. Ma'am? Miss? Whatever. Your bad.

birds_fml 7

Tuesday 23 June 2009 6:42

HAHAHAHAHA You think that's bad? One time at a store I worked at, we kept the restrooms locked because of theft, and I let a woman into the men's bathroom because I thought for sure she was a man.

24788 6

Tuesday 23 June 2009 6:47

I hate people who don't try to classify their gender and get offended if you don't call them by the right one.

humorizer 14

Tuesday 23 June 2009 7:36

You call your dad "sir"? Lul. Besides, by now, I'm sure Chris has gotten used to the gender issue. I mean it's really not that difficult to look like the appropriate gender. The only time I've had issues with genders is when people had the "ellen degeneres" hairstyle which is too short to be that of an average woman's; but too long to be that of a man's.

etchasketchy 0

Tuesday 23 June 2009 8:16

Maybe she wanted to be a man. i know someone like that.

mehwhateverr 0

Tuesday 23 June 2009 8:44

YDI for guessing a gender instead of saying "Thank you, Chris"

tomberryboy 0

Tuesday 23 June 2009 8:51

You should of just asked are you male or female but if that wouldn't work then say something at the end like thanks for your time or say I ment to say maddem