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By thanksmum - 29/05/2010 17:39 - Germany

Today, I decided to take a nap before a big job interview at 6. I set two alarm clocks to make sure I didn't miss it, but I woke up at 5:59. As I'm scrambling in a panic to get out the door, my mom says calmly, "I took your alarm clocks out of your room because you looked really tired today." FML

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By Lady Julia KaNeko - 20/06/2019 10:15 - United States - Meridian

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By Anonymous - 18/09/2013 17:41 - Canada - Red Deer

Today, I had an interview for my dream job. I spent all of last night preparing, researching the company, and making sure everything was perfect. My interview was for 8am. I woke up at 10:30 to an alarm that had not gone off. FML

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By Budhvaraddams - 30/01/2023 18:30

Today, I had an important test at 7 in the morning, so I sat the alarm at 6 o'clock and fell asleep. Later I was woken up by a call from my friend asking me why I didn't show up for the test. It was 9:30. I'd sat the alarm at 6:00 PM. FML

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By nocanhaz - This FML is from back in 2010 but it's good stuff - United States

Today, I went to a job interview. The person giving me my interview was late, and while waiting for them I fell asleep. When they arrived, they didn't even bother interviewing me because they thought I was irresponsible since I fell asleep because they were late. FML

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By No-Sleep Nellie - 07/07/2015 13:26 - United States - Waterloo

Today, my mother woke me up by loudly vacuuming the house. I had to work the next morning, so I asked her what she was thinking. She told me that if I was really tired and needed sleep, I wouldn't have woken up. It was 3 AM. FML

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By Jeremy - 19/10/2023 14:00 - Australia

Today, I set aside some time to take a power nap at my desk. I set an alarm, but it didn't go off. I woke up hours later to find my coworkers had surrounded my desk, taking bets on when I'd wake up. FML

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By TordNorski - 04/05/2016 17:44 - United States - Mission Viejo

Today, I finally had a day off in two weeks and I was excited about getting to sleep in. At 5am, my mom came in and knocked loudly. When I asked her what she wanted, she said she was checking to see if I was asleep. FML

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By NoorFML - 13/09/2013 13:24 - United States

Today, I woke up and saw that my alarm clock had fallen on the floor. It read 9:05 am. I panicked because I was late for work. As I frantically got ready, I went to pick my alarm clock up to place it back on my nightstand when I realized it was upside down. The actual time was 5:06. FML

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By catsofly7 - 30/01/2011 13:43 - United States

Today, I had a job interview at 9:00am. I left at around 8:30am, and as soon as I got in the car to drive to the interview, I checked my phone again, and it said 10:33. My boyfriend had decided to change the time on my clock as a "joke." FML

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Great first impression

By Anonymous - 04/02/2023 18:00 - Canada

Today, I woke up early for a job interview. I got lost and arrived an hour late, only to find out it was the wrong day. FML

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Zwingend 15

Saturday 29 May 2010 23:10

Awe, how nice of her. You don't need a job anyway.

shiritt 0

Saturday 29 May 2010 23:13

my moms the opposite, when i have to be up at 7, she wakes me up at 4 D: and with wake up, i mean door bashing and screaming.

Comments

mpclaw 3

Sunday 30 May 2010 2:17

what kind of a "big job interview" is at 6?

jbrizzle17 0

Sunday 30 May 2010 2:31

guess you didn't get the job

ily1210 10

Sunday 30 May 2010 3:07

Break a couple of her plates and claim "she dosen't need them" (:

FyourLIFEdotCOM8 0

Sunday 30 May 2010 3:27

when I first read this I thought am and they were waking up. after the second time I thought what an idiot for taking a nap. drink coffee or 5 hour energy. you really had it coming by napping before an interview.

ChibiChibi_fml 27

Sunday 30 May 2010 4:42

If a person have a job interview at six p.m. and at three-thirty p.m. they decide to take a small nap and set not one but two alarms to make sure they are awake in time to wake up, get dressed, possibly grab a snack, and drive to the interview. How do they have it coming if if they oversleep because their mom then decides to remove to alarm clocks from their room? Especially given that the average person doesn't set one alarm, let alone two, for no reason and it is always possible to check if an alarm is set? Coffee doesn't affect everybody the same way, or rather caffeine doesn't. For example my boyfriend, drink one cup of coffee and he perks up and become very alert but I have to drink (and sadly I'm not exaggerating) about ten cups of coffee to achieve the same effect because I have a much higher tolerance to caffeine. So it's all well and good to say drink coffee but maybe they knew it wouldn't help. Five hour energy doesn't work for everybody either and is really expensive for what it is. Energy drinks can bring on the crash faster due to high caffeine and sugar contents not to mention all the other stuff in them.

loooooooooool_fml 1

Sunday 30 May 2010 9:04

Agreed Chibi. Mostly because if I happen to drink 2+ cups of coffee, I get diarrhoea

Taurus_ChicKa 36

Sunday 30 May 2010 4:07

Wow that sucks...If that had been my mom I would have chewed her out so bad...still, why take a nap before an interview? When you first wake up you're groggy and disoriented...still sucks though.

ChibiChibi_fml 27

Sunday 30 May 2010 4:29

I would guess that they probably set the alarms so that they would have enough time to wake up and become not groggy and disoriented.

sindy23 0

Sunday 30 May 2010 4:36

she was just trying to be a good mom

jackson7787 0

Sunday 30 May 2010 8:57

No, she was just being stupid. Who the hell thinks taking an alarm clock out of someone's rooms is a good idea? The alarms are obviously set for a reason.

lesleea 0

Sunday 30 May 2010 5:56

FYL. Didn't you tell your mom about the interview?

heatherlorinxox 0

Sunday 30 May 2010 6:32

how do you know you woke up at 5:59 when your mom took your alarm clocks?

rainingdarkness 0

Wednesday 7 July 2010 2:13

Do you really think there were no other clocks in the house, or that she didn't freak out and say "WTF I overslept, mom what time is it?!". I mean, that would be my reaction.