Today, I had to take the train from my hometown to my university for a very important meeting concerning my foreign exchange program. When I finally arrived, I noticed a Post-it on the door: "Meeting cancelled, sick". I basically made a 9-hour day-trip for a half-an-hour walk. FML
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Wild Nights Out
Last call, bad decisions and 3 a.m. texts you'll regret until noon. Cheers.
Today, I got up and left for work despite being really sick, because I had a big meeting. Halfway to work, in deadlocked traffic, my boss texts me to let me know he's rescheduling the meeting to tomorrow because of personal conflicts. FML
Today, I ran 5 miles to catch the bus I take to university after missing my connection. When I got to the bus stop, I realized I had left my U-Pass on my desk at home. On top of the assignment that was due. FML
Today, I got on a two hour train ride to go to a concert. I had been so caught up in handling the train tickets that halfway to the concert, I realized I had left the concert tickets on my dresser. FML
Today, the director of my university decided to cancel all my attendance until now, as I was unable to attend the inauguration program in my university. I was unable to attend the program because the area I had to travel to was flooded and one of the trains I was supposed to travel on caught fire. FML
Today, my train departed over 10 minutes early. It was the last train of the day. I missed my transatlantic flight and along with it the vacation and concert I'd spent over a year saving for. FML
Today, I arrived at the station at 7:30pm sharp for the train... which was cancelled. FML
Today, I was starting a new job and I didn't want to be late, so I took a train that left earlier than normal, just to make sure I'd be on time. Turns out, the earlier train wasn't an express train, and made it to my stop 12 minutes after my usual one did. I was late for work. FML
Today, I spent an excruciating hour walking to campus with a broken leg, only to find my professor had left a note on the door saying class was canceled. FML
Today, I had to run for the train, but because of my bad foot and limping they held the train, much to people's displeasure. No one let me sit down, so for the 20 minute journey, I stood. With a bad foot. FML
Today, I missed my train. I was actually on the right platform but realized my mistake two minutes after it had left. FML
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telli164 30
You'd think maybe they'd at least call, or email. How inconsiderate.
ticklewhizzer 5
With all the technology available today, this just shouldn't happen anymore. Call, text, or email, but who the heck leaves notes?
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Comments (56)
GreatGeak 8
pretty much every college ever.
Omniprism 15
Have they not heard of phones? That would have so pissed me off. Sorry that happened to you.
asherm 15
Nice of them to call you
kristin_oatmeal 9
but healthy enough to place the post it note
Ray_of_midnight 23
Wait, you can even *take* a 4-hour train ride in the Netherlands? I've ridden the trains there. It's a small country, and the train network is both extensive and very fast.
Shade1982 21
Have you been to the same Netherlands I am living in? The public transportation system is notoriously unreliable and pretty much always late. A trip to the next stop could take you four hours if you're especially unlucky...
Fsvb 32
It is possible, but not from zeeland to even the most far away universitys. If you would live in the north-east of NL, Groningen and you'd have to go to the far south-east it would be 4 hours. But from zeeland.. YOu'd have to live in a village or something and need a bus that takes an hour to a train station and even then it's hard to travel 4.5 hours. And it would really make me question why OP would pick a university or school so far away and why he/she would not just go and live there.
Ray_of_midnight 23
@58 Yes I have. I've ridden NS and GVB in Amsterdam. It's leaps and bounds better than anything we have in America, where I've ridden public transportation systems in Boston, NYC, Philadelphia, Baltimore, and D.C.--arguably some of the best examples in the U.S. Apparently Maastricht to Groningen by train is just shy of five hours, found that out from poking around ns.nl.
plunkit 6
I was once axcaturated in the netheregions
Fl0r1an 5
it is actually possible if for instance OP lives in Maastricht and studies in Groningen: that's about 4,5 hours by train, and another 4,5 back
vanaathiel 13
Anyone stop to consider that maybe their university isn't in the same country? They could be attending school internationally. That sucks OP, I'd ask them to call you next time. Inconsiderate.
Shade1982 21
Not counting the detours, forced lay-overs due to construction and extra wait times on stops...
Fsvb 32
Even though you got downvoted, I agree. When I saw that OP lives in Zeeland, Netherlands, I was confused. OP either studies abroad, has really bad luck with the trains (NS), but otherwise, I do not see how this is possible. From Zeeland to Groningen is like what, 3 hours? So that would be 6 hours in total, maybe add some bus time like half an hour x 2. That would make 7 hours. But then again, if you studie THAT far away, why not just move there??