IN BOX (1) - JOB INQUIRY

Shit, I just have an Associate's and I could write better than that by fifth grade.

 

"I wrote covered sports at the [USU] newspaper for a year."

He reported on wagon races in the Old West?

 

Fuck it, he can have my job.

 

Sounds like this guy was using some potent potables when he wrote that...

 

"I'll take 'Unemployment Benefits By State' for $200, Alex."

 

i can't believe all you people, he probably tries really hard.

 

Everyone's making jokes (which they should) but it's also pretty damn sad that someone with a degree in any subject from an institution of higher learning can't communicate properly via the written word.

When I was preps editor at my first paper, the boss hired someone right out of school with a degree in journalism because they were a minority and he wanted to fill a part-time opening. This "writer" could not construct a sentence properly, even to the point of not knowing that a period ended a sentence.

And to cover his ass, the boss told me it was my job to build the paper trail to fire said part-timer. He wanted to be insulated from his shitty hire.

 

He was probably nervous. True, the guy needs to proofread his stuff before sending it to a potential employer, but from time-to-time, everyone writes like an illiterate during times of high stress.

... Or is that just me? Shit, I picked the wrong occupation ... :'(

 

Here's a somewhat-related threadjack that made me think about this very topic:

From the very bottom of Matthew Berry's Week 7 Fantasy Football column on ESPN.com (my bolding):

 

That. Was. Awesome.

I wish Berry would have printed the full name, so I could make sure David from Phoenix never works anywhere I do.

 

This is just flabbergasting.

 

how do we know the e-mailer isn't female.

have her send you a pic.