By unprofessional - 13/04/2015 05:20 - United States - Portland

Today, I filled out an online application for a internship. I didn't have all the info I need to complete it, but it wouldn't let me leave anything blank so to move along I filled in crap answers. I pressed "Save". It sent my draft in. I now have to explain that "Jesus" isn't actually my reference. FML
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GOtllt 17

YDI op... Why didn't you just put N/A in for some answers?

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Cads1 24

Is there a more credible reference than a guy who may or may not have existed a few thousand years ago?

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tintin10_fml 13

YDI.. and don't worry. they won't be calling you.

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EarlFug 19

What did you enter for his contact info?

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Blippety 23

He wasn't expecting it to be sent in; he was filling in the blanks so he could save it as a draft and fill it out properly later.

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redpanda39 10

While OP may not have meant to send in the application, the safe (and not to mention smart) thing to do would have been to just put something like N/A rather than "crap answers" that sound ridiculous. I honestly wouldn't be surprised if any online application, when saved, is still viewable to the employer, even if it's not officially submitted. The YDI comes in when he fills out stupid joke answers on a professional application, not when he accidentally submits it.

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kayj905 15

Thats your own fault, OP. Ever heard of proof reading?

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Shade1982 20

I think you completely misunderstood the post. This has nothing to do with proof-reading. OP filled in the blanks with nonsense answers on purpose to be able to save the document so he could later fill in the blanks as needed, but he didn't know pressing the 'save' also automatically submits said form without confirmation.

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joshi42 16

Eight-year-olds, Dude. (c) Walter Sobchak

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Shade1982 20

Exactly what I was saying too. A lot of people are going "YDI" on this, but this isn't a really rare occasion. I've seen plenty of application forms which ask for information you may not have handy, because you didn't expect a question like that. The nice thing of online forms (normally though, apparently not in this case) is you can save a draft to fill the rest in later. It's the digital age, this should be normal.

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