'Please Feel Free to Fucking Contact Me': the Worst Cover Letter of All Time
It's hard out there for job-seekers, we know. How can you stand out in a crowd? How do you impress an employer? What's the best way to communicate your skills and your passions? Here's our advice: don't write a cover letter that ends with the words "thanks cunt!"
A tipster working at a Houston-based creative agency emailed us this missive from the front lines this afternoon. There's a lot of hyperbole out there on the internet, but this is, actually the worst cover letter of all time—not only is it profane, poorly punctuated and rude, the applicant didn't even include her resume or writing samples. (Even if your job-hunting strategy involves calling prospective employers "cunt," you have to pay attention to little details like that.)
Good morning [REDACTED],
Attached is my resume, along with a few writing samples. If you have any questions, please feel free to fucking contact me at [REDACTED]. And if you dont im gonna be fucking pissed!! So come on stop bullshitting and call me ;)
Thanks Cunt!
We emailed the letter's author (who had never met our tipster, or any of her coworkers) to find out what happened. (Our guess: a jokey draft that was never supposed to be sent in the first place.) Here's the original screenshot: