Today, I was late for an interview. Going into the elevator, a man ran up to the doors but since I was late, I pressed the "close" button. When I arrived to the office, the secretary asked me to wait. The boss walked in to interview me. The man whose face I closed the elevator doors on. FML
I agree, your life sucks (2850) - you totally deserved it (28558)
On 11/17/2009 at 4:23am - misc - by xYumix - United States (Hawaii)
I agree. I was going to write the same thing. Instant karma.
#86 - On 11/17/2009 at 11:59pm by silvrdollr
Say you tried to press the open button but got confused, SAY IT!
#3 - On 11/17/2009 at 10:08am by SamSJester
haha I have done that before. I tried keeping the door open but accidentally pressed the arrows of them closing and almost closed the door on the poor person. "Door open" and "door closed" are much more clearer than trying to decide which set of arrows are the best one to pick.
In your defense, you didn't know...
Although, that really, really sucks.
#8 - On 11/17/2009 at 10:21am by MelanieStryder
It still showed that the OP has a tendency of being a dick to complete strangers, which isn't a very good character trait.
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@ The OP
It's called Karma and it's fucking hilarious!
@ #70
Strangers are dicks. Making their lives miserable is awesome.
#82 - On 11/17/2009 at 8:35pm by crazytoaster
Dont think to much about it, you know what they say, when one elevator door closes, another one opens
#10 - On 11/17/2009 at 10:28am by f_alltheirlives
haHA karma!! i hate assholes who think their 3 seconds of time are too important to wait for me to get on the elevator. glad to see you got what you deserved.
wow! you're an asshole and deserved that..try being considerate to others and maybe you will get somewhere in life
Your former potential boss: 1
You: 0
At least it wasn't your dad like the FML about the tires!
#13 - On 11/17/2009 at 10:37am by DynamicDave
......That's plain rude. YDI for being inconsiderate.
#15 - On 11/17/2009 at 10:50am by JustAnotherTina
Toxi and meepmeep,
It must have been lame because both of your critiques of my attempt at humor are themselves lame.
Thanks for contributing just a little more useless wear-and-tear to scroll wheels around the world. If you don't like what I say, either ignore it or criticize it in a non-boring way.
Oh, our criticisms are not good enough? Aren't you doing precisely what you just accused us of? And really, wear and tear to scroll wheels? I think one line of text won't destroy your mouse.
"It must have been lame because both of your critiques of my attempt at humor are themselves lame." Nice logic. Something that happened SINCE you posted your comment somehow made your comment lame. Yep, makes absolute sense.
Now does the simplicity of my previous comment negate the truth in it? If so, I'll eloquently spell it out for you, in a way that isn't "boring".
Dear Perdix,
Your comment was found by me to be most distasteful. The humor you attempted to inject into it is, at best, overdone. A joke can be hilarious once, funny the next time, and outright disappointing the fifteen-thousandth. I don't find sexism to be funny, but can tolerate, nay, even laugh at it the first couple times. Eventually, however, it's offensive. I apparently am not the only one who feels that way. If I were to make a racist joke against African-Americans on a daily basis, and the same unimaginative joke every time, would it not cease to be amusing?
#38 - On 11/17/2009 at 12:59pm by Intoxicunt
That's nonsense intox! Why I bet he spent hours and days slaving over that joke finessing it to perfection so that it would be an accurate depiction of his wittiness and originality. And to say that the joke is not funny and not original is simply an insult to his intelligence! Or lack thereof! And then you have the audacity to not only insult his Robin williamesque humor... but to force him to apparently lessen the life span of his mouse and making him waste his precious, precious fmylife time by reading your comment? And then making him respond with an even funnier and well thought out response than the first one? You really do live up to your name!
#42 - On 11/17/2009 at 1:22pm by theblazian
Lol. Perdix is quite intelligent, I just really didn't care for his comment.
Yours made me giggle though.
#43 - On 11/17/2009 at 1:26pm by Intoxicunt
Did you just write a whole essay on why his comment was lame and how he was contradicting himself by replying back to your post? haha
Yes, I did.
However, I didn't criticize the way he was criticizing me. That would make me a hypocrite. Simple coming back to clarify (sarcastically) my previous comment doesn't.
#85 - On 11/17/2009 at 10:08pm by Intoxicunt
You're not very bright, are you, OP?
Even if it wasn't your potential boss, it most likely would've been a potential coworker, who could out you to your boss, or a customer/client, who could also out you to your boss. And I think disrespect to clients and coworkers would be more upsetting than a few added seconds of lateness.
Also, YDI for not getting there early. It's better to arrive early than risk being late.
#20 - On 11/17/2009 at 11:04am by Intoxicunt
Toxi - you are ferocious today, like a wild lion. GRRRR
I like it
#22 - On 11/17/2009 at 11:11am by donkey_hang_down
Ahh, thank you, Donkey. =]
I haven't been commenting much, so I figured I needed to come back with a vengeance.
RAWR (not scene kid rawr, MGM lion rawr).
#25 - On 11/17/2009 at 11:19am by Intoxicunt
a mercy rahr, cause rahr is right.. that's my geeerl :]
and with a smokin hot new pic I think that might revive the 'I Lurves Toxi' Fan Club 'round heres
:D
It's my newest pic. My hair is really really short now.
Ok, feel free to start a fanclub, but don't invite any stalker types. I had to file a police report against two guys last week for harassment and creepiness. :/
#27 - On 11/17/2009 at 11:27am by Intoxicunt
God, are you serious? Thats fucked up. I was thinking of an MGMT RAWR
Mercy, where is your fan club? :(
#28 - On 11/17/2009 at 11:34am by donkey_hang_down
Jesus. You know me, the thought of that sends me in a tizzy. Boundaries people. lookee but no stalkee. I'll be on the board of directors of your fanclub and oversee your privacy rights (clubbing the gimps) but I'll let the dudes fight for higher office. Let's see what they got.. :D
edit: Aw.. DHD I'm happy here in the shadows with the other Nephilim :]
I want to be your fan, Mercy. Can I? Pleeeaase?
Ok, club anyone who vaguely reminds you of mistercoffee. :)
#39 - On 11/17/2009 at 1:01pm by Intoxicunt
Where do I sign up for these fanclubs? Do I have to pass some sort of test? I'll bring cereal and thai food!
#44 - On 11/17/2009 at 1:36pm by redbluegreen
*Marries RBG*
Now you can't have other fans. I claimed you. :)
Now gimme my sushi! Or...Thai food works too.
#46 - On 11/17/2009 at 1:44pm by Intoxicunt
Sushi sushi sushi sushi sushi!
I'm in love. Deep, deep in love. Fucking [playland] balls deep. ;D
My boyfriend and husband might have a few objections... But my boyfriend never reads the comments anyway. I miss our crew. Damn work! Damn you! ):
#48 - On 11/17/2009 at 2:01pm by redbluegreen
I'm in love too.......
*Bursts into song and dance*
I'M IN LOVE WITH A STRIPPER!
Ahem....sorry. Your boyfriend and husband can live with us. Foursome! Where in hell is that hubby of yours anyway?
#50 - On 11/17/2009 at 2:14pm by Intoxicunt
I should ask him... He keeps coming back for snuggles though. He'll be around.
#52 - On 11/17/2009 at 3:05pm by redbluegreen
Wait a second. Do you have a boyfriend AND a husband? PIMPIN
#53 - On 11/17/2009 at 3:33pm by donkey_hang_down
I have a husband* who likes to stare at my cleavage, and there's another boy who's had his brain damaged enough to be attracted to me in real life, yes.
*We're the first FML married couple, with Alan's blessing.
#57 - On 11/17/2009 at 3:57pm by redbluegreen
HAHAHAHAHA! Nice, but is it really brain damage? Or is he just a little slower than the other kids? JK
#58 - On 11/17/2009 at 3:59pm by donkey_hang_down
He very well could be. I like 'em slow.
Toxi, Alan's a bit anal, isn't he?
#60 - On 11/17/2009 at 4:09pm by redbluegreen
Ahaha, Alan is very anal. Did you get him a wedding gift? :P
#61 - On 11/17/2009 at 4:20pm by Intoxicunt
Retirement home sized bottle of lube count as a wedding gift?
#72 - On 11/17/2009 at 6:54pm by redbluegreen
Maybe...
-snuggles-
I missed you! Never leave me again!
♥
#74 - On 11/17/2009 at 7:00pm by redbluegreen
LANA reporting for doodee. lols. Hey, DV :]
Shucks. I missed the strand.. damn work *pout* and *sniff*.. like olde times.. with one sadness..
But yeah.. definitely a mutual fan thing; & you know I like to work the controls behind the curtain :]
Now lets all take a moment to absorb the impure thoughts surrounding RBG's cleavage..
:D
Ok.. Toxi, you have my sword (and my axe, piped the little dude..)
Who needs work when there's FMLs to comment?
That's not all you like to work behind the curtains. (-:,'
Eeep! I'll have you guys know that my shirt covers me today. No boob exposure. I'm sorry, my dear.
I still love you!
#77 - On 11/17/2009 at 7:35pm by redbluegreen
That is Fail, Missy! We demand moar skinsies. Free the Dynamic Duo! :]
(she said while pulling levers and pushing buttons) :D
I'll be sure to dress up when I get on FML then. Appropriate attire would include a corset?
#79 - On 11/17/2009 at 7:56pm by redbluegreen
How much time did that really save? Maybe now they can hire someone who isn't a self-serving jerk.
#32 - On 11/17/2009 at 11:43am by cherylface
You got what you deserved, asshole. I hope you didn't get the job. Did you ever stop to think that maybe the person who was RUNNING towards the elevator was late, too? How big of a deal would it have been to wait two more freakin' seconds? Or is thinking about someone else besides yourself too much to ask for?
don't think that just because he is late too that he would have let you slide even if you had held the door for him. if you're ever late for a meeting/interview call ahead and avoid having to be an asshat to save a couple seconds.
the only way to recoup now is to point and laugh at him and ask how the stairs were. you never know.
#47 - On 11/17/2009 at 1:55pm by MaddogTotten
Actually, most "close door" buttons are placebos--they don't actually work, but they give the illusion of control. You probably didn't do anything.
#49 er..i dont know what elevators u've been in but the ones i've been on definitely close when i hit the "close door" button
and to the OP- DONT BE SO SELFISH what if u were late and someone closed the door in your face now that would be an FML. u deserve it
#56 - On 11/17/2009 at 3:52pm by citygirlnomore
YDI, that wasn't nice!! You should always try and hold the door for people
#51 - On 11/17/2009 at 3:01pm by twizzlers4ever
Oh noes! Are Toxi and perdico divorceticating on teh interwebz?!
#54 - On 11/17/2009 at 3:45pm by TheIrishJaneDoe
Ahhhh intoxicunt..... Possibly the only person on fml with something intelligent and amusing to say no matter hat the situation.
This happened in a movie. Don't remember the name. It was that David Spade one where he was a child actor then moved in with some family.
#69 - On 11/17/2009 at 5:44pm by PunxsatownyPhil
be nice to everyone you meet on your way to the top because you never know if you'll need them on the way down. :]
#84 - On 11/17/2009 at 9:13pm by xdevotchkax
You're a piece of shit as is anyone that pressed the agree button.
#89 - On 11/18/2009 at 7:50pm by Dixie_Normous
People like you piss me off... Don't aspire to be a douche... Admit that you were just uncomfortable riding in the elevator with someone...
#90 - On 11/18/2009 at 10:25pm by larcenousturco
@OP
The first time I read this I was going to say that it really sucked what happened. But I decided to reread it, because I felt like I was missing something. Turns out I missed the "I pressed the close button" part. I have to agree with everyone else. It was kind of douchy for you to press the close button. If I'm running late and someone's running to get the elevator, I leave it up to fate. If they make it, awesome. If not, I'm not at fault.
A little common courtesy goes a long way. And now we all have a lesson; "Anyone you meet on interview day, could be your boss."
#91 - On 11/19/2009 at 4:41am by sweetest_sidhe
