# Spelling, cover letters, and sheer mortification **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [October 19, 2011, 2:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spelling-cover-letters-and-sheer-mortification/600142 "2011-10-19T14:29:15Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 2\ **Page:** 7
**Author:** ![Sparky812](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/eb9ed0/32.png) [@Sparky812](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sparky812)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2011, 11:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spelling-cover-letters-and-sheer-mortification/600142/121 "2011-10-24T11:30:28Z")
> [@smiling\_bandit](#): > > Y’know what, fuck it. I’m tired of trying things for bitches who criticize, but do nothing else, to dump on me for it. How books do you have published, **Snow Pea**? How many books have you been paid to work on, **Bob Ducca**? How many have you developed, hmmm? > > I doubt you have the slightest clue how any work starts out, or how even the very good titles look like shit at first. When you can write like Shakespeare without long, long processes of editing and feedback, then feel free to come back and criticize me. Dude, maybe it’s not your spelling or poor attitude that’s the problem. It’s you reading comprehension! This is The BBQ Pit! ---
**Author:** ![don\_t\_ask](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e68b1a/32.png) [@don\_t\_ask](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/don_t_ask)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2011, 11:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spelling-cover-letters-and-sheer-mortification/600142/122 "2011-10-24T11:59:41Z")
At work we mock stupidity in job applications. Still the heavyweight champion is the guy who, for one of the job essentials, lauded himself on his “attantion of detail.” Genius. Culled. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spelling-cover-letters-and-sheer-mortification/600142.md?page=6)