Yes, you are right, would that have been sooooo hard?
I always remember years ago I applied for a job at a bank (or maybe credit union) associated with some trade union, it was actually located in Union Square in NYC. It was a low level file clerk job, I’m sure I would have been very bad at it, and in the end I didn’t get it, which was OK.
However, what happened was this: I go on the interview, they say “we’ll let you know” and I go on my merry way. Weeks, several weeks, later I get a letter in the mail.
It was a form letter which was so rude and unfeeling, well, how can I put this? - it really stuned my beeber.
Basically it said: please be advised that we have found you to be not qualified for the position you applied for and therefore we are not offering you a job at this time.
To borrow from your post, brumuy, why could it not have said: we’re sorry to say we cannot hire you for the position you applied for, thank you for your time.
That letter made it sound like I had wasted their time, that I had been a great bother to them, and that I should pretty well go jump in a lake.
And this was a UNION, for the little guy, or so I thought!
It was very hurtfully phrased, for no reason, it was a form letter.
Now, I myself didn’t really care, I might have already found a job, I’d certainly given up on that one. But all I could think was what if my heart had been set on that bank job, what if I was counting on it, if it was my only hope? And then to get a letter like that?
Well, I’ve always been pretty conservative, but like most folks who grew up in NYC I believed in Unions, etc. That experience really opened my eyes.
I’ll never forget it, because it really was a part of the things that changed my world view.
Under some circumstances, if you’re in the mood, a hurtful letter like that could be turned into great fun.
That is, send a letter back explaining why you would never work for them, because:
1) You found the racism and sexual harassment by the interviewer to be offensive.
2) You refuse to give the interviewer a kickback in exchange for being hired, and resent being contacted by others in the bank also demanding money.
3) After having your new, unused credit card verified as part of the process, a $500 charge from a massage parlor was added to it, which forced you to cancel the card.
4) You were surprised to see other employees looking at pornography on their computers during business hours.
5) Using the restroom before leaving you were appalled at the accumulated filth within.
Therefore you request that they destroy the information you provided them, as you fear that otherwise it will be used for unlawful purposes, and for them to delete your name from their database and never to contact you again.