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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Halloween
A failed costume, stolen candy and a very real scare: Halloween, the one night when fear is allowed.
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 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 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
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 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 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
Today, I realized I had misspelled "Education" on all the resumes I've been submitting. FML
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
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
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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Top comments
vxjazz 0
Just say it's your nickname or something. If you wrote about how intelligent you are, "Brain" might be appropriate...
Ohdear1990 0
Ummm that's why you read your letters before you send it.... you deserved that.
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Ohdear1990 0
Ummm that's why you read your letters before you send it.... you deserved that.
mattmalin11 0
He'd be like "Show-off, now i know you're lying!"
azn_pridee69 0
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 23
My name's Brian, too. :)
Shaebug12 0
my bros name Brian! attention to detail?! rely!!! what fail YDI
brokenbitch13 0
well my name is in face B-R-A-I-N!! :D
alyslove 5
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
you know what tonight is? the night we take over the world!
vxjazz 0
Just say it's your nickname or something. If you wrote about how intelligent you are, "Brain" might be appropriate...
LittleJess23 15
His new nickname should be Bad luck Brian
kmaheynoway 25
You mean Bad luck Brain?
junjouromantica 0
Just say it was a joke, no big deal.
planetearth 0
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"
reader1 0
#3 wins. No other comments are needed.
suicidekings 0
wasn't there an fml just like this not too long ago...
madbadsad 0
If he doesn't reply, obviously he's not pondering what you're pondering.
Minstrels 0
lol That sucks. :[ I've done something before where I called a man "Miss" when addressing the letter. Oops. We all make little mistakes like that. ;[
Jimboom 12
#3 FTW! Always always always proof read shit like that before you send it. Especially when it can mean the difference between getting a job and not.