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Overqualified
Overqualified | Joey Comeau
2 posts | 7 read | 6 to read
Cover letters are all the same. They're useless. You write the same lies over and over again, listing the store-bought parts of yourself that you respect the least. God knows how they tell anyone apart, but this is how it's done. And then one day a car comes out of nowhere, and suddenly everything changes and you don't know if he'll ever wake up. You get out of bed in the morning, and when you sit down to write another paint-by-numbers cover letter, something entirely different comes out. You start threatening instead of begging. You tell impolite jokes. You talk about your childhood and your sexual fantasies. You sign your real name and you put yourself honestly into letter after letter and there is no way you are ever going to get this job. Not with a letter like this. And you send it anyway.
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Overqualified | Joey Comeau
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I am writing to apply for the position of bookkeeper. Attached, you will find my list of qualifications. I have been keeping books for four years now, and I am never going to give them back. - Joey Comeau #books

Soubhiville I would also like to apply, but ill need to change it to 40 years... 8y
DivineDiana @Soubhiville Ha ha! I was thinking the same thing! 8y
BookishClaire What a great quote!! 8y
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Haweller I seem to be under qualified for this position considering my peers but I think I could fill the position of assistant bookkeeper. 8y
Graciouswarriorprincess I would apply too but with 40 years experience and as a librarian, my job is to keep books!👌😀❤️ 8y
Blair_Reads I love this photo and quote! 8y
BookBabe 📚📚😁 love this! 🙌🏻📚📚 8y
Zelma 😂 I definitely need to up my game for this job title at home. 8y
Procrastireader You know me! 8y
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Ampersandman
Overqualified | Joey Comeau
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I don't know if anything rankles me more than the gross insincerity of writing a cover letter. Maybe that's why I love this fucking book. Dark, but funny as hell. A kind of epistolary novel where our most insincere mode of communication becomes our most honest.