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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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Today, the director of my university decided to cancel all my attendance until now, as I was unable to attend the inauguration program in my university. I was unable to attend the program because the area I had to travel to was flooded and one of the trains I was supposed to travel on caught fire. FML

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Today, wanting to be on time for my first job interview, I woke up at the crack of dawn and walked almost an hour through a thunderstorm. When I arrived, I was told that the manager wasn't in today, because of the bad weather. FML

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jenzan 8

Tuesday 7 December 2010 9:03

Why can't it be rescheduled? Shouldn't have been possible for your interviewer to make it either...

oh_dear_yes_dear 0

Tuesday 7 December 2010 11:34

I think that's rather unlikely to be honest, and if they did tell you that then I would be having some serious words. I had an interview for Cambridge yesterday in the UK and they were incredibly accomodating to applicants that couldn't get in from even 20 miles away.

Comments

at0micmin3r 23

Wednesday 8 December 2010 7:58

....How does OP Deserve THIS? I'm so sorry. u__u Don't let it get you down, though. A degree is a degree, although WHERE you get it might add a nice title, the fact that you GOT it is the same.

jomotto 3

Wednesday 8 December 2010 8:03

if it makes you feel better , it does not means that you were getting the Job for sure :)

Tysonator 0

Wednesday 8 December 2010 18:32

YDI for being so obnoxious as to wanting to go to the highest ranking university in the world. Some people don't even get a basic education, you selfish pig.

arnthegreat 0

Wednesday 8 December 2010 19:46

Sounds like Bs to me. If it snowed that bad the Uni woulda got closed.

TheZarola 10

Wednesday 8 December 2010 23:01

Note: The FML says that the means of transportation were closed. That means they were closed in the OP's town, not necessarily the university's. Learn to infer.

TheZarola 10

Wednesday 8 December 2010 22:59

YDI. You should have checked the weather. If there was that much snow, it would have been predicted on the news or online or SOMEWHERE. If the college was that important to you, you should have checked the weather, went into the university's area early, and stayed in a hotel.

Calyx_fml 21

Thursday 9 December 2010 23:36

You don't want to go there. Its a sign of how bad your experience would be if you did. There are plenty of other schools.

DomoCullen 0

Saturday 11 December 2010 1:02

ever heard of planes?

SpRiTzSpLaSh 7

Monday 13 December 2010 1:30

OP said the airports were closed too. Learn how to readdd

CashMusicNet 0

Monday 13 December 2010 7:39

their is ways to reschedule. just find one

dr_random 11

Monday 13 December 2010 19:37

Nope, miles all the way. Very few people have converted to metric, that's why all speed limits are in mph and a lot of people buy things by the lb, etc.