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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Fall
Dead leaves, the first cold of the season and an umbrella flipped inside out: fall, the season of grace.
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
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
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
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
Today, I realized I had misspelled "Education" on all the resumes I've been submitting. FML
Today, I think I've figured out why I haven't had any replies to my job applications, or just weird ones. I was sending them from an old email address, which is something like "69_party_dude_420@…" (that's not the actual address, so don't @ me!) instead of my professional one, which is listed on my CV. FML
Today, I realized I sent over 2 dozen job applications with my dating profile word doc instead of my resume. FML
Today, I realized after sending out countless copies of my resume to companies, I failed to add my phone number on it. FML
Today, I decided to modify my resume since I've handed out over 30 of them in the past couple of weeks and I haven't gotten any calls back. As soon as I opened it on word document, I noticed that I had forgotten to include my phone number for employers to contact me. FML
Today, I got a job! When they sent me the offer letter, I sent it back ASAP after being satisfied with the salary and benefits. My problem? I wrote that I'd accepted the wrong position (in the interview it went by different names) The irony? I'm supposed to be in QC, ie., I'm supposed to have a keen eye for errors. FML
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Top comments
peroxideprincess 0
hmm...meaning you really don't have an eye for detail...but you do have eyes. so, what you sent out is basically correct. :)
abes22 0
oh the eye-rony..
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Comments (86)
ginwl 0
Oh the irony. I guess you demonstrated that you certainly don't have an eye for detail. (no 's' on the end of detail. Not much of a perfectionist, are you?)
endless_text 0
I wanted to say this, but you beat me to it. ^_^
Peroxide 3
Wrong. You didn't get a reply because they were hiring people with 2 eyes. Your single eye didn't make the cut. Pirate discrimination?
DarkJoy_fml 5
This made me giggle a lot. Thank u for allowing your misfortune to brighten my day :)
Phil_McCracken 0
Cyclops FTW!
FPsLife 5
Your whispering eye?
Let_it_Be1 0
enhanced this post!
jem1991 0
Win!
hello1324 0
looks like somebody lied about having an eye for details....
lostfaithinpppl 19
Ok, this one made me roll on the floor laughing until my cheeks hurt. OP, while I feel sorry for you this is unquestionably YDI. I'm going to go laugh some more :D
SarcasticAvenger 9
I laughed so hard, I almost peed my pants! OP, I'll see your eye, and raise you another eye, a nose, a mouth and two ears!
ShannaBanana17 0
Haha, this made me laugh. You should probably have proof read it before sending several out though. Especially something as important as a resume'.
drybamboo 0
Wow. I burst out laughing for a good five seconds.
nick339 0
This should become an extension of Muphry's law.