Today, I decided to take a nap before a big job interview at 6. I set two alarm clocks to make sure I didn't miss it, but I woke up at 5:59. As I'm scrambling in a panic to get out the door, my mom says calmly, "I took your alarm clocks out of your room because you looked really tired today." FML
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Today, I set practically ten alarms because I absolutely could not oversleep for an important appointment. I woke up two hours early, panicked that I'd missed it, and couldn't fall back asleep. I spent the entire appointment looking like I hadn't slept at all. FML
Today, after going to bed at a decent time last night so I could get up early, I overslept. Not only that, I thought today was the day of my job interview, so I rushed to get ready and go. As I parked in the parking lot, I realized today was the day before said interview. FML
Today, I had an interview for my dream job. I spent all of last night preparing, researching the company, and making sure everything was perfect. My interview was for 8am. I woke up at 10:30 to an alarm that had not gone off. FML
Today, I was starting a new job that requires me to wake up at 4 am. I set three alarms but was so nervous about sleeping through them that I kept waking up to check the time, which caused me to miss my alarms. Goodbye awesome new job. FML
Today, I went to bed early, feeling responsible. At 2 a.m., I woke up in a panic because I forgot to set my alarm. While fixing it, I actually turned it off completely. I overslept, missed work, and proved once again that I should never trust myself. FML
Today, I had an important test at 7 in the morning, so I sat the alarm at 6 o'clock and fell asleep. Later I was woken up by a call from my friend asking me why I didn't show up for the test. It was 9:30. I'd sat the alarm at 6:00 PM. FML
Today, I set ten alarms for an important appointment and still woke up convinced I’d missed it. I spent the morning panicking for no reason and showed up looking exactly how I felt. FML
Today, I went to a job interview. The person giving me my interview was late, and while waiting for them I fell asleep. When they arrived, they didn't even bother interviewing me because they thought I was irresponsible since I fell asleep because they were late. FML
Today, my mother woke me up by loudly vacuuming the house. I had to work the next morning, so I asked her what she was thinking. She told me that if I was really tired and needed sleep, I wouldn't have woken up. It was 3 AM. FML
Today, I set aside some time to take a power nap at my desk. I set an alarm, but it didn't go off. I woke up hours later to find my coworkers had surrounded my desk, taking bets on when I'd wake up. FML
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Zwingend 15
Awe, how nice of her. You don't need a job anyway.
shiritt 0
my moms the opposite, when i have to be up at 7, she wakes me up at 4 D: and with wake up, i mean door bashing and screaming.
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Comments (130)
mpclaw 3
what kind of a "big job interview" is at 6?
jbrizzle17 0
guess you didn't get the job
ily1210 10
Break a couple of her plates and claim "she dosen't need them" (:
FyourLIFEdotCOM8 0
when I first read this I thought am and they were waking up. after the second time I thought what an idiot for taking a nap. drink coffee or 5 hour energy. you really had it coming by napping before an interview.
ChibiChibi_fml 28
If a person have a job interview at six p.m. and at three-thirty p.m. they decide to take a small nap and set not one but two alarms to make sure they are awake in time to wake up, get dressed, possibly grab a snack, and drive to the interview. How do they have it coming if if they oversleep because their mom then decides to remove to alarm clocks from their room? Especially given that the average person doesn't set one alarm, let alone two, for no reason and it is always possible to check if an alarm is set? Coffee doesn't affect everybody the same way, or rather caffeine doesn't. For example my boyfriend, drink one cup of coffee and he perks up and become very alert but I have to drink (and sadly I'm not exaggerating) about ten cups of coffee to achieve the same effect because I have a much higher tolerance to caffeine. So it's all well and good to say drink coffee but maybe they knew it wouldn't help. Five hour energy doesn't work for everybody either and is really expensive for what it is. Energy drinks can bring on the crash faster due to high caffeine and sugar contents not to mention all the other stuff in them.
loooooooooool_fml 1
Agreed Chibi. Mostly because if I happen to drink 2+ cups of coffee, I get diarrhoea
Taurus_ChicKa 37
Wow that sucks...If that had been my mom I would have chewed her out so bad...still, why take a nap before an interview? When you first wake up you're groggy and disoriented...still sucks though.
ChibiChibi_fml 28
I would guess that they probably set the alarms so that they would have enough time to wake up and become not groggy and disoriented.
sindy23 0
she was just trying to be a good mom
jackson7787 0
No, she was just being stupid. Who the hell thinks taking an alarm clock out of someone's rooms is a good idea? The alarms are obviously set for a reason.
lesleea 0
FYL. Didn't you tell your mom about the interview?
heatherlorinxox 0
how do you know you woke up at 5:59 when your mom took your alarm clocks?
rainingdarkness 0
Do you really think there were no other clocks in the house, or that she didn't freak out and say "WTF I overslept, mom what time is it?!". I mean, that would be my reaction.
blue_eyes4602 0
she meant well but that's why people should stay out of other's things
balboa751 0
that's b.s. I would of said "WTF?!!"