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By fucktelstra - 17/03/2016 11:42 - Australia - Adelaide

Today, I missed a phone interview for a job at Telstra because Telstra's phone network was down. FML

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By taylah - 13/10/2022 10:00

Today, I had a phone interview, my first job interview in months. Two seconds in, I not only lost my signal, my phone froze up and stopped working completely. For six hours. FML

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By Anonymous - 29/01/2016 15:54 - United States - San Francisco

Today, I got let go from my job, because my personal cell phone doesn't always have signal, so I missed an important call from work. My contract specifically said I'd get a work phone, which never happened. FML

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By goodtiming - 20/05/2010 16:58 - Canada

Today, I finally got a job interview, and I thought it went amazing. They were supposed to call me today or tomorrow with the news. Today is also the day that my phone company decided to cut my phone off. FML

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By Kanata - 31/08/2019 02:05

Today, my phone cut out during a call for a job interview. I tried calling them back, but there was no answer. Later, I got an email from the interviewer, saying I was no longer being considered for the position due to my being "rude and unprofessional." FML

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By Brokebitch2017 - 27/02/2017 22:00

Today, I finally got my phone and internet services reinstated after a billing mishap. During the week that I was without service, I had 3 requests for interviews and a position offer. None of those opportunities are still available. FML

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By ellie - 23/02/2011 07:10 - Australia

Today, I got a missed call from a lady at an employment agency asking why I hadn't turned up to an information session for a potential job. Yesterday, the same lady told me the job position was canceled. FML

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By unemployed - 09/11/2018 15:30

Today, after months of job searching, I finally got a call for an interview. Right in the middle of the call, my phone hung up so the music app could open. I tried calling them back and got no response. FML

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By thyella87 - 21/08/2010 19:20 - United States

Today, my hours got cut because I couldn't make it into work when they called me in. Why couldn't I make it in? I was in an interview for a better job. I didn't get the job. FML

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By Anonymous - 25/11/2018 13:00 - United States - Seattle

Today, I had a job interview. I got there as quick as I could, having to travel two hours into a city I'd never been to. When I arrived, they told me I was turned down for being too late. They'd rescheduled the interview an hour earlier and I wasn't notified of the change. FML

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By Anonymous - 04/02/2023 18:00 - Canada

Today, I woke up early for a job interview. I got lost and arrived an hour late, only to find out it was the wrong day. FML

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ananicosia 28

Thursday 17 March 2016 19:43

I'm sure you can reschedule, don't stress about it

ScratchCatPower 32

Thursday 17 March 2016 19:46

Oh, the irony. Well, hopefully your interviewer will understand the situation. You can reschedule! Good luck!

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anonymous198913 26

Thursday 17 March 2016 20:06

I'm sure that they will understand, and let you reschedule! Hope everything works out for the best!

WolfLady 18

Thursday 17 March 2016 20:15

Well technically it's their fault. Hopefully you can reschedule.

Alpot 10

Thursday 17 March 2016 20:20

the perfect excuse by a slacker...

ladyLALAA 28

Friday 18 March 2016 1:13

Telstra went out everywhere yesterday. At least op gets a free day of data!

Shay_Shay97 23

Thursday 17 March 2016 20:20

Oh the irony.

VonBlitzkrieg 27

Thursday 17 March 2016 20:41

Now, Chuck Telstra.

proudspanishgirl 10

Thursday 17 March 2016 20:42

Murphy s law honey!

GeeThatSucks 9

Thursday 17 March 2016 21:17

call them back. showing initiative is probably part of the interview. or you can bitch about it and not get a job. Your choice

aussiebloke4578 11

Thursday 17 March 2016 21:20

For anyone who doesn't know, Telstra owns about 95% of all Australian phone/internet. When they go down (which is surprisingly often) everything goes down.

Jwaye2 7

Thursday 17 March 2016 23:25

For you who doesn't know, Telstra doesn't own anywhere near as much anymore, Vodafone and Optus were working perfectly fine each time Telstra has been down recently. Don't know a lot about Optus but a few years ago when everyone had problems with Vodafone it was because they were developing their own network. Hasn't been a single issue since. Everyone used to "piggyback" off Telstra's network but barely anyone does anymore.

Nicoleu 17

Thursday 17 March 2016 22:24

And they really think a day of free data is going to make up for this happening for the 8th time? Telstra will be losing cutomers

jake_braves 25

Thursday 17 March 2016 22:47

It'll be worked out. If their network was down It'll just be rescheduled. It wasn't your phone service.

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