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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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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Ohdear1990 0

Thursday 16 April 2009 12:12

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

mattmalin11 0

Saturday 1 August 2009 3:13

He'd be like "Show-off, now i know you're lying!"

azn_pridee69 0

Saturday 7 August 2010 7:21

LOOOL , this actually made me laugh . i msn with my friend brian and sometimes type his name as BRAIN by accident. fyl but also ydi (:

brianjman14 22

Sunday 5 September 2010 23:02

My name's Brian, too. :)

Shaebug12 0

Thursday 9 December 2010 3:53

my bros name Brian! attention to detail?! rely!!! what fail YDI

brokenbitch13 0

Wednesday 15 December 2010 9:02

well my name is in face B-R-A-I-N!! :D

alyslove 5

Friday 13 May 2011 7:51

he could have played it off, saying that his parents knew that he'd be incredibly smart so they named him Brain but call him Brian! hmmm...

Serial 2

Thursday 16 April 2009 12:14

you know what tonight is? the night we take over the world!

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...

LittleJess23 15

Sunday 13 October 2013 18:53

His new nickname should be Bad luck Brian

kmaheynoway 25

Wednesday 4 February 2015 18:38

You mean Bad luck Brain?

junjouromantica 0

Thursday 16 April 2009 12:23

Just say it was a joke, no big deal.

planetearth 0

Thursday 16 April 2009 12:26

You could shorten this FML by a lot... here.. "I can't spell my own name. FML" Or... "I'm too lazy to proofread my own resume but I still think I'm going to get hired. FML"