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)
cusof 0
YDI 4 living in a box
dwtomek 0
With the job market as it is you just failed hard.
Roshaad 0
Call back? google the company? Cmon >.>
sportsnut 0
YDI for not being resourceful enough to say "give me just one minute, let me grab a pen and some paper" and BOOM!!! problem solved! now how hard was that? ...if i were an employer, i would not hire you b/c you couldn't figure out the solution to an absurdly easy problem
xolindseywood 0
Yeah but if she was outside she would have to go inside to get a piece of paper so why not just type it on the computer unless they turn off their computer after every use.
kelleyb323 0
Ever heard of yellowpages? Look it up.
Fabby_fml 2
Why didn't you just scavenge up something to write on? Or, if you were out in the middle of nowhere for some reason, apologizing and saying you weren't able to write the address and needed to call back would be better. Come on, now.
CosmicPossum 2
They're offering you a job. You do not ask them to call you back. You say, "I'm sorry, I'm outside right now, let me just run inside and grab my planner" and keep them on the phone with you, hopefully asking some useful questions about the job. If you were in the middle of the park or something, you talk with them anyway and then say, "I'm out of the house right now, but I want to make sure I got all the details right. May I call back to confirm them as soon as I get home?" Then you get your butt home and do it.
greatsarcazm 0
fake
KianaJeneth 0
um.... your phone? if it's anything like mine you can do that