Applicant E-Mails

[gametheoryguy]

A quick one from the admissions counselor days, I think I can get away with this:

Tip to potential college applicants. If the e-mail address at the top of your application is "Imgoingtoprinceton @ server.com," and I'm not a counselor at Princeton...we've started off on the wrong foot, haven't we? Thankfully not from my region so I was done with him after the interview.

Now, to protect the innocent, the address has been changed but it was actually even more tool-ish than that...

[bainsidhe]

Something like "IKickPuppies@ImaJerkface.com" while applying to veterinary school?

[CrazedClerkthe2nd]

How about applying for a church position with an email like "hotsexymama44@yahoo.com"?

[infinitemonkies]

I had a really stupid roommate who would apply for jobs from his email account "fuckworkingforaliving"@<freeemailprovider>.co m

He was later denied welfare because he knowingly filled out the forms incorrectly.

[JLRodgers]

Eh, it could be worse.... there was a business in my town who instead of using e-mails at their domain, used a free e-mail provider.... and the women (secretary) has some personal e-mail like "hot lips" or something like that she uses for business too.

So yep, you e-mail to find out how to donate money to help out or something and you'd get a reply from something like "hot lips". I told them they needed to change it.... panel of like 12 people got together and their conclusion was "hot lips" was a-ok for a business e-mail address (that was really a secretary's personal e-mail....).


I've even gotten e-mails like "woods_suck".... from a cabin rental place in the woods.

[bubblelittlepally]

I still come across people who send their resumes to employers from e-mails like "420smoka4lyfe@somemail.com" or some other stupid things. I got a resume from someone with a name similar to "bigbootycheeks###@somemail.com".

[BookstoreEscapee]

This is why my email is simply firstnamelastinitial@whatever dot com (or firstnamemiddleinitial for my secondary email, since my last initial was taken).

[technical.angel]

I've always had, in my slew of Yahoo! addresses, a firstinitallastname@yahoo.com.

Now, I have a firstname.lastname@gmail.com. It's forwarded to my main acct, but it's a separate addy I can give.

[TonyDonuts]

I had a young man apply for an assistant manager post when I worked for the Hut.

His e-mail? Ilikifyousuk24@<free-mailservice>.com

I don't know what's more shocking. That he used that on a resume, or that he's not the only person with that address.

Unless "24" has some hidden meaning nobody's briefed me on before?

[Primer]

Unless "24" has some hidden meaning nobody's briefed me on before?

He's dyslexic and has ADD?

(420 -> 240 ->24hey look, a bunny!)

[Fufu487]

When I was doing hiring, applications would have stupid email addresses ont hem all the time. I also did employment counselling for a bit, and can write a wicked resume. If it isnt professional, DONT PUT IT ON YOUR RESUME. you'd think this is common sense, but as this site proves.......some people have no such thing.

Some good ones (my not be word for word but abouts what I've received):

sexylilshorty@email.co m

hott_stuff_48576@email.co m

cougar_4_u@hotmail.co m <-- this one IS word for word, I remember it, and
a cougar she was not

guess_wat_my_tongue_do@email.co m <-- again, not making THIS one up

hardcorehustler@email.co m

[bainsidhe]

Maybe the "24" was, as in, 24/7? Dunno.

[Mr Hero]

How about applying for a church position with an email like "hotsexymama44@yahoo.com"?

With a user name like that, I assume the position is missionary?

[dalesys]

With a user name like that, I assume the position is not missionary?

fixed you for it

[ta2ooed1]

(420 -> 240 ->24hey look, a bunny!)

With a pancake on it's head?