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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Halloween
A failed costume, stolen candy and a very real scare: Halloween, the one night when fear is allowed.
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
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 found out that I was being laid off via an email that wasn't even spell checked. FML
Today, my boss sent me some application forms to check over. After I spell-checked them and returned them, I found out they're going to be used to hire someone to replace me. FML
Today, I realized I had misspelled "Education" on all the resumes I've been submitting. FML
Today, I applied online for a position and typed, "OH&S Certificate." It autocorrected to, "OH&SHIT Certificate." I didn't notice until the site e-mailed me a copy of my completed application. They'd already received it. FML
Today, I e-mailed an employer to ask about a job I had applied for earlier. The employer in question was on vacation. The person who replied had the position which I had applied for mentioned in their signature. 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
Today, I received a series of rejection letters from jobs, one after the other. Last night, I stayed up into the wee morning hours to apply to campus jobs I'm not qualified for, because I was classified as a part-time student due to an administrative error. 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
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Top comments
Freethaawave 19
Fix the errors, send it back. Maybe they'll reconsider!
OctoDope 15
Hold on, let me go buy Rosetta Stone for that.
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Freethaawave 19
Fix the errors, send it back. Maybe they'll reconsider!
dotalover 15
i highly doubt it n if da errors were done purposely to check they would ve been tooo dam hard to spot n i wonder anybody reads tht kinda letters soo carefully
OctoDope 15
Hold on, let me go buy Rosetta Stone for that.
Kamon97 23
#8 did you write that email?
israelnotjacob 20
@12, lol I find it amusing that when I put my cursor over "Rosetta Stone" in your post, an ad for Pimsleur language-learning software comes up next to it.
OctoDope 15
Indeed, 8 might be the employer.
Freethaawave 19
#8 Lol I literally have no idea what you're trying to say..... Take two ? *pulls out clapper board*
HKCgrimmjow 15
Jesus ******* Christ #8... Please get off FML and focus on school some more. You made my brain hurt!
buttcramp 21
this is exactly what I was thinking. OP, you've got nothing to lose! I say do it, at the very least it will make you feel better lol
Robbieisadowg 16
>.< everyone, #8 was joking....
HKCgrimmjow 15
No... He wasn't. Go read his profile, he was totally serious.
ironmany_fml 23
#64, It doesn't look like he was though
carzaki27 12
Hold up, I gotta translate this on Google Translate.
PlutoFlash 8
Yeah maybe they'll reconsider seeing how you corrected them
svalaedgren 18
I think they will just take it as an insult. Doubt they will offer him a job for correcting an email.
buckeyed 20
Well, I'm sure OP is insulted so here's to getting even?
mageepaigeee44 15
14) who cares if they take it as an insult at this point? OP didn't get the job. It's worth a shot in my opinion. I would fix all the errors and send it back in a heartbeat. I did something similar when applying for my job and it actually made them reconsider and I ended up getting the job.
pureportedpear 27
Cheer up mate. Just shows how underqualified your boss would be
JBirdeye 14
You don't need that job anyways, you are obviously above their level.
boxbrandon11 20
Damn autocorrect!
tacolover97 9
It'll be okay. Maybe they sent it to the wrong person
miianah1 22
Isn't your profile picture that girl Sarah Ellen (I hope that's her name)
permaband_usr 14
off topic... miianah you could be right. All I know is that the original image is on multiple stock photo sites.
ThisIsKitt3n 6
Remembers me of a e-mail I got from a 'programming university', I couldn't read it because the HTML code didn't let me.
Welshite 40
Does it remember you when you were learned to read too?
ThisIsKitt3n 6
Yeah, they teached me how to read broken HTML code and got in the way of everything, including when it looked like an alphabet soup.
Axipiter 24
With that last one, I'm having a really hard time figuring out if 40 is serious or not...
djkazic 5
HTML isn't code in the sense of being a programming language. It's a markup language like YAML. *scurries back in programmer cave*
ironmany_fml 23
dafuq is YAML? have heard of HTML, XAML , XML... never heard of YAML...
Axipiter 24
It's like YOLO, only better.
OctoDope 15
Hippocrites
Fuaaad1994 31
*Hypocrites Sorry, it was bugging me
TourettesGuyFTW 26
I think he meant Hippocrates, the really really old guy. I think he might be dead actually.
HortonThelephant 15
*Hippogriffs!
fballdt16 9
Buckbeak!
anyoldnamewilldo 23
Fix the errors and then send it back saying that you are sorry you can't take the job because you are obviously OVER qualified.
masterof1 7
Error 404 intelligence not found
abbey728 16
Maybe they're scared you're better than them, which you apparently are.