Here's something that's not fair!
I've been interviewing with a company, and they're checking my references. I've provided them with 3 stellar references from my last company, and I can provide many more if they want. But they are insistent on getting someone from my previous employer. Trouble is, my boss from there has gotten married (and changed her name), quit, and moved away, so I can't find her! Pretty much everyone I knew from there has quit, and I don't have new contact info for them. So I won't get this job just because I couldn't find someone I knew THREE YEARS AGO.