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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Fall
Dead leaves, the first cold of the season and an umbrella flipped inside out: fall, the season of grace.
Today, I realized I had misspelled "Education" on all the resumes I've been submitting. 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 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
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
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 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
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 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
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
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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Top comments
jonnymohio 2
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 12
YDI. You should ALWAYS spell check a resume before sending it.
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Comments (107)
shotgunhr 0
a LAPtop is because it fits in your LAP. not because they're in labs
Erijzy 0
Wow
MeganCello 8
I just realized..."at" can also be an adverb, as well as a preposition.
oatmeal44 0
You're an idiot
lsheffie_fml 4
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
you are an idiot
ihearticarly 0
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.
writergirl23 19
American accent. Seriously.
SpeechQween94 14
Happened to me yoo
jdawg2010 0
Oh snap.