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
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Dead leaves, the first cold of the season and an umbrella flipped inside out: fall, the season of grace.
Today, I woke up early for a job interview. I got lost and arrived an hour late, only to find out it was the wrong day. 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 a job interview that I had spent hours preparing for it. When I arrived, the interviewer told me the position had been filled already and they forgot to notify me. I wasted a whole fucking day for nothing. FML
Today, I woke up at 11:11am. I was happy because I thought it was a sign that it was going to be a good day. I then realized that I was over an hour late for a job interview. 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, it's been three days since I started preparing for a video interview, including practicing my answers and arranging the background behind me. Five minutes before it started, I noticed I'd been preparing for the wrong time zone. I was sitting in a perfect interview setup three hours too early. 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 took a very expensive flight to New York City for a job interview. I waited in my hotel room all day for the phone call to go to my once in a lifetime interview. By noon, I was nervous; eight, I was pissed. Around ten, I realized my phone was still in airplane mode. FML
Today, I had a job interview at 9:00am. I left at around 8:30am, and as soon as I got in the car to drive to the interview, I checked my phone again, and it said 10:33. My boyfriend had decided to change the time on my clock as a "joke." FML
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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Welshite 40
Always set multiple alarms. When it's something this important, you don't leave anything to chance.
LaurenLo 17
Sounds like you have a pretty alarming problem.
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stardustjunkie 12
Although not as big a deal as your unfortunate situation, I know the feeling OP! I worked till 1am and had a 7:30am important doctors appointment to get up for. I'd waited 3 weeks for my appointment and what did I do? Woke up 2 hours later, alarm had gone off but it didn't wake me up. Hopefully you can work something out and have another interview. Good luck!
perdix 31
Tell them you are the perfect employee, except for the reliability part.
jerryj 27
Interviewer: So, tell me about your weaknesses. OP: Well, I have an alarm that doesn't always ring when it's supposed to, and... Interviewer: I see we could have a potential problem here.
anonomot 11
i feel bad for your situation, but next time, don't wait until the very last minute to prepare, especially for a "dream" job. and, like many have said before, set multiple alarms.
HighasaCloud 46
Happens to me quite often. I can never figure out if I've subconsciously turned it off or if it just didn't go off :
MegaError101 10
Call them back and say something happened and you could not make it.
fukre 3
Oh... So sorry for u... Next tym Remember to keep 2-3 alarms...
ITS_Arnold 7
Probably used an iPhone didn't you?
jackyjoker 2
Poor thing, but can't help to think you deserved it. Its exactly the same as last minute study all night for an early exam the next morning and find yourself late.
cgart96 15
Man, I couldn't imagine that happening. Hopefully you can either still get that job or at least find another similar job.
dirtydiana57 3
Uhm, it's hard to feel sorry for you, for oversleeping.