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By eliteslayer29 - 21/12/2009 07:04 - United States

Today, I sent my resume to a place where I hoped to work at. Since the job requires me to be doing work on the run, I put on it that I have a laptop. The only problem is that I always thought it was "labtop." I didn't learn the correct spelling until my daughter called me an idiot, she's 6. 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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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 The Wherewolf - 08/10/2023 19:30

Today, I was so tired at work that I typed out "wherehouse" instead of "warehouse" in a document shared with my co-workers. It took me several seconds to realize why the heck the spell checker had underlined "wherehouse" in red. FML

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By KereKris - 17/06/2020 14:05

Today, I texted my boss, "I'm looking forward to doing you" instead of, "I'm looking forward to seeing you" thanks to a very unfortunate combination of my atrocious typing skills on a smartphone and an overzealous autocorrect function. 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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By captainfail - 14/07/2009 15:27 - Germany

Today, I applied for my first job. I didn't know how to write a resume, so I copied and pasted one from someone else and reworked it. I got on the bus, handed it in, and left. Then I remembered I forgot to change the contact info and date. FML

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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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By Anonymous - 31/12/2013 08:08 - United States - Seattle

Today, I got an e-mail regarding an IT support job I applied to. The e-mail had numerous formatting errors due to bad code, and typos all over the place. It said I wasn't qualified for the job. FML

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By Oops - 14/01/2010 15:55 - United States

Today, while at work at a maternity and baby clothes store, I was supposed to send out an email about our "Beat the Clock" sale. After it was sent to over 500 people, I realized that I'd misspelled the subject line. It read, "Beat the Cock Sale." FML

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By Anonymous - 26/02/2023 18:00

Today, I was running late for work and, in my rush, spilled coffee all over my shirt. When I finally got to the office, I realized I had forgotten my laptop at home. FML

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jonnymohio 2

Monday 21 December 2009 16:19

It's hard for me to believe you've never seen the word "laptop" before. How about ads? How about the side of the box your laptop came in? How about news articles? even television ads?

Jimboom 11

Monday 21 December 2009 15:55

YDI. You should ALWAYS spell check a resume before sending it.

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SadButSoTrue 0

Tuesday 1 June 2010 5:18

YDI. My cousin is 4 and can spell Laptop correctly. You epically fail.

shotgunhr 0

Tuesday 3 August 2010 21:26

a LAPtop is because it fits in your LAP. not because they're in labs

Erijzy 0

Friday 27 August 2010 6:23

Wow

MeganCello 8

Thursday 4 November 2010 0:45

I just realized..."at" can also be an adverb, as well as a preposition.

oatmeal44 0

Thursday 25 November 2010 20:58

You're an idiot

lsheffie_fml 4

Thursday 20 January 2011 8:16

I was kind of hoping, for the sake of humanity, that English was not OP's first language. Then the grammar, spelling, flow, and apparent misunderstanding of appropriate resumé content would make more sense...

hpdrew15 9

Saturday 16 April 2011 9:58

you are an idiot

ihearticarly 0

Sunday 24 April 2011 20:04

Yeah it is kind of a dumb thing to mess up but it happens. I'm 21 and a couple years ago at my old high school we had these things called C.O.W's (computers on wheels) or we could go to a computer LAB! So I guess depending on his age maybe that's what they had in his computer labs. Laptops. So maybe that's how he got laBtop? I mean... I've been diagnosed with A.D.D so idk how clearly that thought process works for all of you... but it does for me.