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By Beard - 08/11/2016 11:14

Today, I shaved my beard that I wanted to grow for winter, into a goatee for a Skype interview. On the day, the interviewer only used audio. FML

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By scruffy - 10/05/2011 17:24 - United States

Today, I woke up late for a job interview. I hadn't shaved in six days, but figuring I could do so en route, I grabbed my electric razor and ran for the bus. While shaving, the razor's battery died midway through, leaving me to attend the job interview with a Miami Vice scruff on half my face. FML

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By dogproblems - 27/01/2015 15:09 - United States - Charlotte

Today, I shaved my beard in preparation for an important work conference. Now my dog won't stop growling and barking at me. FML

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Hack it off

By Anonymous - 09/04/2021 08:00

Today, I managed to shave a single stripe out of the right side of my beard before the trimmer sparked and caught fire. I have a job interview in twenty minutes. FML

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What the…

By EmbarrassedMess - 23/05/2017 19:00 - United Kingdom - Leeds

Today, I had what I thought would be an important (and formal) interview. Not only did I turn up completely overdressed, the man who was interviewing me arrived 30 minutes late. To top it all off, I was so distracted by his mysterious total lack of eyebrows that I forgot everything I had to say. FML

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By louise - 05/01/2012 19:35 - United Kingdom

Today, I was on Skype with the guy I like. After a while of being on Facebook I forgot I was on webcam to him and started picking my nose. He ended the call. FML

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Clueless

By jobless1 - 05/07/2015 04:04

Today, I went to an important job interview, only to be told I'm not what such a "prestigious" company was looking for. This from a pimply-faced 20-something who took a personal call on speakerphone mid-interview, and actually said "LMAO" out loud at his friend's joke. FML

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By ihatemakingnames - 05/03/2013 00:41 - United Kingdom - London

Today, I trimmed my ear hair, my nose hair, shaved my hobbit feet, and trimmed the little sprouts that give me a unibrow if left alone. I still can't grow a beard. FML

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By nomorebeard - 25/03/2009 14:13 - United States

Today, I was shaving off my beard for the first time in a very long time. I decided to have a little fun with it, and shaved my beard first into a goatee, then a handle-bar, then, finally, into a Hitler mustache. My electric razor dies. I don't have a normal one or an extra battery. FML

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Is there anybody out there?

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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Back to reality

By Herbiee - 18/08/2010 12:01 - United Kingdom

Today, I shaved off the beard I had been forced to grow over the past 3 weeks due to forgetting my razor when away. Fifteen minutes in, with half my beard gone, I realised I had got a tan everywhere but my beard. I now have a large white patch on my face. FML

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Tripartita 44

Tuesday 8 November 2016 17:20

Goatees are for losers anyway. I'd never be caught de—awww…

Nubsche 18

Tuesday 8 November 2016 16:56

dude, its movember... no shaving in movember

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RichardPencil 30

Tuesday 8 November 2016 16:53

You lucked out! Goatees cost you 15 IQ points on interviews.

Mike3258 18

Wednesday 9 November 2016 8:20

I have a goatee. today I got the job with barely doing the interview lol.

Nubsche 18

Tuesday 8 November 2016 16:56

dude, its movember... no shaving in movember

katachristic 19

Tuesday 8 November 2016 16:56

That sucks OP. You probably should have kept the same style but just trimmed it all to be more even and neat

DanaeZee 18

Tuesday 8 November 2016 17:04

You turned your blooming beard into a goatee? Dude, you don’t deserve a beard. Wear your goatee of shame like a ...well, "man" would be wrong. Wrong as goatees! So kill it and start all over again.

DanaeZee 18

Tuesday 8 November 2016 22:53

A lot of goatees around here... O.O

Attacksloth 33

Tuesday 8 November 2016 17:14

Let's face it, the situation just got a little less hairy.

Tripartita 44

Tuesday 8 November 2016 17:20

Goatees are for losers anyway. I'd never be caught de—awww…

species4872 19

Tuesday 8 November 2016 17:33

there is no spoon.

Magnoxidans 19

Tuesday 8 November 2016 17:41

You grew an entire beard for an interview? That's commitment, I would definitely hire someone like you good sir!

MidnaLink 33

Tuesday 8 November 2016 20:06

He was going to wear the beard for winter, but thought he would be on a video call on Skype, so bye-bye beard.

39abc93 12

Wednesday 9 November 2016 5:32

pay attention.

OhPuhleeze 23

Tuesday 8 November 2016 18:49

OMG!!! How will you survive the loss of facial hair!!!! It's not like it can grow back??? Can it?

BiGTiMeNeRD 29

Tuesday 8 November 2016 19:16

Great point! You could back that up by shaving off both your eyebrows.

TXfmylifer 10

Tuesday 8 November 2016 19:22

Why'd you need a goatee instead of a beard for the interview? Is the job playing Guy Fawkes at a theme park or do they just have very specific rules?

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