TIL a simple resume formatting thing cost me a whole afternoon

I spent 4 hours trying to get my resume past an online job portal's system, and it kept getting rejected. The problem was a single extra space after a period in my contact info that the system read as an error. Anyone else run into weirdly picky automated filters like that?

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fiona_scott441mo ago

Oh man, that reminds me of the time...

nelson.finley1mo ago

What happened next, @fiona_scott44?

spencer_johnson2225d ago

The other day I saw a guy at the grocery store drop a whole carton of eggs. He just stared at it for a solid ten seconds before cleaning it up. That moment of total pause after something goes wrong, it's everywhere. You see it when a text sends too early, or a coffee cup tips over. It's like our brains need a full system reboot to process the small disaster before we can even move.