Work: Today, I sent a cover letter to a potential employer. In the...

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 56 130

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Same thing different taste

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

I agree, your life sucks 11 254

You deserved it 54 439

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 4 287

You deserved it 5 460

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

I agree, your life sucks 10 551

You deserved it 31 603

At least they're reading them…

By Typidiot - 25/10/2017 01:37

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

I agree, your life sucks 1 751

You deserved it 2 678

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

I agree, your life sucks 726

You deserved it 392

By Amk - 28/04/2017 07:00 - United States - Fayetteville

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

I agree, your life sucks 3 663

You deserved it 580

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 53 012

Classic

By Can't Spell Worth A Damn - 06/03/2009 18:53 - United States

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

I agree, your life sucks 30 750

You deserved it 41 829

By LoveBytes - 27/03/2012 21:29 - Canada - Victoria

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

I agree, your life sucks 8 678

You deserved it 44 155

Thanks, I hate it

By PiMan - 19/01/2010 19:20 - United States

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

I agree, your life sucks 31 153

You deserved it 3 119

vxjazz 0

Thursday 16 April 2009 12:23

Just say it's your nickname or something. If you wrote about how intelligent you are, "Brain" might be appropriate...

Ohdear1990 0

Thursday 16 April 2009 12:12

Ummm that's why you read your letters before you send it.... you deserved that.

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fueledbyamy 0

Thursday 16 April 2009 19:59

sucks to be you. lol.

krankypoptart 0

Thursday 16 April 2009 20:48

we all make that mistake, but uhmm... thats called proofreading. not an FML. YDI for bragging.

basketballbabee 0

Thursday 16 April 2009 20:53

I do that sometimes, but it's your own name. Ironic, seeing as you clearly don't have a brain. Proof-read?

Miss_Tyff 0

Thursday 16 April 2009 21:15

This is why you always always always proof read your resumes and cover letters before sending them. Don't expect a call back from them. lol

kellster 2

Thursday 16 April 2009 21:32

I feel your pain! I have an ex named Brian and I always used to mistype his name as Brain, haha.

xRUINERx 0

Thursday 16 April 2009 22:21

Lol thats sucha huge fail.

BboyHero 0

Thursday 16 April 2009 22:25

if ur lucky he will misread it and think it says brian

Quinnjamin 0

Thursday 16 April 2009 22:39

Agreed #27 and #29

dan81892 2

Thursday 16 April 2009 22:47

why would you reread your letter after you send it and not before?

b5200 0

Thursday 16 April 2009 23:55

You typed your name in full caps and with dashes? I don't think they would have accepted you anyway. (If you have such great writing skills you should know how to use quotation marks). Regardless if it's not too late try playing it off as a joke.