Today, my grandma picked up the phone. It was a man asking to speak to me. Instead of giving me the phone she decides to hang up on him, thinking it was some guy trying to "get with me." It turned out to be the call I've been waiting all week for... a call from a huge company about a job offer. 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, I got a call and was offered a position with a company that I really wanted to work for. I just had to wait a week to confirm that everything was good to go. Ten seconds after ending the call, they called back and said that they'd called the wrong person. The offer was for someone else. FML
Today, I checked my inbox and realized I got an email from a potential employer, saying they were having trouble getting a hold of me by phone. They called while my mom was using my phone to look up directions to a place, and she answered, kindly hanging up when they asked for me. FML
Today, a telemarketer called my house phone and asked for my grandpa. We were in the middle of having his wake. FML
Today, I got a text from a number I didn’t recognize saying, "Hey, cutie." Thinking it was the guy I met in a bar during a NYE party, I flirted back. Turns out, it was my grandma learning how to use her new phone. FML
Today, after being unemployed for over four months, I got a call from a company I've wanted to work for for over 2 years. After they were about to set up an interview, they called me by a different name. After correcting them, they hung up on me. Turns out they had the wrong number. FML
Today, my phone rang while I was home alone. When I picked up, all I could hear was heavy breathing. Convinced it was one of my friends playing a joke, I said loudly, "Get off the phone, you fucker, and don't call back!" It turned out it was my grandma. She had been having a stroke. FML
Today, while checking my voicemail, I noticed I had received one from a job that I've been trying to get in for months. Too bad they called two weeks ago. FML
Today, I was to have an important phone interview for a job. I got a call and everything went perfectly, and they said I was hired. Later, I found out that one of my "friends" had gotten one of his buddies to prank call me and make sure the line was engaged when the real interviewer called. FML
Today, my grandma called me to tell me that a couple of cute boys stopped by her house to borrow something. She told them all about me, and that I would be interested in them. My love life is so pathetic, even my grandmother is trying to hook me up. FML
Today, my grandmother called. She greeted me by my mother's name. When I told her it wasn't my mother, she apologized and corrected herself, but this time she addressed me as my sister. When I told her it wasn't my sister either, she said, "Sorry, wrong number" and hung up. FML
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t53_ftw 0
Ow Why do you live with your grandma anyway? Parents are where its at
jonnymohio 2
Had an elderly aunt living with us. She was forbidden to answer the phone. Set up the same parameters with your grandma, unless she's paying the bills.
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Comments (93)
Vaetrus 0
Giving her the benefit of the doubt... the guy probably was trying to "get with her".
CourtneyDanielle_fml 9
Sounds like something my nan would do... FYL.
idontgiveone 0
D: FYL. Some people can't just mind their own bussiness.
darkmis1 18
here's an idea: just call them back!
Luckster 0
Some employers don't accept being called back. You either pick up the phone the first time, or you lose your chance entirely.
Dcvictorious 0
If that's true, then my parents- who made me do the front garden, so I couldn't hear my phone ring, who moan constantly that I don't have a job, have cost me a job and money calling the company back, parents suck!
Luckster 0
....were you being sarcastic?
Dcvictorious 0
No seriously, this only happened to me about last week
Luckster 0
Ah. I couldn't tell. Parents do suck sometimes...My Dad's been howling at me to get a job ever since I quit my last one because of my insane boss. He seems to have forgotten it's fairly difficult to get a job during the economic crisis, especially if you don't have 10+ years of experience at the age of 21.
Dcvictorious 0
lol, at least you had a full time job, 18, Unemployed, constant belittlement from parents even though both of them have had problems with getting jobs and sat on their asses, I went out actively to get one and still get abuse about it, applied to about 5-6 jobs and I have to go and find more- issue being there are no more as no one wants to hire anymore. I cant get them off my back about anything and am threatened with being kicked out weekly.
Zichi 0
hey dont worry, i'm also 18(almost 19) and ive never had a job. I did get a job interview in senior year but the lady was a bitch and wanted me to work everyday, i also screwed it up pretty badly. All i have a is a volunteer job, which is good i guess cuz its gunna help me with vet school
xNephilim 19
Oh I hate people like that. My friend's aunt has been jobless for years, refuses to even try to look for a job, refused to take my friend to get his license (I ended up taking him in MY car), sits on her ass all day long, lost their van a few months ago, is close to losing their trailer, wastes money on weed and about two cartons of cigarettes a week, hasn't gotten a new car yet, and then still abuses my friend for not having a job. She also bitches at him because he's apparently a lazy worthless piece of shit, even though he's literally the only one in the house to do anything at all. He cleans her room for her because she can't be bothered to do it herself. I do little errands for them quite a lot, like taking him into town to get his brother's medicine, but when I need my friend to drive to a bigger city with me that he's familiar with, she says no, while still expecting me to get the medicine.
dspadres 0
Time to put her Wednesday pills in the Monday slot.
jonny2x4 0
YDI for still living with your gramma. You always have to follow nana's rules.
foryoublue94 0
this is why I don't like old people
Intoxicunt 6
Damn straight.
teiso_fml 0
Oh wow that sucks... just call them back?
DameGreyWulf 1
If you're old enough for such a serious job, your granny needs to butt the **** out. Meaning, it's none of her business if it's a guy trying to get with you.