Work: Today, I sent a cover letter to a potential employer. In the...

By jusfonzin - 16/04/2009 04:09 - United States

Today, I sent a cover letter to a potential employer. In the letter, I talked about my great attention to detail, my strong ability to focus, and my stellar writing skills. After hitting send, I reread the letter and noticed that I typed my name "B-R-A-I-N." My name is Brian. FML

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Same thing different taste

By anonymouschicka - 01/08/2009 19:20 - United States

Today, I finished doing a resume that I had spent three hours on. I e-mailed it to the business I was applying for, satisfied. I decided to look it over. The first thing I notice, I spelt my own name wrong. FML

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By Max - 04/03/2017 22:00

Today, I sent a thank you note after a job interview, emphasizing my accuracy at editing written reports; I misspelled the company's name. FML

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The eyeball zone

By crazylobster - 14/11/2009 16:52 - Australia

Today, I noticed that in my cover letter I wrote, "I also have an eye.", instead of, "I also have an eye for detail", and I have been sending it out for the past few weeks. No wonder I haven't gotten any replies. FML

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At least they're reading them…

By Typidiot - 25/10/2017 01:37

Today, I spent ages writing a draft press release as part of a copywriting job application. I worked really hard and read it through several times before submitting. They emailed me to point out that I'd misspelled the name of the company. Twice. FML

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Attention to detail

By MelodyPW - 19/12/2022 03:00 - Algeria

Today, I wrote an email for a job offer. I checked it, double-checked it, triple-checked it, and then sent it. It's only THEN that I realised my CV wasn't attached. FML

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By Amk - 28/04/2017 07:00 - United States - Fayetteville

Today, I was so nervous about a medical exam I was about to take, that I misspelled my own first name. It only has three letters. FML

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By Anonymous - 22/09/2009 14:12 - United States

Today, I realized I had misspelled "Education" on all the resumes I've been submitting. FML

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Classic

By Can't Spell Worth A Damn - 06/03/2009 18:53 - United States

Today, I was writing an email to our entire company regarding a fundraiser we are taking part in for children and adults with disabilities. I was rushing to get the email out and hit send before I realized that instead of "Best Regards" I had typed "Best Retards" as the closing line. FML

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By LoveBytes - 27/03/2012 21:29 - Canada - Victoria

Today, I emailed my crush an anonymous love letter. It wasn't until twenty minutes later that I realized that the email address I used contained my full name. FML

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Thanks, I hate it

By PiMan - 19/01/2010 19:20 - United States

Today, after spending four days having my resume, cover letter, and references proofread and perfected by professionals, I finally submitted it all to the summer internship of my dreams. I received a rejection letter ten minutes later. FML

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vxjazz 0

Thursday 16 April 2009 12:23

Just say it's your nickname or something. If you wrote about how intelligent you are, "Brain" might be appropriate...

Ohdear1990 0

Thursday 16 April 2009 12:12

Ummm that's why you read your letters before you send it.... you deserved that.

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ub6ib9 0

Saturday 18 April 2009 15:53

thats why you check the letter BEFORE you send it, especially if you're typing it out on the computer. sometimes if its on Word the words change automatically too. but yes. i agree with #1, u deserved that :P

LaurenDTF 0

Sunday 19 April 2009 0:27

This is the most non-funny FML I have ever read.

xHaniffax 0

Sunday 19 April 2009 14:14

You better hope your potential employer is dyslexic

loverainydays 0

Wednesday 22 April 2009 21:43

that's hilarious!

missus_butter 0

Saturday 25 April 2009 10:29

Proof-reading BEFORE you send is... wait for it... A NO-BRAINER!

bekawild 0

Sunday 26 April 2009 20:19

Comment FAIL!!! #3 is one of the ONLY good comments here... and I doubt anyone who wrote a sucky comment even gets it.

AskingForIt 0

Friday 1 May 2009 16:42

You should have not been hired for using the word "stellar" XD

xocassylovesyou 0

Friday 5 June 2009 7:02

It's a ducking misspell. Grow up. It's not even 'Hmmm... There is nothing really terrible going on in my life right now, and it's just kinda average and all but some tweensy gay little thing happened that kinda sorta irritated me' material. ---Cassy