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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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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 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.

Comments

perstephane 4

Tuesday 22 December 2009 2:03

OP said the job would require him to be on the go. Meaning that either he'd have to have a laptop when going on business trips to keep and record information, or the company would have to provide him with one. He was pointing out that he already had one, so they'd be saved the expense of providing him one.

munim 0

Tuesday 22 December 2009 2:04

Your daughter's life sucks for having a father who doesn't know the spelling of laptop. Seriously.

perstephane 4

Tuesday 22 December 2009 2:05

Sorry, that was a reply to #41, but it showed up @ the bottom.

imakepornsites 0

Tuesday 22 December 2009 2:20

how old are you buddy? About 15 years ago, it wasn't incorrect to call them labtops, lots of people did. Then Best Buy, etc came around, the commercials happened and the kids decided that laptop was the only correct term. I guess maybe I just gave away that I'm way too old to be spending time on sites like fml. Oh well

floresea 0

Tuesday 22 December 2009 2:56

you know what? the people who are AGAINST how this person didn't know it was called a laptop are not being fair and are really bias i voted FML for you...whoever wrote the original fml you submitted in your resume for a job and i hope that you get that job...you certainly deserve it no matter what others think

bridgetoparadise 0

Tuesday 22 December 2009 3:45

I thought it was labtop for the longest time tooooo. Also apparently there's an old computer company called Labtop Computers Inc.

renaissancegrrl 0

Tuesday 22 December 2009 4:06

If you've seriously thought it was labtop all this time, you might want to have your hearing checked. If that clears, then have your daughter write your next resume. Serious FAIL.