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By Pixel - This FML is from back in 2014 but it's good stuff - Canada - Castlegar

Today, I was supposed to go in for a polygraph test as part of the hiring process to be a cop, but I was so nervous that I couldn't sleep. Finally two hours before the exam, I fell into a deep sleep, so deep that I slept through all my alarms. Worst part: I couldn't lie about sleeping in. FML
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Randyrhoads1994 11

Everyone gets nervous, I'm sure you could explain that you were nervous and you didn't sleep well.

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devildog562 33

Explain to them the situation. Ace the polygraph and go be a civil servant my friend. Kind of sucks, hope things work out op.

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infectedsense 15

I'm also really surprised they would use a polygraph, those.results aren't even admissible in court. I wonder if an anxiety sufferer would actually do BETTER, since you'd be just as nervous during the control questions...maybe that's the trick!

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ShadowStarEXE 35

I'm on the fence for this one. I can understand that you're nervous, but I also think you shouldn't have to be so nervous unless you had something you really wanted to hide from them. I voted for both.

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trumpy 9

thats not such a bad thing to have to fess up...its not like you missed it cuz you were busy murdering someone :p

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Diddlydoo1632 18

Polygraph tests don't actually do anything. If you don't sweat, or if you keep your heart rate down, it will say you aren't lying. People are told they were lying just because they were nervous

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1thatonedude1 15

polygraph tests are pseudoscience, they don't look at the graph they look at how you react to being tested

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noblekent 6

In the US it's illegal to require a polygraph test as a condition of employment

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