Relatable, Awkward and Work: The eyeball zone

The eyeball zone

By crazylobster - 14/11/2009 16:52 - Australia

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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Same thing different taste

By jusfonzin - 16/04/2009 04:09 - United States

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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You deserved it 56 132

Attention to detail

By MelodyPW - 19/12/2022 03:00 - Algeria

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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You deserved it 393

By anonymouschicka - 01/08/2009 19:20 - United States

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

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You deserved it 54 444

By Max - 04/03/2017 22:00

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

I agree, your life sucks 4 288

You deserved it 5 462

By Anonymous - 22/09/2009 14:12 - United States

Today, I realized I had misspelled "Education" on all the resumes I've been submitting. FML

I agree, your life sucks 12 094

You deserved it 53 017

Who am I?

By Frederick - 11/10/2024 20:00 - Canada

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

I agree, your life sucks 64

You deserved it 553

By sam - 26/10/2017 08:00 - United States - Sun Prairie

Today, I realized I sent over 2 dozen job applications with my dating profile word doc instead of my resume. FML

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You deserved it 3 636

By Loser - 04/05/2009 20:15 - Canada

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

I agree, your life sucks 14 432

You deserved it 74 106

By jobless - 07/02/2010 06:12 - United States

Today, I realized after sending out countless copies of my resume to companies, I failed to add my phone number on it. FML

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You deserved it 31 741

By KayIsKiwi99 - 29/08/2016 19:00 - United States - Houston

Today, I realized after turning in my resume to over 100 job openings over the past month, that the resume I've been submitting does not have my phone number or any other contact information besides my name. FML

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You deserved it 16 216

peroxideprincess 0

Saturday 14 November 2009 20:15

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

Friday 15 July 2011 20:17

oh the eye-rony..

Comments

DameGreyWulf 0

Saturday 14 November 2009 23:08

I laughed. I laughed a lot.

nishman686 0

Saturday 14 November 2009 23:09

don't worry, no company reads cover letters anyway

cant_stand_this 0

Saturday 14 November 2009 23:09

pmsl! awww. i wrote a cover letter a few weeks ago. i got the name of the shop wrong!

beethoven_fml 0

Saturday 14 November 2009 23:11

heh heh heh

ohglory 0

Saturday 14 November 2009 23:22

few weeks huh? better open your other eye this one missed that detail!

Mauskau 35

Saturday 14 November 2009 23:25

LMFAO i need to try that

dudeitsdanny 9

Saturday 14 November 2009 23:37

Just what I was thinking.

TheTragicReturn 0

Saturday 14 November 2009 23:39

Furthermore, you screwed up the punctuation in this FML. Yes, this is indicative of SOMETHING.

devendra_fml 0

Saturday 14 November 2009 23:50

This is one of the funniest FMLs I've read in a long time, weirdly. Something about the way it's phrased-- "In addition to my leadership and teamwork capablities, I also have an eye." Heh.