Today, I interviewed three elderly residents at a nursing home, hoping to use the transcript for a very important paper due next week. It went great, so I wrapped up and drove home. I sat down to start typing, and realized that my recording had stopped ten minutes in. 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, after our teacher had said this class would be very important and that we should take notes, instead of writing notes, I brought a recorder to class. After class, I listened to the recording, and all I could hear was muffled voices. FML
Today, I had a phone interview, my first job interview in months. Two seconds in, I not only lost my signal, my phone froze up and stopped working completely. For six hours. FML
Today, I had a video call with a couple of old friends, but the conversation sort of got boring, so I started mouthing words so they'd think the connection was bad and end the awkwardness. Then, as soon as they hung up the call, I realized I'd left my music on in the background the whole time. FML
Today, I forgot what I was doing while listening to a voicemail and started talking back to it. FML
Today, while at work, I had to spend an hour and a half on the phone, listening to an old lady relive her entire day in excruciating detail. We're not allowed to hang up on customers, and she was extremely quick to dismiss all my attempts to steer the call back on topic. FML
Today, I gave an online presentation to an important client. After I'd done my thing, I asked if there were any questions. No one responded, so I confidently ended the call… except I hadn’t ended it and they heard me mutter, “Thank fuck that’s over.” FML
Today, I was busy writing my English final paper and all of a sudden my computer just chose to freeze. I thought Microsoft Word would save it, but alas, 4 pages down the dumpster. Plus my earphones stopped working and I can't afford to buy a new pair. FML
Today, I scored an interview with a hospital nearby my house, and so I ordered a car 30 minutes before. There were four people in the same car that were picked up AFTER, and dropped off BEFORE me, causing me to miss my interview. The hospital then stopped interviewing for the same position I wanted. FML
Today, I witnessed a horrible car accident and was interviewed by the local news. During the interview I said, "It was terrible. It was like watching a silent movie... but there was sound!" The interview has been aired 6 times. FML
Today, I spent 3 hours in my home recording studio. I was recording vocals and was trying to hit a very hard series of notes. I nailed it after 2 hours and listened. You can hear the vocals, but the EQ settings were tweaked in just the right way where you can hear my dog licking his nuts. FML
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slooby_fml 25
You can probably remember the jist of what they said; fill in the gaps with plausible things
FlyingPie 17
I bet that kind of thing gets old after a while.
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dinosxxrawr 22
should have checked to make sure.
GRubi 17
OP said it stopped 10 minutes in, which means it was working initially. When and what was s/he supposed to check?
dinosxxrawr 22
during the interview.. can't trust technology completely. and there's nothing wrong with double checking.
shyeahh_fml 19
I usually double check at the beginning of doing something, right before starting. I don't know many people that stop in the middle of whatever they're doing to check the equipment or whatever again.
bamagrl410 31
If whatever recording device he was using has a limited amount of space on it, he should have checked to be sure that he had enough for the entire interview. And glancing at it quickly to be sure it's still going takes very little effort.
lennelleong 33
i'm saving this fml because this is the sort of thing that *may* happen to me if i'm honest. i'm surprised the tape recorder button didn't push up make a loud sound signifying that it's not recording anymore? :(
FlyingPie 17
I bet that kind of thing gets old after a while.
ks23 9
If it went so great they won't mind doing it twice
Shenanigans9 8
For them it'l be first time.
zombieladi 14
go back and do the interview again
shyeahh_fml 19
I would go to a different nursing home so it's not as embarrassing.
B5B0N35 18
that sucks OP better luck next time
Snowkeys 11
Well I'm sure most of it was old war stories and senile conversations anyway.
slooby_fml 25
You can probably remember the jist of what they said; fill in the gaps with plausible things
cb1002630 11
Well, if it was that important then you probably should have written notes down as well for that interview. If you don't, then YDI, OP.
GRubi 17
Why would OP waste time taking notes when s/he thought s/he could go through the conversation again later? Best to give the subjects OP's full attention.
chanellgymnast 17
You should always double check! But maybe you can get with them again! Good luck, OP!
5123PaperStreet 12
Technology is unreliable. Hopefully they don't mind you interviewing them again. :)
docscientist 10
We are nearly completely immersed in technology; it's quite reliable.