Today, I attended a work interview. My hay fever has been flaring up during the hot weather, causing my throat to swell up and make me short of breath, which I explained. The woman interviewing me told me I was unsuccessful, as customers wouldn't be able to understand someone with my 'disability'. FML
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Halloween
A failed costume, stolen candy and a very real scare: Halloween, the one night when fear is allowed.
Today, I went for a job interview, under the impression that I had taken my allergy medication, and had a sneezing fit. Each sneeze seemed to get louder, and every time I blew my nose, it set the sneezing off again. By the end, the entire interview panel was staring at me in disbelief. FML
Today, I had a job interview. I have a speech impediment and as much as I tried to keep it under control, it came out during the interview. I could tell the interviewers were trying to hold in their laughter. They ended the interview after 5 agonizing minutes, saying they’ll contact me. I left in tears. FML
Today, I got sent home from work for appearing stoned/under the influence of drugs. I suffer from severe hay fever, which no antihistamine has fixed yet, hence the red and glassy eyes. FML
Today, I choked on my saliva during a medical interview. FML
Today, I was in the middle of an interview; it was going great until I started coughing. That coughing led to an asthma attack, which led to nonstop gagging. I couldn't even answer his final question, "Are you okay?" FML
Today, I am sick with a cold and I go to the most important interview of my life. A giant glob of wet snot comes out of my nose when I am expressing my desire to join their team. FML
Today, I forced myself into work with severe laryngitis. Normally this wouldn't be an issue, except I work at candy and ice cream store at a major tourist destination. For seven hours I had to communicate with unsympathetic adults and screaming, bratty kids by miming and using a dry erase board. FML
Today, I asked my boss for a couple of days off to recover from a nasty ear infection which has left me hard of hearing. However, he didn't understand why that would affect my job and refused. I work in a telephone call centre. FML
Today, just before a job interview, I coughed so violently that I lost my voice. FML
Today, I went for a job interview. The woman interviewing me had such a thick accent that I had to keep asking her to repeat herself. She got so frustrated that she ended the interview super early. I don't think I got the job. FML
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Top comments
jet223 20
She seems like the one with a mental disability.
swaglesshipster 23
Wow, what a bitch. Down grading disabled people and she was too stuck up to listen to your explanation. You deserve better.
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Comments (63)
vikky538 29
She cannot do that legally...
rhysfucker 24
If your throat swells maybe you should seek another profession ?
NthDakotaBeaches 12
I think it's perfectly legal if her "condition" made her unable to properly do her job. If she has a job that requires frequently speaking with customers then I can see how it might be viewed as a problem.
ThatOneGirl0101 11
Exactly. She's taking the company into account when making a choice as to who to hire. That's exactly what she should do.
Ted_brosby 4
Depends on what kind of job it was.
Lalala579121 28
I feel bad that I live in a world where people complain about not being denied a job in the correct way. Because let's face it, you wouldn't have gotten the job regardless. And if you actually think the employer thought you had some sort of mental or physical impairment even after you explained it, then the real FML here is for your brain. Let this be a lesson to everyone: if you are sick or have anything wrong during an interview, do things to get rid of or lessen it BEFORE the interview. They are all about first impressions, so if you show up there being sick and whatever, no matter how much you try to explain it, 99% of the time you're not going to get that job.
Shade1982 21
You really have absolutely no idea how allergies work do you...
C001Gir1 17
Oh, really? Said so to my employer, because I was actually sick when I did the interview and they chose me. They passed lot of other people, so that wasn't by lack of choice.
nitrog100 21
I feel your pain. I have killer ragweed allergies, and all through high school, everybody thought I was high for two months straight every Spring. It gets so bad, where I'm living now, that I have to pop two 24-hour allergy pills every day to keep my eyes and throat from swelling up through the entirety of June.
goldcock19 9
Some people r so dumb that it literally bothers me
shartmydarts 8
It's called ******* asthma medicine
newyearstandup 13
Asthma medication helps your lungs/air passage to your lungs not your throat idiot. Do you even know what asthma actually is?
remotecube 11
I kinda hope she gets hay fever now...
preacher151 5
She just broke the law. It's illegal to discriminate in that way in the UK. I'd talk to a lawyer.