Today, I got a call from a potential employer. Unfortunately, I couldn't understand the man due to his incoherent mumbling. I had to decline the job after asking him to repeat everything he said, over and over again. I still don't know exactly which job I declined. FML
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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
Today, I had my first interview. Everything was going well until I made him repeat his name numerous times, as I couldn't understand what he was saying due to his thick accent. FML
Today, I got a phone call from a number I didn't recognize. It was a man with a speech impediment, and I began imitating him. He was the manager of a store I applied at. He wanted to arrange an interview. FML
Today, after months of job searching, I finally got a call about one of my applications. I wasn't able to answer it, but he left a voicemail. I've listened to it over and over, and I can't understand the contact information. He called from a restricted number. FML
Today, I missed multiple calls from the company I applied to. That was the supervisor calling, wanting to hire me. I then remembered my idiotic voicemail I made months ago where I pretended to answer and say stupid stuff for 5 minutes. I don't think I'm going to get the job. FML
Today, I got a call from a potential employer. They spent five minutes explaining job duties and I listened with anticipation. Then they spent five minutes explaining why I wasn't the right person for the job. FML
Today, I got a call from the only company that asked me to come in for an interview of the many applications I submitted. I answered it even though I was at my current job. My boss heard and chewed me out. The call was to cancel the interview since the position was filled. FML
Today, I was rejected from a job for which I was perfectly qualified, as it was in my area of expertise. The interviewer was the most annoying prick and kept on talking and "helping" me debug from the moment I opened the technical task. I ended up asking him to please shut up so that I could think for a minute. FML
Today, I went to an important job interview. I was really anxious but tried to soldier on anyway. When I was called in, my nerves got so bad that I reverted to speaking my second language. Not first, second. I'm pretty sure I'm not getting the job. FML
Today, I got a call about a job interview, saying I was hired. I was ecstatic, until they called me back and said they'd called the wrong applicant. They called again later, saying there'd been a mistake and I really was hired. When I went in to confirm it, they said they'd never heard of me. FML
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Dreamsorrow93 24
It's happened to me before as well. If it was quality work, they really should have employees with better communication skills.
youngsofly 13
probably as a translator ;)
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Comments (33)
Skoff_fml 27
Ah I've been in situations where I can't understand the people I work with. It sucks and leads to all sorts of hijinks.
Queenf_fml 6
I think you could have just asked them to email you the details or something.. Even say that you were at a busy/loud area and would call back as soon you were in a quiet place and had read the email.
jenn_jenn201 13
My husband mumbles and it drives me NUTS, I would have said the hell with that job, too...
Bloopyboink 24
Why didn't you say the reception was bad and ask for an email?
vikky538 29
I believe you have the number you got call from..at least search using number and get the company details and go for it..
sstahpp 33
You should have at least looked into it more.
soulreaper12296 28
If I were you I'd call someone from there and let them know they have someone that no one can understand.
ohSNAPyall 27
"I've got a bad connection. Can we discuss this at your workplace tomorrow at 10:00?"
gozie11 11
I'm the 6666th person to agree your life sucks!
SS 31
And I get the privilege of being the first person to tell you that there are very few people on the planet who care!! ;)
SS 31
Hold on though, does that make you the sixth devil?
quarterbird 18
In other words, you made a potentially life-changing decision with no actual knowledge of the situation.