Happy Independence Day from Verizon

I just love getting rejection emails on holidays. This one comes courtesy of Verizon (note the date in the right side of the header):

What I found more appalling than the timing of this email (and the fact they didn't proofread it -- "and hope you'll continue" should read "and we hope you'll continue") was the fact that I had applied for this job way back on January 11. After six months, was this email even necessary?

One final observation is that I never expected anything but a rejection email, considering they judge you based on what year you graduated: