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General => The Superdeep Borehole => Topic started by: bagofeyes on February 24, 2008, 11:16:45 PM

Title: I mailed off a job application letter and afterwards noticed a spelling mistake
Post by: bagofeyes on February 24, 2008, 11:16:45 PM

Instead of "Dear Mr. So-and-so" I wrote "Dead Mr. So-and-so"

 :-\

Title: Re: I mailed off a job application letter and afterwards noticed a spelling mist
Post by: Rman on February 24, 2008, 11:17:58 PM

Uh oh.

Title: Re: I mailed off a job application letter and afterwards noticed a spelling mistake
Post by: Ichirou on February 24, 2008, 11:28:16 PM

Death threat!

Title: Re: I mailed off a job application letter and afterwards noticed a spelling mistake
Post by: Ichirou on February 24, 2008, 11:32:42 PM

Maybe he'll think it's like, "Mr. So-and-so, if you do not hire me, you will be DEAD Mr. So-and-so."

Title: Re: I mailed off a job application letter and afterwards noticed a spelling mist
Post by: bagofeyes on February 24, 2008, 11:34:26 PM

Yeah, I'm gonna go along with the death threat idea just to save face. I will now send a follow-up letter threatening his wife and children.

Title: Re: I mailed off a job application letter and afterwards noticed a spelling mist
Post by: Rman on February 24, 2008, 11:36:21 PM

I'm sure they'll figure its a typo and just chuck you application in the garbage.

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Title: Re: I mailed off a job application letter and afterwards noticed a spelling mist
Post by: brawndolicious on February 25, 2008, 12:28:27 AM

I did basically the same thing once but forgot to put the contact information.

Title: Re: I mailed off a job application letter and afterwards noticed a spelling mistake
Post by: pilonv1 on February 25, 2008, 12:33:34 AM

I did that once and didn't update the date, so it was from an application a few months earlier. Chances are it will only affect your application if theres a lot of other people applying and they need to weed out the undesirable applicants.

Title: Re: I mailed off a job application letter and afterwards noticed a spelling mist
Post by: Madrun Badrun on February 25, 2008, 12:37:19 AM

Quote from: bagofeyes on February 24, 2008, 11:34:26 PM

Yeah, I'm gonna go along with the death threat idea just to save face. I will now send a follow-up letter threatening his wife and children.

 :lol

I hope this wasn't for an English teachers position? 

Title: Re: I mailed off a job application letter and afterwards noticed a spelling mist
Post by: rodi on February 25, 2008, 12:37:52 AM

 :lol

Title: Re: I mailed off a job application letter and afterwards noticed a spelling mist
Post by: bagofeyes on February 25, 2008, 12:39:10 AM

Quote from: Father_Mike on February 25, 2008, 12:37:19 AM

Quote from: bagofeyes on February 24, 2008, 11:34:26 PM

Yeah, I'm gonna go along with the death threat idea just to save face. I will now send a follow-up letter threatening his wife and children.

 :lol

I hope this wasn't for an English teachers position? 

*cough*cough*

Title: Re: I mailed off a job application letter and afterwards noticed a spelling mistake
Post by: xnikki118x on February 25, 2008, 05:47:47 AM

Honestly, the way a lot of people just skim over things like that, your error might not even be noticed. Just hope for that.

Title: Re: I mailed off a job application letter and afterwards noticed a spelling mist
Post by: CrystalGemini on February 25, 2008, 05:53:55 AM

Think about how often people on EB and GAF notice spelling and grammar mistakes.  Now apply that to a professional career employment situation.  Just sayin'.



Good luck!