Today, I had to take the train from my hometown to my university for a very important meeting concerning my foreign exchange program. When I finally arrived, I noticed a Post-it on the door: "Meeting cancelled, sick". I basically made a 9-hour day-trip for a half-an-hour walk. 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 got up and left for work despite being really sick, because I had a big meeting. Halfway to work, in deadlocked traffic, my boss texts me to let me know he's rescheduling the meeting to tomorrow because of personal conflicts. FML
Today, I ran 5 miles to catch the bus I take to university after missing my connection. When I got to the bus stop, I realized I had left my U-Pass on my desk at home. On top of the assignment that was due. FML
Today, I got on a two hour train ride to go to a concert. I had been so caught up in handling the train tickets that halfway to the concert, I realized I had left the concert tickets on my dresser. FML
Today, the director of my university decided to cancel all my attendance until now, as I was unable to attend the inauguration program in my university. I was unable to attend the program because the area I had to travel to was flooded and one of the trains I was supposed to travel on caught fire. FML
Today, my train departed over 10 minutes early. It was the last train of the day. I missed my transatlantic flight and along with it the vacation and concert I'd spent over a year saving for. FML
Today, I arrived at the station at 7:30pm sharp for the train... which was cancelled. FML
Today, I was starting a new job and I didn't want to be late, so I took a train that left earlier than normal, just to make sure I'd be on time. Turns out, the earlier train wasn't an express train, and made it to my stop 12 minutes after my usual one did. I was late for work. FML
Today, I spent an excruciating hour walking to campus with a broken leg, only to find my professor had left a note on the door saying class was canceled. FML
Today, I had to run for the train, but because of my bad foot and limping they held the train, much to people's displeasure. No one let me sit down, so for the 20 minute journey, I stood. With a bad foot. FML
Today, I missed my train. I was actually on the right platform but realized my mistake two minutes after it had left. FML
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telli164 30
You'd think maybe they'd at least call, or email. How inconsiderate.
ticklewhizzer 5
With all the technology available today, this just shouldn't happen anymore. Call, text, or email, but who the heck leaves notes?
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Comments (56)
cats400 16
Sounds like he should of made you aware of that
ToxicFuel 6
How is it that I see this error everywhere on the net, and always by native speakers? Even I know the correct grammar, and English is not my mother language. Now you can bury me with this user who pointed at the mistake, but it's a true fact anyway. Now for OP, I feel you, long journeys turning out to be a waste of time seem to be happening a lot when you're a college student. Got that experience myself. FYL
kewpiesuicide 29
I actually noticed that those who's second language is English usually have a better grasp of grammar than native speakers
crystalnight 19
It's because when speaking "should have" is shortened to"should've", so it comes out like, "should of." If you say it aloud, you'll hear it.
XTheDesertSongX 17
Ironically, the possessive is "whose," not "who's."
thefastnfuryass 14
Hello! It's American English not British or Australian English people. It's called American English because we like to be different in our own way, that's what makes us Americans.
Preposterous 8
I think it's because native speakers learn to speak the language before they learn to write it. The mistake wasn't noticed and corrected until the writing skills were fully developed.
DropTheDaggerxx 31
Recall taking a second language in school, and you probably wrote very formally and properly in that class. An assignment would be to write a sentence like, "I have a door. The door is red." vs. someone more familiar with the language would use short cuts/a different vernacular, like "My door's red.", you know? You learn rules when learning a secondary language, you learn patterns when you're growing up into the language. Some don't translate from speech to written language as easily. It's not an excuse for not knowing extensive grammar of your native language, but it does explain it a bit! :)
telli164 30
You'd think maybe they'd at least call, or email. How inconsiderate.
TheCrispyCat 20
Really? We can?
ticklewhizzer 5
With all the technology available today, this just shouldn't happen anymore. Call, text, or email, but who the heck leaves notes?
BigBootyBenches 13
Maybe he was old?
Indianboy9321 25
Maybe he was someone's grandpa and hadn't learned how to use the effective ways to relay this information to you?
joeyl2008 29
Isn't the reason EVERYONE has cell phones is to avoid situations like this.
Axipiter 24
No. It's so everyone can post "selfies" at all times of day and hashtag the hell out of them. C'mon now!
crystalnight 19
So we can use our Facebook Machine to post them?
Capitan 15
Don't worry, half the day wasn't lost. You have a whole half day left!
spillthebeans101 4
Double check next time! Esp if you're going through all the trouble for it. Punctuality is a good habit though
ladylilly25 20
Yeah, this is definitely on OP. The idiot should have been making sure the person they were meeting was in good health. It was totally unprofessional of OP to assume that the other person was feeling well, and was actually going to show up. Kids these days.
spillthebeans101 4
If I was going to travel 9 hours to meet up with a friend, I would make sure everything was still set in stone.
Mauskau 36
I wish they would send emails out or call you instead of leaving notes. I hope it was nice weather and you had a nice view, though.
Dodge4x4Ram 46
they're should be a text or phone call mage when it's that far
redwill85 10
That really sucks OP they should have called our emailed you.
livilaughs 12
this literally just happened to me too! so annoying!!