Dead cert for that new job?

It’s been doing the rounds on the internet for a while it seems, but recruiter.co.uk was quite amused (and slightly distressed) at one of the most bizarre job application letters you’ll ever likely see…
Fri, 16 Aug 2013
It’s been doing the rounds on the internet for a while it seems, but recruiter.co.uk was quite amused (and slightly distressed) at one of the most bizarre job application letters you’ll ever likely see…
 
A picture of the letter – where the applicant and company name are hidden - is available online in a myriad of places.
 
It reads:
 
Application for Employment

I refer to the recent death of the Technical Manager at your company and hereby apply for the replacement of the deceased Manager.

Each time I apply for a job, I get a reply that there's no vacancy but in this case I have caught you red-handed and you have no excuse because I even attended the funeral to be sure that he was truly dead and buried before applying.

Attached to my letter is a copy of my CV and his death certificate.

Thank you.

Yours sincerely”

 
Longer (and stranger) versions of the letter also appear, for which do consult Google, while both a handwritten and typed version can be seen – leading recruiter.co.uk to think this may not be genuine.
 
What we do know is that it is genuinely very, very odd…

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