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The boss showed me the shop floor, complete with loose floor tiles, out-of-date equipment and prospective colleagues eyeing me like a raw steak. "Christ, what a craphole", I said. I think that's the moment I blew it. Tell us how you didn't get the job.

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(I helped save b3ta! Scaryduck LIKES EGG, Thu 21 Nov 2013, 13:06)
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When we were looking for an email marketer at my last company
One applicant sent in their CV and covering letter by fax
(I helped save b3ta! emvee cruor deo cruoris, Thu 21 Nov 2013, 17:14, 17 replies)
Your story is 'I asked someone to apply for a job and someone applied'?

(I helped save b3ta! Amorous Badger NAKED BEA ARTHUR PHOTOS 4U, Thu 21 Nov 2013, 17:34, closed)
Yes, there's nothing ironic whatsoever about an email marketer faxing an application.

(I helped save b3ta! The Awful Puppy Bakery is still bored, Thu 21 Nov 2013, 17:44, closed)
What if he'd posted it?
WHAT THEN?!
(I helped save b3ta! Amorous Badger NAKED BEA ARTHUR PHOTOS 4U, Thu 21 Nov 2013, 17:45, closed)
Don't be silly. It's a job application, not a postcard.

(I helped save b3ta! The Awful Puppy Bakery is still bored, Thu 21 Nov 2013, 18:01, closed)
So... You received it?

(I helped save b3ta! GeordieJay Bummers are deaf, Thu 21 Nov 2013, 17:36, closed)
Did the job advertisement specify a particular method by which to submit an application?

(I helped save b3ta! BraynDedd Natasha Kaplinsky's labia majora, Thu 21 Nov 2013, 18:07, closed)
He was supposed to get some poor trafficked girl to stick it up her vajoo
and waddle it over to Emvee
(Roger McGough-Pipe, Thu 21 Nov 2013, 18:24, closed)
Fucking hell, I'm clicking this
because the word "vajoo" just made me snort.
(I helped save b3ta! Fork Has lost his bash virginity!, Tue 26 Nov 2013, 20:32, closed)
what happened next!

(I helped save b3ta! The Mock TurtIe ™ --- Thinks you are a cunt, on, Thu 21 Nov 2013, 19:40, closed)
Best username ever

(McChinaman banned, Thu 21 Nov 2013, 21:58, closed)
I only changed it for a cheap laugh
www.b3ta.com/questions/attentionwhore/post2147385
(I helped save b3ta! The Mock TurtIe ™ --- Thinks you are a cunt, on, Fri 22 Nov 2013, 16:46, closed)
I once had to hire a lorry driver
And one idiot turned up on a push-bike!!!!
(Eukanuba, Thu 21 Nov 2013, 20:52, closed)
Fax machines are the tech of the future.


Edit: were you going to pay someone to produce spam email? You monster.
(I helped save b3ta! monster munch person, man, woman... camera... TV?, Fri 22 Nov 2013, 9:31, closed)
Never unsolicited
It was for people who had signed up to our various mailing lists
(I helped save b3ta! emvee cruor deo cruoris, Fri 22 Nov 2013, 10:01, closed)
It's terribly sweet the way you keep saying 'our' and 'we'.

(I helped save b3ta! Dr. Shambolic je suis charlie, Fri 22 Nov 2013, 10:03, closed)
Put away the white dress, Doc.
I don't think he wants to marry you.
(I helped save b3ta! monster munch person, man, woman... camera... TV?, Fri 22 Nov 2013, 10:33, closed)
No 'I' in team Shambles. The director is as important as the bloke who wipes down the limited edition Darth Vader.

(I helped save b3ta! Amorous Badger NAKED BEA ARTHUR PHOTOS 4U, Fri 22 Nov 2013, 14:17, closed)

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