A young artist once presented her portfolio to a well - known gallery. She had carefully selected her best works, hoping to get a chance to display them there. The gallery owner quickly flipped through the portfolio and told her 'Your art is not good enough for our gallery'. It was a huge blow. The rejection was scary as it made her question her talent and future as an artist. She had to start from scratch to build up her confidence again.
Sure. One sad rejection story is about a girl who had a huge crush on her classmate. She finally gathered the courage to confess her feelings, but he just laughed it off and said he could never see her in that way. It was really heartbreaking for her as she had spent so much time building up the courage and had such high hopes.
One of the best rejection stories I know is when a guy proposed to a girl in a very public and elaborate way. He had a whole band playing, flowers everywhere. But the girl just calmly said no and explained that she saw him more as a friend. It was a kind yet firm rejection.
Well, there was this instance where a man tried to give a love letter to a woman he liked at work. He put it in her mailbox at the office. However, she thought it was from a creepy client and reported it to HR without even reading it. He was quite embarrassed when he found out.
Sure. One rejection success story is about an entrepreneur. He was rejected by multiple investors when he first started his business idea. But he didn't give up. He used those rejections to improve his pitch and business model. Eventually, he found an investor who believed in him and his company is now very successful.
A firefighter once told a story about a derelict building fire. As they searched for survivors, they entered a dark room. The moment they shone their lights, they saw a bunch of rats scurrying around. The rats were so panicked by the fire that they started running towards the firefighters, which was really scary in that dangerous and smoky environment.
Sure. There's a story where a university's abandoned theater is haunted. People say that if you go there after dark, you can hear the faint sound of music and voices as if a performance is still going on. It was said that an actress died on stage many years ago and her presence still remains.
Sure. There was this one time when a barista was making a drink and the espresso machine started acting up on its own. It was making strange noises and spurting coffee everywhere in a way that didn't seem normal. Another story is about a customer who found a handwritten note in the bathroom that said some really creepy things. It made them feel really uncomfortable and they left the store right away.
At a haunted asylum. A journalist explored. Footsteps followed him. He found a bloody room. His camera stopped working.
Sure. There was a patient who was recovering in a hospital room. At midnight, she saw a shadowy hand reaching out from under her bed. She screamed and the nurses came running. It was later discovered that it was just a trick of the light and the curtain's movement creating the illusion of a hand.
Sure. In one story, a nurse in a mental hospital had a patient who always stared at her blankly. One day, the patient suddenly whispered in her ear some disturbing things that he claimed were going to happen to her. And later that day, some of those things actually started to occur, like objects falling near her for no reason.