Almost… What the pp means is that the letter is officially from Sandra (the recruitment advisor), but she (for whatever reason) isn’t able to sign it, so it’s been signed on her behalf by Hilary (probably one of her underlings or the secretary who typed it).
From Wikipedia: Per procurationem (“by agency”), signing a letter on somebody else’s behalf
I applied for two jobs at the BBC separated by five years. Both my rejection letters arrived with the same spelling mistake! Though neither was as funny as yours…
This guy was a total fuck-nodger, i dont even know what a fuck-nodger is but if there is such a thing as a fuck-nodger, this guy is the definition (Mr. D Paul)
Mr Paul, you fuck-nodger. this letter was sent to you as private and confidential and you have breached the terms of our communication, therefore i have no alternative choice of action than to spank you with a large cactus. please return to my office for some fun time.
Ooalal Oelananaboa OEnaobien OINEBOein Pokaiob? Car hat chicken bird face man! Pook al the time? Log bat bird fart pool basket ball mom dad fat skinny!?!?!
you’ve got to admire the british honesty surely? we can’t do the ‘have a nice day’ stuff with any sense of commitment but we are hopelessly genuine and apologetic at the same time. sorry.
more straightforward thoughts back at the blog. great site – my favourite!
It’s from a book called “The Time Waster Letters” or something whereby that fella pestered the life out of a bunch of companies by constantly sending mad letters to them. It’s a funny old laugh.
The letter is one from the Timewaster’s Letters book mentioned earlier in the comments by Furyous – the author’s site (titled on a nom de plume) is http://www.robincooper.co.uk but his name is Robert Popper.
I haven’t read it or seen it yet, but it sure looks like something worth getting my hands on.
ok… I’m not even sure why I am wasting time explaining this, but here it goes…
It constitutes a fail because he aplied for a job, and instead of getting hired, he has not only doomed that endeavor, but also managed to be probably one of the least professional person to apply for a ob (I mean, really, who calls ANY of their ex-co workers “skank ho” and think it’s going to HELP them to get hired?? Also, I’d really like to see what he did to “scare” them!) Lmao!
How NOT to interview
its not so “private and confidential” anymore..
(top left)
but she probably was a “skank ho”
The HR department are all skank ho’s
This was definitely photoshopped
That seems to be the first reaction to ANY image on this site. “Oh, it’s photoshopped.” Believe it or not, they aren’t all photoshopped, idiot.
wouldn’t need photoshop shop to do this you obviously don’t know what it is
he didn’t even make it to the interview
This sure seems like a scary guy.
at least they’re being frank about it!
fuck off imag
RUIN MINE. OH GOD PLEASE MESS UP MINE.
MANNERMANNERMANNER
ROFLROFLROFLROFLROFL
Just Excellent!!!
The letter is so british…no matter how egregious your behavior was, you’d still totally get a form letter from an american company.
I love this comment. So true.
oh reginald…. I DISAGREE
that’s pretty funny!
I don’t think this is genuine.
That’s all. I don’t hate anyone.
i don’t either. the signature says hilary and the name under it is sandra
the “p.p” next to sandra means that she typed the letter for hilary, but hilary signed it and everything. sandra was teh typist.
*the
No, I prefer “teh”! She was *teh* typist…. She’s gotta be pretty cool to type a letter like this XD
Almost… What the pp means is that the letter is officially from Sandra (the recruitment advisor), but she (for whatever reason) isn’t able to sign it, so it’s been signed on her behalf by Hilary (probably one of her underlings or the secretary who typed it).
From Wikipedia: Per procurationem (“by agency”), signing a letter on somebody else’s behalf
So the “skunk ho” is Sandra – right?
And why do you argue with yourself under lots of different names so much?
FAIL.
I demand you remove that letter immediately!!!
or you will be sorry!! I am scary you know? it says so right there.
Fail’d
Thats awesome.
http://mantivities.wordpress.com
lol. Though short-lived, great job!
x
Fly me!
Lol
Funny
I applied for two jobs at the BBC separated by five years. Both my rejection letters arrived with the same spelling mistake! Though neither was as funny as yours…
http://keithmansfield.co.uk
I don’t see the spelling mistake… enlighten me?
It’s driving me nuts!
ditto on that
Attention Getting FAIL!
I love it!
there will be some other time don’t you think !?
FAAAAAKE
(The BBC is not at that address)
A quick Google shows that both addresses at the top of the letter are correct BBC addresses.
Slacker = research fail / weak google-fu
Well, their name IS slacker. Can’t expect much of a research effort from one so named.
Hilarious!!!
Dear People,
This guy was a total fuck-nodger, i dont even know what a fuck-nodger is but if there is such a thing as a fuck-nodger, this guy is the definition (Mr. D Paul)
Mr Paul, you fuck-nodger. this letter was sent to you as private and confidential and you have breached the terms of our communication, therefore i have no alternative choice of action than to spank you with a large cactus. please return to my office for some fun time.
love Sandra
marry me
man, that’s too funny,
So now we know the name of the fat hairy guy with the guns.
i giggled, thx
That comment made me lol
I snorted!
Must be a liberal with that behavior!
At first I was shocked at what you said, then I saw your avatar and thought “Oh, that explains it! He’s a Christian!”
Somehow, hatred and fundamentalism go hand in hand.
If God is love, then why are you an angry xtian?
You have both been successfully trolled. Congratulations on knee-jerk we-hates-the-Christians-we-hates-it-forever.
@ 24: Who cares? Still funny.
I think I must start using fuck-nodger now.
i dont get it …
vittu en mä ymmärrä
DD äää muut soomalaaset heebot, jelppikää miuta.
Suomivoittaa!
Ooalal Oelananaboa OEnaobien OINEBOein Pokaiob? Car hat chicken bird face man! Pook al the time? Log bat bird fart pool basket ball mom dad fat skinny!?!?!
you’ve got to admire the british honesty surely? we can’t do the ‘have a nice day’ stuff with any sense of commitment but we are hopelessly genuine and apologetic at the same time. sorry.
more straightforward thoughts back at the blog. great site – my favourite!
pp
http://www.pastapaulie.wordpress.com
wow! its so….
fake.
“So now we know the name of the fat hairy guy with the guns.”
Ok that is the funniest thing I have ever seen here!!
skank ho! Now that’s a sure way of not getting hired.
Even if it is fake, that’s still hilarious. They’re all professional at first, and then somehow they manage to incorporate ’skank ho’
I do not think BBC understands what social media networking and Viral marketing is about.
They are still living in the dark ages of the information highway!
bwahahaha epic fail!
Thatwas beautiful
[...] Job Application FAIL [...]
Awesome!
But she IS a skank ho.
I thought media was about exposing the truth?
Must be a conservative with that behavior!
Why is the signature Hilary Oliver and P.P Sandra Hahn?
“p.p.” stands for “per procurationem” – rougly meaning “on behalf of”.
…I’d have hired him. O_o
I would have, too. Haha.
they spelled a vry important word rong
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It’s from a book called “The Time Waster Letters” or something whereby that fella pestered the life out of a bunch of companies by constantly sending mad letters to them. It’s a funny old laugh.
its not from that book, ive read the 2 books in that series like 100 times. Best books ever.
Hehehe. I can’t stop laughing about “You scare us.” lmao
Rofl. I live in Gloucester c:
Seriously though, the beeb think they’re so funny.
FAIL c:
Anyone notice that it is signed “Hilary Oliver?”
The letter is one from the Timewaster’s Letters book mentioned earlier in the comments by Furyous – the author’s site (titled on a nom de plume) is http://www.robincooper.co.uk but his name is Robert Popper.
I haven’t read it or seen it yet, but it sure looks like something worth getting my hands on.
LMAO epicfail
I love it xD
Could someone enlighten me? What word was misspelled? And how is this fail? *is confused greatly*
ok… I’m not even sure why I am wasting time explaining this, but here it goes…
It constitutes a fail because he aplied for a job, and instead of getting hired, he has not only doomed that endeavor, but also managed to be probably one of the least professional person to apply for a ob (I mean, really, who calls ANY of their ex-co workers “skank ho” and think it’s going to HELP them to get hired?? Also, I’d really like to see what he did to “scare” them!) Lmao!
Adviser is the British spelling. Advisor is the American spelling. It’s written like a Brit but perhaps the American slip suggests it’s fake?
I could have sworn “advisor” was the British spelling…
Lol, this reminds me of the upcoming Will Farrel movie “Step Brothers” when they go to a job interview..
Ha a “skank ho”
I wanna see his other projects
Sounds interesting
..That’s how my last interview went…
Also, PRIVATE AND CONFIDENTIAL epic fail.
Neologistic fail.
What if the head of human resources IS a skank ho?
Love it!
Its a nice one
I say bullshit. I got my current job by calling the head of human resources a skank ho.
That made me smile. Thank you.
fake as hell, the bbc would write such a thing lol
yes your right, the bbc WOULD write such a thing.
its a photoshop job, if you look at the paragraph that says, “you scare us” its whiter then the rest of the page… look
its a photoshop job, if you look at the paragraph that says, “you scare us” its whiter then the rest of the page… look
It’s folded idiot….look
application fail
skank ho win
photoshop it like its hot!
Hey, at least it’s not a form letter.
It’s also a “pritave & confidential fail” as all the world can see it.
That is hilarious.
He got his, for sure.
LOL—not very private and confidential!!
I live in gloucester
http://www.strangebusiness.com/content/item/1438.html
Confidential Information Fail.
photoshop fail
man, the job market is certainly rigorous these days!