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Not the Eric Stewart You Are Looking For: Episode XLII

Occasionally, I get emails intended for ANOTHER Eric Stewart. How do you handle these incidents? What should I do the next time I get one of these?

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Hi Eric,
Thanks for your interest but your CV has not been attached and has not come through to me. Please re-send.
Cheers,
David
From: Gumtree Mail Sent: Wednesday, July 15, 2015 9:06 AM To: redacted@hotmail.com Subject: Eric Stewart replied to your ad: Experienced garden landscaping labourer wanted
Dear David, You have received a reply to your ad: "Experienced garden landscaping labourer wanted" posted in Gardening & Landscaping Jobs in London. From: Eric Stewart Hi, I have attached a copy of my c.v. if you have any questions please dont hesitate to contact me. I am a hard worker who can think on my feet and enjoy a laugh and a joke. Regards Eric
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I could already tell that the job was most likely not based in the USA by use of the term c.v. So I did a little research using the links in the email and this was my reply

I don't know what to say. That would be one heck of a commute for a contract landscaping job seeing as how I am in the United States. At least I am on the east coast. It seems as though there has been an error in transcribing the email address. However, I would love to work in London one day. I can only imagine my joy at the opportunity to eventually attend an Arsenal match. Even Chelsea, Fulham or West Ham. Tottenham would be OK if the gunners were playing there that day.
I guess I would have to get used to putting an extra U in words like color, and labor. Maybe even have to work on my pronunciation of aluminum, schedule, advertisement and other words. As you may already know, I am fan of Premier League football, but I am also a fan of Top Gear, so I think getting accustomed to those subtleties would be rather easy.
My c.v. is attached, though I am not the type of employee you seek. In the meantime, I suggest you double check the email address you were given.
Sincerely,
Eric Stewart

Shortly thereafter I received another email
Thanks Eric great response are you sure you don't fancy working in the great outdoors away from that screen? Very strange that your email is being used by someone via Gumtree as I actually replied via their site?? However you have made my wife (an architect) and I chuckle. I am a Fulham fan and a closet Gunners fan, unfortunately we won't be playing each other anytime soon as Fulham dropped out of the Premier League recently. All the best, David
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