Worst Person for the JobIn a week where it emerges that the new Health Secretary is a fan of the hocus-pocus that is homeopathy, tell us about people who are spectacularly out of their depth in a job. Have you ever found yourself wallowing in your own incompetence? Tell us. (Note: "Name of football manager/politician - nuff said" does not constitute an answer)
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Scaryduck LIKES EGG, Thu 6 Sep 2012, 12:48)
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Don't trust spell checkBack in school, we had prefects 'responsible' for various bits of the IT infrastructure.
A friend was applying for such a position, and had duly writing a covering letter. Not being the world's best speller, the resulting letter was a swathe of red squiggles, which he proceeded to fix by accepting the spell checker's default suggestion every time.
This proved somewhat unwise! He ended up submitting an application letter that opened:
Dear Mr Smith,
I am appalling for the job of...
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spellcheck was a bit fishy, back in the day...I submitted a piece of A-level coursework in which the surname of the subject, noted female poet Fleur Adcock, had been autoreplaced with the word "Haddock".
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Happy Phantom has been to Hastings, Brighton, and Eastbourne too, Thu 13 Sep 2012, 0:37,
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My last job we had an application containing the line"I understand this will be a demeaning position..."
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emvee cruor deo cruoris, Thu 13 Sep 2012, 2:15,
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We should have repliedsaying "Yes, it will be."
This was at the same time as the person who applied for a position in email marketing, sending us their CV and covering letter by fax.
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emvee cruor deo cruoris, Thu 13 Sep 2012, 9:42,
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I wish more applications started as honestly as this.(
Dr. Shambolic je suis charlie, Thu 13 Sep 2012, 7:55,
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