Overqualified

[Balog]

This is a collection of actual cover letters written and submitted by Joey Comeau, an artist. They’ve recently been compiled into a book, which ironically sold out to pre-orders before actually being printed.

http://www.asofterworld.com/oqarchive.php

Some of my personal favorites are http://www.asofterworld.com/oq-display.php?id=12 and http://www.asofterworld.com/oq-display.php?id=18

[bmitchell]

Wow.
I've read asofterworld but these are...wow.

Ben

[vaskidmark]

http://www.asofterworld.com/oq-display.php?id=21

But you need to ask yourself this: Does it really matter if he's been convicted of first degree murder? Could there be anything less relevant? He isn't likely to encounter his back-stabbing best friend on the job, or anything. That friend is already dead.

He's dead and buried and I have already served my time. I've paid my debt to society, and now I would like nothing more than to resume the career that I laid out in a guidance counsellor's office oh-so-many years ago.

I know just what he's talking about.

It bothers me that I know.

Maybe it's good that I retired from prison work.

stay safe.

skidmark

[Balog]

http://www.asofterworld.com/oq-display.php?id=29

"Allison, I don't know if I could stand to listen to you talk about politics for one more minute. Socialism would probably work better if everyone's mom bought their groceries."

[bedlamite]

Reminds me of Jerry Seinfelds books "Letters from a nut"

http://www.thefreelibrary.com/3+%22letters+from+a+nut%22:+Ted+L.+Nancy%27s+letters+mock+both+the+form+of...-a0100047187

[freedom lover]

http://www.asofterworld.com/oq-display.php?id=21

I know just what he's talking about.

It bothers me that I know.

Maybe it's good that I retired from prison work.

stay safe.

skidmark

Were you a CO? Did you work for the feds or your state?

[vaskidmark]

I was an Ombudsman for the state DOC.  Investigated complaints of staff failing to follow policy/procedure.  Advocated for neither administration nor inmates - merely collected evidence & wrote up suggestions for returning to compliance (could include reimbursing inmate for loss/destruction of goods, retraining staff, rewriting policy/procedure) if policy/procedure were not being followed.  Responsibility of deciding to accept what I wrote up, and authority to make changes to policy/procedure rested with others.

Both sides hated me.  I liked it that way.

Being a state government employee, I never worked.  I was employed.  Difference is not merely semantics.  (Just to totally confuse you, I was probably the only gruntled state employee.)

stay safe.

skidmark