Dude, that's nothing. I had an old packet of tea in my pantry, I made myself a cup this afternoon, drank it, took a look at the packet, and realised it had a best before of 07.01.06.
Yeah, it wasn't pleasant. It was vanilla flavoured tea, so at first I just thought, "Oh, it's vanilla, you're not used to it, that's all" and then I looked at the packet and... yeah. Not good. XD
This is way OT but anyway, if you're still applying for tech writing positions, go Seek Red Hat and send them an email. They just emailed me cos the had my resume on file, but I already have a job I don't mind so... they look like a pretty cool place to work for :)