We don’t know whether to laugh or cry at these 17 brutal professional rejections

10.

Too many to remember. Been told I had no talent, that I should quit, that I was “too black” to do what I wanted to do, etc.

Last I checked, the folks that told me that all left the entertainment business.

The “too black” lady left first, hahahahah. https://t.co/wBfkp5pt4B

— Hilluminati (@bryanedwardhill) November 30, 2020

11.

Not sure if this counts, but I applied for a job at a cat shelter (before I knew I was allergic). I got a rejection letter from the owner’s cat.

In character.

Wishing me all the luck in my future endeav-purrs and all that. pic.twitter.com/ZuSr8urP1v

— Don Fardo (@fardmuhammad) November 29, 2020

12.

once when auditioning for a ballet company the two people running the audition came and stood next to me while I was at barre and looked like they liked me and then one said ‘but her feet’ and they crossed my name off the list in front of me 😇

— danielle weisberg (@danielleweisber) November 30, 2020

13.

Had some brutal coverage close with “the line by line writing is good, which makes the overall incompetence of the script puzzling.”

— Hannakin Drew (@HJad_victoriam) November 30, 2020

14.

Job rejection letter where they hadn't paid enough postage so I queued up at the post depot and paid for it myself, assuming it was probably my mum sending me some chocolate or a nice pair of winter socks https://t.co/QnXKj5fiVX

— Victoria Smith (@glosswitch) November 30, 2020

15.

not the worst, but the funniest was being told i wasn’t ready to write 100-word “what’s on TV tonight” captions https://t.co/5XXQmV2WwG

— Sean Gentille (@seangentille) November 30, 2020

16.

I don't think I will ever beat the editor in chief of Marvel telling me at my first portfolio review at SDCC in 1987 that I should give up and be a plumber. https://t.co/Ft7Iald0IJ

— Rantz A. Hoseley (@MysteryCr8tve) November 30, 2020

17.

I was offered head writer on a thing then asked to submit some other names for the staff, named some great friends, then they retracted my offer and just hired all the other people instead. On another show I got fired before we started and replaced with someone’s spouse.

— T.J. Chambers (@tjchambersLA) November 29, 2020

We’d love to know more about this, but we’re sort of afraid to ask.

I was show running/directing a pilot and the star threw an apple at my testicles. Direct hit. Maximum impact. Still had to direct them for three more days and deliver cut.

— andrew gurland (@andrewgurland) November 29, 2020

Go and check out the whole thread. It’s a goldmine – or a something mine – of awful humanity.

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