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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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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thekraken 0
HAHA #3. Egads Brain! NARF!
Kitty34_fml 0
I feel for you. Sometimes, when you've been writing for a while, proofreading does nothing. I've had a few mistakes where I've proofread cover letters over and over yet I STILL make typos. It's best to write it, leave it for a day, then proofread it. It'll be easier to catch your mistakes that way.
quackquackquac 0
#3 wins.
AK 2
>> After hitting send, I reread the letter Wrong order.
Oriina 0
Usually you read it over and /then/ send it... especially if it's to a possible employer.
hootersgirl09 0
i dont get #3's comment????
kingsolomon89 0
i don't believe this one. the same thing happened in the movie "Igor"
Jem0_0 0
Wow how ironic
Jem0_0 0
#59, that's a 'Pinky & the Brain' reference
Epic_Fail_Sauce 0
after hitting send... fail