Today, I took a very expensive flight to New York City for a job interview. I waited in my hotel room all day for the phone call to go to my once in a lifetime interview. By noon, I was nervous; eight, I was pissed. Around ten, I realized my phone was still in airplane mode. FML
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Halloween
A failed costume, stolen candy and a very real scare: Halloween, the one night when fear is allowed.
Today, I had an interview for my dream job. I spent all of last night preparing, researching the company, and making sure everything was perfect. My interview was for 8am. I woke up at 10:30 to an alarm that had not gone off. FML
Today, I drove two and a half hours to a job interview. The interviewer never showed up or called. I sat in the hotel lobby waiting for an hour and a half. Even the hotel staff said they felt sorry for me. FML
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
Today, I had a job interview in a hotel and arrived 20 minutes early. I sat in the lobby practicing answers while watching the elevators. Eventually, the receptionist walked over and asked if I was waiting for someone. I gave her the company name. She pointed across the street. I'd been practicing my interview in the wrong hotel. FML
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
Today, I travelled cross-country to interview for my dream job. The team seemed to love me and I had a lot of fun. In the airport on the way home I saw a news report that the company is closing. FML
Today, I went for a job interview I scheduled 3 weeks ago. I spent $200 on a new suit to really impress them and practised like crazy every imaginable question they could ask. They already had filled the position 2 weeks ago and forgot to inform me. FML
Today, I was in a hurry to catch a plane. I got halfway to the airport when I realized I'd forgotten my phone. I drove back to the house and searched for it. I finally gave up and returned to the airport, only to find that I was 10 minutes late for my plane. Just then, my pocket vibrated. FML
Today, after months of searching I finally got a job interview. Too bad I didn't have enough money to buy a bus ticket to get there. FML
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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jerseyboy732 16
so your telling me you didn't ever attempt to text one of your friends or surf the web in those 8 hours?
Ruffclue 9
and by 12 you got drunk .
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Comments (158)
irrevelant 10
Don't give up bro, keep trying
shahroni1 3
next time put alarm or reminder to turn off airplane mode .
TheThrasher_fml 0
never turn on "airplane mode"
Vert90 11
There's a reason it's called AIRPLANE mode. He took a flight, and it's required so as to not disrupt their instruments. You've been logic'd dumbass.
Michaelsgirl04 9
it's not necessary to turn on airplane mode when flying. you can also simply turn off your phone. I've never even flown before and I know this...
Mekeritrig 15
Why use airplane mode anyway? Turn it off on the plane, turn it back on once off the plane. It's the same thing.
Llamacod 11
I don't know about your nokia, but a lot of people now days have what's called a "smart phone" where you can download a crapload of apps like games to entertain yourself even if the actual "phone" portion is inactivated. So, in reality, turning your phone off is not the same as putting it in "airplane mode"
FML_accounT123 5
Because airplane mode let's you use your phone for other things
Grimmerie 31
I turn mine the **** off and read a book.
FaraPjJammaz 13
Exactly! Nobody knows how to read a book nowadays. Sometimes the person sitting next to you's got a story that's actually worth listening to.
Hald 10
Belive me, there are no radiosignals sending or receiving when it's turned off.. I could tell you a lot about mobile phones, smartphones and computers, but I simply can't have a serious argue with a man wearing a tinfoil-hat!
aaronlopez20 4
woooowww. i wouldve died lol
aw3som3sauc3 10
Stop. Just, please. Just stop. For the sake of humiliating yourself even further...
coried91 28
Why don't you take your own advice?
darthtrey 0
Your nerves probably got the best of you. Honest mistake, this kind of stuff happens to me all the time. I let my brain get ahead of what I'm doing.
HumanWiki 8
Moron
Ruffclue 9
just for doing that OP doesnt deserve the job.
FaraPjJammaz 13
You should just turn your cellphone off when you're on the plane rather than put it on airplane mode. Less to worry about and you can just turn it back on when you get off. Not that hard :/
Vert90 11
Some people have this magical thing called a "smartphone". This wondrous device lets you download apps to entertain yourself. This is most likely beyond your Neanderthal brain, but it IS real. How magnificently splendiferous.
aw3som3sauc3 10
Well, also some members of society still do this activity called reading, wether for the knowledge, or the enjoyment. I, for one, am one of these people. It bothers me to extremes when people say that they cannot live without their iPod/phone/laptop. It is amazing that people can become that intimate with material items, where I would rather delve into a fictional world created by extremely talented writers who devote most of their life to writing. So you can say sorry for being so ignorant, and by the way, we aren't that far of from Neanderthals either. You won't believe where I learned that. READING. So please just stop trolling upon this innocent member, and troll on other sites, like twitter, which sucks already. Good day sir.
FaraPjJammaz 13
Haha ok you techno-addicts. I was just suggesting the SIMPLE way. Doesn't mean I'm "trolling". Sorry if I'm a person who can actual detach myself from technology for a few hours and pick up a BOOK or talk to the person beside me on the plane.
Trix_Disorder 20
God, Vert, get that iPhone out of your ass and read a book.
sillycart 9
That. Would. Suck.
prettyinpink03 11
I was in a similar position on a trip to San Diego. The only thing is I wasn't upset. I ended up keeping it that way my whole vacation. :-)