Transportation: Not a geography major

Not a geography major

By Anonymous - 16/02/2010 05:15 - United States

Today, I had an interview for a college. The college is in Rhode Island. I live on the West coast. When I asked the interviewer if they got to the mainland by boat or by some other form of transportation, he told me Rhode Island is not an island. FML

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By newsgirl - 16/07/2009 04:22 - United States

Today, I was interviewed by this TV crew who asked me what I thought of Rhode Island being voted for the second most neurotic state. I thought they said that Rhode Island was the second most erotic state. I commented. FML

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By LL - 04/02/2016 14:13 - United States - Seattle

Today, after being told numerous times how sexist the East Coast is, I went ahead with my East Coast grad school architecture interview. The first thing out of the interviewer's mouth was, "Are you sure you don't want to do interior architecture?" FML

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By J…… - 21/01/2024 09:00 - United States - Coventry

Today, is the second time this week that school is delayed because of snow or "extreme ice." It's like we're Texas now, they get 2 inches of snow and the whole state gets shut down, but no, I live in Rhode Island. I gotta go to work. FML

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By goingnowherefast - 09/02/2013 00:19 - United States - Butler

Today, after three and a half years of working dead-end jobs with a bachelor's degree, I got a call from a potential employer in my degree field, who wanted to set up an interview. The problem: the interview is across the country, and I'm too broke to pay the travel expenses. FML

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By hulio88 - 07/12/2010 00:37

Today, after years of hard work, I had an interview at the highest ranking university in the world 800 miles from where I live. It snowed heavily for the last 2 days closing every road, railway, and airport causing me to miss the interview. There is no rescheduling. FML

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By Anonymous - 25/11/2018 13:00 - United States - Seattle

Today, I had a job interview. I got there as quick as I could, having to travel two hours into a city I'd never been to. When I arrived, they told me I was turned down for being too late. They'd rescheduled the interview an hour earlier and I wasn't notified of the change. FML

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By accountingclown - 21/01/2017 00:23

Today, I travelled cross-country to interview for my dream job. The team seemed to love me and I had a lot of fun. In the airport on the way home I saw a news report that the company is closing. FML

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Grateful much?

By kylie b - 25/05/2011 06:41

Today, my mom yelled at me for taking too long at a job interview, and that it was a waste of her time to drive me to it. I just quit my job, moved away from my boyfriend and the coast to help take care of her in Idaho. FML

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By Jobless - 07/09/2010 23:27 - Canada

Today, I had a job interview. The moment I walked into the room, the interviewer said, "OK, I will interview you, but there is no way I'm hiring you." FML

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By parentalissues - 15/02/2013 15:50 - United States

Today, whilst on a phone interview with a college I really want to go to, my mother picks up the other line and shouts into the phone "She's not going to college, she's lazy and she'll only disappoint you." The interviewer hung up before I could say anything. FML

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Tuesday 16 February 2010 12:03

wow, how did you get into college

tylahgrace 12

Tuesday 16 February 2010 12:05

I'm guessing you didn't get in? haha, I'm in Australia and I know that!

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Qwerty86 0

Thursday 18 February 2010 3:03

Ha, I live in RI but there are even people on the East Coast who think Rhode Island is an island xD (It's commonly confused with Long Island) It's been mentioned, but it's technically Rhode Island and Providence Plantations. The Rhode Island part refers to Aquidneck Island which is an island within the state, while the Providence Plantations refers to the actual mainland. There are some who actually want to remove the plantations part from the name because they think it refers to slaves (even though it doesn't really because it's just referring to the fact that it was a colony) but it's to be voted on. So yeah, there are islands within Rhode Island, but seriously, you should know that the state isn't an island itself =P

gottalovepixar 0

Thursday 18 February 2010 4:08

Woooow. That's just sad. YDI

racherose 0

Thursday 18 February 2010 4:20

#49, I'm exactly like you. I grew up in PA and then moved to WA state. But OP that was a fail x)

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Thursday 18 February 2010 5:02

Everything about this FML makes me fear for the future of the human race, and makes me hate the US public school system more.

kbd77 0

Thursday 18 February 2010 5:46

As a Rhode Islander, this doesn't surprise me. Many people from New York City (a mere 3-hour drive away) don't know that Rhode Island is not, in fact, an actual island. We also don't really matter at all (except for inspiration for Family Guy), so there's no need for your average citizen of the West Coast to know anything about us, including our island-ness, or lack thereof.