My cover letter was not written by ChatGPT.

OMG!!! Job applications are so onerous! You have to write everything ten times--in a resume, in the online form, in supplemental questions, and in a cover letter.

By the time I got to the cover letter for my application for the public library, I was punchy. Fuck it, I thought, I'm writing as a representative of the HUMANS.
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Here's what I sent:

Dear Lovely People at XX Library,


Someone told me that I should get ChatGPT to write a cover letter for this job as a Library Customer Service Specialist, a job I very much want and am well-qualified for.  So, I just now asked the AI if it could write a cover letter for me, and (I’m sure you know this), it perkily replied that if I would gather all the necessary information, it would turn the info into sentences, like spinning gold out of straw. (It did not say that, of course.)



Thanks, I told it, but I think I will write it myself. Maybe if I make errors, it will prove that I am human.



It replied, “I get where you’re coming from! Writing a cover letter yourself can indeed add a personal touch and reflect your unique voice.”



So, let me just say, I know books, and I know people. I come from six years running the books section at XYZ Thrift Store, one mile from where the police killed George Floyd. Living through that, I became more strongly committed to diversity, inclusion, and equity.
I also believe in efficiency and attending to tasks that make everyone’s life a little easier, like keeping the copier machine full of paper.



I worked at [art college] Library for several years as well. I always said being a librarian is like being a bartender: the heart of the job is listening to patrons.


Thank you for your time. I look forward to hearing from you for a chance to talk in person soon.

Sincerely, Fresca, Human

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I tell ya blog friends, I would totally hire me based on this, but every time I’ve done this sort of thing (written a quirky note), I never get an interview. 

On the other hand, I’ve applied to the public library and other county jobs the “right” way before, and I never got an interview that way either.

So what the hell. At least I enjoyed myself.