Today, I have a job test coming in two days. Today was also the perfect time for me to catch the flu. The flu affects me badly for a week, whereas this job test opportunity for a city job that pays well happens once every 10 years. I won't get this opportunity again. FML
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Fall
Dead leaves, the first cold of the season and an umbrella flipped inside out: fall, the season of grace.
Today, after constantly checking my email for a week, I finally got a letter saying that I was accepted to take a test for a job position. The only problem is I was scheduled to test today, eight hours ago. FML
Today, I can't attend an interview for a great job because I have an exam. An exam I need to pass in order to have a great job like the one I'm missing the interview for. FML
Today, it's been 2 days since I got over having the flu for over a week, missing work the whole time. I just got food poisoning. FML
Today, after moving provinces and working my ass off to find a job, and finally finding one, I got the flu and had to call in sick two days on my first week. They fired me today. FML
Today, I'm sick. I got the flu shot for the first time ever this year and for the first time in my life, I have the flu. FML
Today, after months of tests, I was the only candidate left for my dream job. Then, only a few days before the last meeting before signing the contract, I get a call from HR informing me their co-worker unexpectedly came back from unpaid leave and that they are obliged to give him the job. FML
Today, after being jobless for 2 years, I got a call back for an interview. I was ecstatic until I saw the date. It's the same day I leave for a weeklong, nonrefundable vacation. I applied for the job 6 weeks ago, and since not hearing anything bought the vacation 2 weeks ago. FML
Today, I received the contract for the new job I'm supposed to start in two weeks. It says I need an official document from the public health department, which I have to present on the first day on the job. The first available appointment to get said document is in four weeks. FML
Today, I jokingly said to my coworker, "God, what I wouldn't do for a week off work." I was then tested positive for COVID fifteen minutes later. FML
Today, I got my first positive Covid test. It's also the first day of a week-long vacation that included two things I'd been planning for weeks that I haven't done in years, and a trip somewhere I've been looking forward to for months. All shot to hell right before it began. FML
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dreams2383 20
suck it up,take a crap ton of day quill to get through it if you want it so bad
RichardPencil 32
Once every ten years? How can this be? Does your city have only one good-paying job and the people who get it are term-limited to a decade?
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RichardPencil 32
Once every ten years? How can this be? Does your city have only one good-paying job and the people who get it are term-limited to a decade?
cuz803 46
Not really sure. It takes 2 to 4 years to get hired and there's an age limit to join in if that means anything. Not many people get accepted to it. It was the written part I took. Soon I have to the physical test because it's a physical job and I haven't been notified when it takes place.
Studious_Gluteus 20
This kind of opportunity might be postponable with a timely phone call.
dreams2383 20
suck it up,take a crap ton of day quill to get through it if you want it so bad
Yudith 28
Do you know Pho, the Vietnamese noodle soup? It's great against the flu. Eat it with lots of Sambal Oelek to unplug your sinuses. Good luck for your job test!
cuz803 46
I appreciate you very much, Yudith ❤️. You always make me happy when you comment on my FMLs
RichardPencil 32
What about those of us who have an irrational fear of Vietnamese noodle soup? People with phophobia? I'm even afraid of inauthentic soup - I also have faux phophobia!