The CV prank that never was.
I had this all planned out too, down the smallest detail.

In work I did a favor of one of our old work colleagues which involved printing off a copy of his CV. I was emailed his CV and run off a few copies, but forgot to delete his CV once I'd done it.

A week later I notice I've still got his CV here, which seemed to glint to me. I had a quiet think, then a plan was born.

I was to apply for as many jobs as possible using this CV, all with the same covering letter except for literally 2 details to differ per letter. I even made a template letter ready, which consisted of something like the following;

Dear _____,
I am contacting you in reference to looking for employment within your workplace. ###########INSERT VARIABLE SENTENCE HERE############# Please find enclosed a copy of my CV.
I hope to hear from you soon,

L


I was going to replace his address with my own and keep all copies of the refused (or indeed accepted) replies and make a website showing his current progress. Also, the jobs he was going to apply for were going to be more and more obscure, literally right up to joining the Russian Traveling Circus as "I have a keen fondness for monkeys and cages."

I wrote the webpage ready, even uploaded it at the time and printed off the first covering letter for the local sewage works (stating "I love the smell of feces in the morning"). Unfortunately, L's dad picked that moment to pass away and I didn't have the heart to do it to him. Also, since that time my office profile has been nuked and I've lost the CV, so I cannot do this again.

Oh well, there's always the next CV to come my way....
( Jeccius Steam Borderlands 2 junkie, Thu 20 Dec 2007, 12:27, Reply)