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Post by Spruance on Oct 5, 2009 19:18:11 GMT
Some years ago, in October 1997 to be precise, Tates Fish Restaurant in Boston were having trouble holding on to staff and thus virtually the same job advert was appearing in the local paper, The Boston Target, every week. My boss was a good friend of the proprietor of Tates and sent him this spoof job application letter which apparently kept him puzzled for many weeks. i221.photobucket.com/albums/dd161/GWDAdmin1/Smilies/Default/smiley.gif Take a deep breath as (by intention) there isn't much in the way of punctuation.... i221.photobucket.com/albums/dd161/GWDAdmin1/Smilies/Default/wink.gif "Dear Sirs,
Re: Part-Time Kitchen/Restaurant Staff
With regard to your advert for a post in your Fresh Fish and Chip Restaurant also Saturday work available for which I wish to apply kindly inform me at your earliest convenience or sooner if possible however not later than next week by either phone or in writing as you wish as I am going away for a few days to help to look after my uncle's cat who took fright and ran up a pole a telegraph pole that is and not a person from Poland and is now undergoing psychiatric treatment the cat that is not my uncle but should be back by the end of the week if my car doesn't break down in the meantime in which case I might use public transport and you know what that means especially in rural areas like Boston if the post you are advertising in this weeks Target newspaper of the 15th October, 1997 is wooden or concrete.
Please reply in writing or by phone to the undersigned at your earliest convenience or sooner if possible as I am going away for a few days as previously mentioned in the application for a post in your Fresh Fish and Chip Restaurant also Saturday work available for which I wish to apply.
I remain as always
Yours in hope
Colin Teesdale-James (Mrs)"
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Post by Auricula on Oct 6, 2009 22:38:49 GMT
Did she get the job?? ;D ;D
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