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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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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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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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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whatupfml 0

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!

Comments

pandemic_fml 0

Tuesday 16 February 2010 12:55

You have to be kidding. At no point in your schooling did they hand you a blank map and make you learn states and capitols? I went to public school in the backwoods outside Nashville, TN, where teachers slept with students and we didn't have enough desks to seat everyone. Somewhere in third grade between being prepared to either join the military or work at Mc Donalds when I grew up, I learned that there was a state called Rhode Island that was, well, not an island.

Sekococo 0

Tuesday 16 February 2010 13:04

hey OP my best guess is that you didnt get in? :( sorry to here brush up on your map. Reminds me of the angry canadian who got mad at a american who thought toronto was a state in the US a few post-comments away.

yep_me_again 0

Tuesday 16 February 2010 13:04

Jesus Christ!! You deserve it you dumbass. I don't live in the US and how the hell do I know more about your country than you do?! Also...maps.google.com. HELLO!!

sexgoddest 0

Tuesday 16 February 2010 13:04

I wonder hmmmmm....how did u get into college?... u suck somebody. .didn't u?...did u?.... tell us the truth. !!!!..

gurlucrazy 0

Tuesday 16 February 2010 13:09

i hate stupid people

liberal_spice 0

Tuesday 16 February 2010 13:09

Oh dear, even I knew that and I live in Scotland. Surely you were taught where the states are in primary school?

duckie227 22

Tuesday 16 February 2010 14:38

I love ur picture

RufusCade 7

Tuesday 16 February 2010 13:18

Unbelievable.... ...and some Americans have a hard time understanding that the rest of the western world thinks that all of US is a black hole of ignorance... YDI

saranottelling 7

Tuesday 16 February 2010 13:30

Your the raeson every foriegn country thinks we r stoopid. Stoopid!

Shamzzz 0

Tuesday 16 February 2010 14:51

Really? Like which?

InfiniteSecret 20

Saturday 23 September 2017 13:00

I hope you did all this horrible spelling on purpose for some sort of joke

aDropOfSunshine 2

Tuesday 16 February 2010 13:36

An all too common mistake for my poor little home state.. 401 love :)

aDropOfSunshine 2

Tuesday 16 February 2010 13:50

Also, if you were applying to school in an area that you clearly aren't familiar with, wouldn't the thought occur to you to at least acquaint yourself with a map of the general location?? yikes.

talaina 2

Tuesday 16 February 2010 19:26

This. Even if it was excusable that you're about to go to college and don't know your country's geography, the cardinal rule of interviews/school visits etc. is DO YOUR RESEARCH. When you go into an interview and you don't even know anything about the location the school is in, it is VERY obvious and makes a very bad impression (speaking as a student volunteer in an admissions office).

dancin4ya 0

Tuesday 16 February 2010 13:42

ok how old are you? in 3rd grade I knew all 50 states and the only island is Hawaii! hello get a map! I live in ct so ofcourse I know rhode island isn't an island but still I would have known that living in California!

MermaidSongXOXO 6

Tuesday 16 February 2010 13:46

Hawaii's a group of islands :)

Juggalette_623 9

Tuesday 16 February 2010 13:50

Speak properly. You are in no position to be calling out anyone's intellegence when you have such bad grammer not to mention no knowledge of Hawaii. Mermaid beat me to calling you on that one.