Delta Sierra

Flashback to the time I accidentally submitted an MLP birthday fic I wrote for a friend instead of my resume.

I didn't get the job.

#resume #work #hiring #employment #email #mlp

Mar 19 at 4:07pmWeb
Show threadtaco, bird/cat Mar 19
@notthatdelta i would actually pass away from embarrasment
Show threadDelta SierraMar 19
@chirpbirb I can laugh about it now but I was *mortified* when it happened!
Show threadziviMar 19
@chirpbirb @notthatdelta same
Show threadFennek | Commissions OPEN 🦊🐾Mar 19
@notthatdelta Its could works good if a mlp fan had see it xD
Show threadDelta SierraMar 19
@fennek That would have been the best hiring story EVER!
Show threadTakiro 🎨Mar 19
@notthatdelta
Apparently it wasn't safe for work.
Show threadDelta SierraMar 19

@Takiro I see what you did there!

(it was actually pretty mild, but geniuses are rarely appreciated in their time).

Show threadTakiro 🎨Mar 19
@notthatdelta
I wouldn't mind a steamy MLP story in my inbox instead of whatever garbage I usually get at work.
Show threadDelta SierraMar 19
@Takiro I mean... same?
Show threadSrolMar 19
@notthatdelta I mean they told you to keep checking their hiring board, so maybe they just felt you needed to develop a bit as an author.
Show threadDelta SierraMar 19
@srol well they could have at least given me some feedback then!
Show threadLuciano Mar 19
@notthatdelta how the fuck ​​
Show threadDelta SierraMar 19

@curiousluciano IIRC it was a case of "most recent PDF, didn't look at title, just added and hit submit"

Not one of my finer moments

Show threadLuciano Mar 19
@notthatdelta "ah sure, that's the resume"

submits mlpfanfiction.pdf
Show threadDelta SierraMar 19
@curiousluciano knowing me, it was probably *submits New Document (14).pdf*, but yeah lol
Show threadshroomie/joan (of the agaric system)Mar 19
@notthatdelta okay this is hilarious but also, may i ask, what is a birthday fic? birthday is a new genre to me
Show threadDelta SierraMar 19

@shroomie Oh I phrased that kind of weird, it was a fic I wrote for a friend as a birthday gift.

The fic itself was just like a slice of life thing with their favorite canon characters and OC, if I remember right.

Show threadLight The Unicorn!Mar 19
@notthatdelta That is an an amazing response in formal tone though!
Show threadDelta SierraMar 19
@LightTheUnicorn the veneer of professionalism never dropped once! I'll bet they were laughing like mad though.
Show threadTzimisce FleshMar 19
@notthatdelta Their loss.
Show threadDelta SierraMar 19

@flesh Think of how easily they could have pivoted from "whatever tech thing they were doing" to "publishing MLP fan fiction"!

They could have been ahead of the curve...

Show threadyouknowthatonepersonwithafaceMar 19
@notthatdelta I was mortified when I submitted a cover letter with the date from the day before (I'm still recovering from working a 21 hour Tuesday), so thank you very much for the balm to my soul.
Show threadDelta SierraMar 19

@Thatonepersonwithaface Rest assured that no matter how poorly you're doing something, someone somewhere is doing it *way worse*.

Glad I could help!

Show threadmmbyMar 20
@notthatdelta legendary