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The original was posted on /r/tifu by /u/shre3293 on 2026-05-26 05:34:05+00:00.

its not even that big of a fuck up but I feel so embarrassed. so I graduated a while back and am not having any luck finding a job, I feel sad and depressed about it, I also kinda realise I am NEET, its an old common term but has been popular in anime for some time, it basically means Not in Employment Education or Training.

I recently got an interview. Its not directly related to my degree, its for site inspection and survey. so I will basically go to a place and collect the information about placement of stuff, some other factors. interviewer specifically mentioned that I will need to draw some stuff as well. it was going well, I low key feel confidence about and general speaking. I was saying I will learn this stuff, and to show I attempted to explain my understanding of the job, and belief that I understand it well enough. Then interviewer kinda sheepishly asked "are you a NEET person?" my brain went wtf?? , I went into self depreciating rant. saying its kinda tough getting jobs and I am trying currently, don't know what to do and recent graduate. but yeah technically i am NEET.

They immediately said no no no. are you like .. couldn't find words. Thankfully my brain saw their confusion and made the connection and understood that they actually meant neat like clean and organised. I immediately lied with full confidence. I am neat and I pay attention to details which i understand is important for this role. I feel l kinda recovered. this is still a part time job but at this point I would be grateful for anything.

TL;DR: interviewer asked are you a neat person? I thought they meant NEET, which made me go into a self depreciating rant.