If I had a nickel for every time I applied to a place and never got a response, I wouldn’t need to be applying to jobs. I understand people are busy and have lives and children and jobs to do, but how hard is it to write a generic email saying “we went with someone else.” Hey, if that would take too much of your precious time a simple “nope” would be sufficient. Anything to let me know that I can stop mentally packing my boxes and figuring out how I’m going to move my TV across the country. (The rest of the furniture can be sold but the TV will be strapped to my back.)

But instead I am met with radio silence. I feel like it’s a little too early in our relationship for you to be giving me the silent treatment. Was it something I said in my cover letter? Is it because I’m applying to other people? We never said we were exclusive. We’ve had some times together though, and I think for that you at least owe me an email, or have someone pass me a note during homeroom with the “no” box checked. Really anything is better than nothing.