You Got The Job!
-submitted by Darci, who sent this e-mail to the person interviewing her for a new job. The last sentence was supposed to read: “I am looking forward to speaking with you.” Whoops!
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Would live to know their reply to that!
I bet you got the job. Even though you didn’t spell suitable correctly either.. do’h!
Good eye, I didn’t even catch that suable wasn’t suitable…
Wow I should really be more forward in my job searches. I’ve been far too passive!
Sleeping with someone at work can be “suable” (sic)
Major whoopsie
I did catch that suitable was misspelled, but thought that was the oops, then i saw the sleeping. note to all, re-read your e-mails before you press send.
I thought that was the fail, too… then i saw the real fail.
Haha, nice one!
So did you get the job? LOL
I hope you didn’t get the job. You probably did, or else you wouldn’t be posting it, though.
A large number of people who are smart enough to proofread their e-mails deserve this job more than you. People who send e-mails with glaring errors annoy me.
way to take this way more seriously than you should ^^
I agree with you. Be professional. Its not that difficult to re-read a 4 sentence email and if it is, how did you get through college- hell even high school!? And is it that difficult to send an email from your computer that doesnt autofuckup?
It’s also not that difficult to put an apostrophe when writing “it’s”.
Schooled!
A large number of people may be smarter than Darci. Pity you’re not one of them.
This. Exactly. With all the COMPETENT people out there needing work, how do careless idiots who can’t be bothered to put out the effort to get it right manage to get and keep jobs?
Maybe they have the skills to do the job and make the company money, and the interviewer and/or employer is not as anal as you about a few typos in an email.
Remind me not to do business with your employer, since they apparently don’t care to have things done CORRECTLY or pay attention to the details of doing things RIGHT.
you people are fucking idiots. let’s just assume this girl is a fucking moron, and can’t do anything right because she didn’t re-read her email. It was an honest mistake, so take the sticks out of your asses.
i bet she re-reads her emails now. lol
They may care to have IMPORTANT things done correctly. Like, for example, things that are involved with being a Cafe Host at Pixar. Note: meticulous emailing skills are not typically involved in being a Cafe Host.
Hiring managers are smart enough to gauge prospectives based on RELEVANT skills. Being good at a job doesn’t mean being good at every task ever. Ask doctors about their handwriting sometime.
It’s for a cafe hostess position, NOT rocket science, I’m sure the interviewer has seen worse emails.
Although I promised never to use such a cliche phrase, lighten up.
on the one hand, if you’re writing a letter to a potential employer, you’d do well to take five minutes to read it over a couple times. personally, i’m so paranoid about e-mails like that i read them about 15 times before second.
on the other hand, if you’re giving lectures and self-righteous speeches in the comment section on DYAC, you need to seriously chill.
Hey, ELHAT! DYAC is a valuable teaching tool!
*trolling
15 times before second? DYAC!
FAIL
I wouldn’t hire her…. but obviously, I’m a grandma
She was probably just nervous…not an un-hirable offense. But still, it’s not like they couldn’t fire her if the pattern of incompetence continued.
Bottom line, when doing something for work, ALWAYS use correct spelling and grammar to the best of your ability.
On the other hand, if someone’s that careless at the point where they most need to impress you with their competence, etc., do you really want to take the risk of turning them loose on your customers?
lets crucify her!
we get it, you’re a pretentious douchebag, who needs to chastise people for their mistakes. Relax, she didn’t accidentally kill someone.
Ummm yeah… I agree with those who say this is an unhirable offense. Sure, she made a mistake, and that happens, but employers are generally anal douche bags. I’ve been refused another interview when I’ve had to miss one for EMERGENCIES (got into a car accident, though minor, made me miss my last interview and I tried to call to tell them but the phone was continuously busy…. Finally got through, left a message, never got a call back).
Hmph. Probably about the only way one CAN get a job these days…
did anyone even catch WHERE she got a job?
I’d sleep with someone to work there
TRUE!
Yeahhhh, this is why you never reply to job e-mails on an iphone. Even if everything was spelled correctly just seeing ‘Sent from my iphone’ makes it look like you don’t take the time to take the e-mail seriously. Hope you didn’t get the job
People in the professional word use iPhones and the blackberry quite often these days to reply to texts. How is this unprofessional?
How can anyone “hope she didn’t get the job” because she made a spelling mistake? With the state of unemployment in the US right now, how could anyone wish this upon someone for such a minor offense? I understand the need for professionalism and correct usage of spelling and grammer in the workplace, but have you who wished that this woman did not get the job ever thought that perhaps she is truly deserving of the position and made an honest mistake in her correspondence?
This.
Darci, you should have reread this before sending. The fact you didn’t makes my day though.
My iPhone signature is cocky and pompous, but it works.
“Sent from my mobile. Please be tolerant of conciseness and typos.”
I wrote “typeos” for the first year I had that phone. I thought that was how you spelled it. Proof the signature, too.
hah, can I have this job?
I would love to see the reply.
P.S. The position was at Pixar, based on the email address to which it was sent.
Hey all you guys who are really ganging up on her…. your on Damn you autocorrect to LAUGH…. thus why this was posted, to make you laugh
one persons honest mistake in exchange of a few good laughs!!!
DYAC, your still funny to me!
Wow. I know even business use texting these days, but that doesn’t mean you shouldn’t proofread something as important as a note to a potential employer.
people, chill! seriously
1. Chill people.
2. It’s funny and note worthy, people are going to remember this. (not u and I people but people at Pixar)
3. It made such an impression that Lee Unkrich tweet about it.
4. No one got killed by this.
“I look forward to sleeping with you.”
If that means I get a job at Pixar then shit I’ll sleep with every single one of my potential coworkers. It would be one amazing orgy. LOL