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By eliteslayer29 - 21/12/2009 07:04 - United States

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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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

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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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By The Wherewolf - 08/10/2023 19:30

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

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By KereKris - 17/06/2020 14:05

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

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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

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By captainfail - 14/07/2009 15:27 - Germany

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

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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

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By Anonymous - 31/12/2013 08:08 - United States - Seattle

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

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By Oops - 14/01/2010 15:55 - United States

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

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By Anonymous - 26/02/2023 18:00

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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jonnymohio 2

Monday 21 December 2009 16:19

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 11

Monday 21 December 2009 15:55

YDI. You should ALWAYS spell check a resume before sending it.

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g3rusz 6

Monday 21 December 2009 16:23

Your daughter was right. YDI. (Also: spell check?)

soulsfirefly 8

Monday 21 December 2009 16:53

Why would it even be called a "labtop?" Even people with really terrible spelling should be able to parse how that word doesn't make sense.

YayAmerica 0

Monday 21 December 2009 16:59

You need to teach your daughter a bit more respect.

rofflewaffle 9

Friday 25 January 2013 17:28

Don't you mean resbect?

TheSpoof 0

Monday 21 December 2009 17:10

I used to think that was it also until i read your posting saying that it is laptop. Thanks

Lia_Mackenzie 4

Tuesday 22 December 2009 4:26

Fail.

tangy88 0

Monday 21 December 2009 17:10

Ahaha. This reminds me of the time my friend thought pumping was spelt as bumping.

The_Disturbed 5

Monday 21 December 2009 17:17

"Labtop"? Who sold you your laptop? Someone with a really bad cold? Yeesh. It sounds like "laPtop", so it's not exactly going to be spelt with a "b", is it?