Today, after months of job hunting, I got a call back for a position. I was outside at the time and had no pen or paper available to write the address down. I told the guy to call me back in 5 minutes and he agreed. It's been 3 hours and still no call. 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, I'm looking for a job, and the employer I spoke to by phone was busy, but before hanging up he said, "We'll call you soon." I still wonder how he plans to do so without even having asked for my number. FML
Today, after months of job searching, I finally got a call for an interview. Right in the middle of the call, my phone hung up so the music app could open. I tried calling them back and got no response. FML
Today, I showed up on time for a job interview. After waiting for about three hours, I was informed that the manager had "better things to do" than interview me. FML
Today, after months of job hunting, I finally got a phone interview with a company. Excited, I prepared for the interview and conducted extensive research on the company. The interview ended within a minute. They'd got the wrong person. FML
Today, I got called for a job interview. I didn't catch where it was, and in my excitement I forgot to ask. I now have no idea where I'm being interviewed. FML
Today, I got a call and was offered a position with a company that I really wanted to work for. I just had to wait a week to confirm that everything was good to go. Ten seconds after ending the call, they called back and said that they'd called the wrong person. The offer was for someone else. FML
Today, after waiting 3 months to see if I got the job I had applied for, I was told that they never received my application. Turns out that the email address that they told me to send it to was not being checked anymore and that they would be happy to consider me for the following year. FML
Today, while checking my voicemail, I noticed I had received one from a job that I've been trying to get in for months. Too bad they called two weeks ago. FML
Today, I checked my inbox and realized I got an email from a potential employer, saying they were having trouble getting a hold of me by phone. They called while my mom was using my phone to look up directions to a place, and she answered, kindly hanging up when they asked for me. FML
Today, I called in about a job application I put in over a week ago. Apparently, the branch of the company that I applied to was never given my information, and the position was filled days ago. I've been checking the status of the position online daily, and it still says that it's open. FML
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Top comments
Jewelofagal 2
Big mistake asking the employer to serve as your personal secretary. You should have offered to return the call to him and not asked him to make yet another call to you, this time on your timeframe. Don't expect to get the job.
GiantOctopusRulz 2
call him back?
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Comments (86)
MotherRussia 0
First!
hilda_kitty 16
Get a life, instead of waiting for a new FML. OP, YDI. I think that the people below me trying to get their comment on top will tell you why.
iloveyou1266 4
No one cares
GiantOctopusRulz 2
call him back?
diet_otaku 0
this.
Reyo 2
I'm wondering why #2's advice wasn't automatically thought of, and enacted by the OP ten minutes after telling the guy to call back in 5.
inconvienentgurl 0
Why wouldnt you just ask the person to hold for a minute while you go get a pen and paper?!? That would of been a better idea....
StaticDown 0
Does he have a number? but since he applied, I'm assuming he does but maybe, just maybe he doesn't have the number. I remember applying for a job once and had a missed call and when I called back, the number was the main secretary number and she said she had no idea who called me (there are extension numbers and I didn't know the right one) so it sucked and I missed the call. I was later informed cause I didn't answer that someone else got the call and job.
Lozza111 0
lol. like the op is ganna try to remember a new number if he/she can't even remember an adress...
DirtyDiana_fml 0
Tough luck, nigga.
dudeitsdanny 10
Did you explain why..? That sucks, though
z3r0nline 0
damn unlucky but u gotta admit it doesnt sound very professional that he he has to call u back anyway call back the company im sure u remember tht name
Laiaira 0
Why didn't you just call him back? I assume you were on your cell because you were outside... most (all??) cells have history and caller id. Unless it was a private number. And then, that sucks. ... But... don't you know the company's name that you applied for? Be proactive. Call him back.
lenasaur 0
I often walk around in the woods without pens or paper where there are no stores i could duck into, with my cellphone and no "lipstick in my purse" (i neither wear lipstick nor carry a purse). There are a lot of places OP could have been where there was no way to write it down :
amazed_71 14
So he could have put it in his phone in the memo section.
yeahfml11 0
your stupid; call him back
jami_x3 0
what SOMA said ^
Firemind42 6
umm not really. its actually really hard to find pen and paper in some places. or it just takes a while.
lifesafaitytale 15
Most cell phones have a notes feature where OP could have put adress/phone number or any other information the potential employer needed to give them, instead of expecting the employer to call you back to offer you a job at a better convenience for you....
dagnyy 0
Why didn't you just try to remember? He couldn't of have that much info for you..
8trickster8 0
Maybe he got confused and thought that you'd call him back in five minutes?
me5 0
Instead of paper n pen u need imagination. Floor, walls, skin... i wouldn't call u back...
Kylias 6
I would've ripped the aglet off my shoe and carved it into my palm.
_RobotInDisguise 0
Sooo...call him back maybe?