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The Rejection Letter - What to do?

Ok, for everyone that is still employed and not looking to find a new job, put on your imagination cap and help me with this situation.

What should I do with the next rejection letter that comes my way? Now, usually I don't even open them and just throw them out. But I'm thinking it's time to have a little fun with the dreaded "Rejection Letter." See, I should be getting one next week from the last interview from hell where "Poodle Head" the HR lady, was having an internal battle with the head hunter, which means that no way in hell she was going to hire someone qualified (aka "me").

So, when Poodle Head's rejection letter comes, pug66er recommends that I just fold it up unopened, put it in a new envelope and send it right back to Poodle Head. I'll include my return address so she sees that it wasn't a postal non-delivery error. That might freak her out somewhat, but maybe I can do something even weirder?

With the creativity, cynicism, and smartness of the people on this board, let's hear some recommendations on what I should do with the next rejection letter. Remember, I want to stick it to "the man" good.

Napoleon

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Well I am unemployed
Submitted by madashell on Fri, 02/10/2006 - 20:55.

But I hope I still have an imagination lol.....This could thought of as stalking, but it might be fun to find "The Man's" home address and stick the unopened envelope on his front door...

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Well I am unemployed
Submitted by slavegirl on Fri, 02/10/2006 - 21:19.

Turn about is fair play. Send poodle head a rejuection letter! Don't sign it. You'll feel better and she'll never be able to prove it was you.

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I don't know
Submitted by juliewess on Fri, 02/10/2006 - 23:01.

if this will be helpful but here is what you can do. You know those job websites like Monster where they tell employers what they need to do to get and keep good employees? Well they have all sorts of tidbits like how to politely send a rejection letter because word gets around that your company is an asshole if you send rude rejection letters...so, go on one of those sites where they tell EMPLOYERS how to treat potential job applicants with respect. Print out the article and send it to poodle head.

Here is what I once did. They had this six week series in a newspaper about retaining your employees and what you needed to do to keep good help. I cut out each and every article, added a few notes in the margin with my personal opinions and sent the letters to the CEO of this shitty company I had worked for. I did this for 6 weeks, even put my return address. Never heard a thing but it made me feel better.

FUCK 'EM ALL.

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Rejection Letter Ideas
Submitted by darthsidious on Sat, 02/11/2006 - 02:39.

1) Send them a letter in some obscure foreign language. Then follow up to see if they understood it. Tell them it was a test of their diversity and since they obviously didn't understand the letter then its a good thing they rejected you because there is no way you could work in such a non-diverse working environment.
2) If after the interview you decide you don't want the job or that you didn't get the job, you can send them a rejection letter of your own, preferably before you receive their rejection letter.
3) You can take some choclate and smear it on the rejection letter like you wiped your ass with it and send it to them to let them know how you really feel.
4) You can send the clipping of other jobs you are interested in and state that those jobs are infinitely better than their piss ant job.

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At my company recently the be
Submitted by Evil_luna on Sat, 02/11/2006 - 10:31.

At my company recently the best thing happened - someone came for an interview and they were being sent a rejection letter. The fucking stupid people on that office sent the letter, but on the bottom of the letter was a footer where the eltter was saved to, under the title 'thanks but no thanks'.

The woman in question sent the letter back, saying how unprofessional it was to have this (I didnt see it unfortunately) and i was SOOOO glad that for once this was done by someone else! How fucking thick can you get??

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