][There’s really no “good” way to be rejected after interviewing for a job. But there are certainly professional ways for interviewers to go about it, and rejecting an applicant via emoji is certainly not one of them. 

That’s what happened to 18-year-old Megan Dixon. The teen from Leicester, England applied for a waitressing gig at a Miller & Carter steakhouse only to be rejected from said gig with the crying-laughing emoji.



Rather than sending Dixon an email explaining the reasons behind declining her application, Miller & Carter interviewer, Shantel Wesson, sent Dixon a disrespectful text that took Dixon and the rest of Twitter by complete surprise (the tweet has since been deleted).


“It’s a no x,” Wesson texted Dixon. When Dixon asked why, Wesson responded, “Just not engaging. And answers we’re ‘like’ basic
x.” Yikes.

Dixon spoke to Teen Vogue about the incident after her tweet of the text conversation garnered over 800 likes. Dixon told the publication,:

“I was just very shocked when I got the message. Not something you expect from a ‘premium’ brand. I thought I would be receiving an email to inform me whether I had got the job or not.”


see actual texts here: https://www.yahoo.com/style/interview-employee-used-emoji-let-003331872.html


the story includes that this was an error and the texts were meant for someone else in the HR department,, but WOAH,,,,how easy it is to make such a mistake these days,,,,,

might be a career ending one,,,,

I tell everyone, all cell phones are Evil.

Wish I didn't absolutely need one.