We've all been there - a job we've really wanted just isn't meant to be ours and it seems we just want to let rip on why the employer was wrong about us.
But when we've had a bit of time to calm down - and maybe a glass of wine or two - we don't actually hit send on our draft email response, as much as we've wanted to.
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But one job candidate did just that. The candidate, who received a rejection letter to a head chef position replied with a "f**k you" to his prospective recruiter.
A mere 15 minutes after they were rejected for the position of head chef at swanky London pub and hotel chain Cubitt House, the hopeful candidate responded with the sweary reply.
Let's be honest, it's an email we've all been tempted to send.
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Restaurant recruiter Claudia Narder posted the exchange on LinkedIn, including a write-up of the rejection email that started the humorous exchange.
In the rejection letter, she wrote: "Unfortunately after careful deliberation we will not be progressing with your application any further.
"We have had an excellent response to our advertising activity and we felt that other candidates better suited our current requirements for this role.
"We thank you for your application and wish you best of luck in your job search."
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Claudia said, of the reply: "I've never had a response [to a job rejection] like this. You will have people coming back to you saying, 'actually I think I am suitable' and being a bit more abrupt, but never on this level.
"I believe this was a one-off. He might have had a bad day. He might have had rejections from hundreds of other jobs on the same day and that's completely understandable."
Claudia added that she'd shared the experience online to see if it had happened to anyone else but commenters took the side of the candidate, saying that the letter was "generic and annoying".
Many people told Claudia that she had not given any feedback at all and that she was 'bragging' about her successful advertising activity.
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She said: "What shocked me the most was not the candidate's reply, as we get all sorts of replies, but it was the feedback that came in from people on my post.
"They were condoning it and saying it was correct for the candidate to use the F word and using abusive language that you wouldn't use anywhere else.
"I understand my response was pretty generic but it was nice and polite."
One commenter wrote: "This isn't feedback. It's a very generic and annoying rejection email template trying to be nice.
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"Bit of a humble brag as well with, 'we had excellent response to our advertising activity'."
While another commented: "Agree that the candidate is inappropriate and totally unacceptable, however an automated generic mail merged 'other candidates were more suitable' template response isn't really feedback is it?"
But Claudia has vowed to take on board the feedback and adjust her response by inviting rejected candidates to request specific feedback on their applications.
She added: "I've changed the way I do things now. It is a little bit silly to think I can send a personalised response to everybody - it is a templated response.
"I have had some candidates getting back to me saying, 'actually yes, can you be a little bit more specific' and then we've started a conversation.
"This has helped me to do my job better, so it has been positive."
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