Ring, ring.
Simon: Hello?
Dude: Hi Simon, this is so-and-so from Distinguished Academic Press. I'm calling about your resume.
Simon: Okay.
Dude: Now, this position is in Manhattan. I understand you live outside of Manhattan?
Simon: laughs
Silence.
Simon realizes Dude actually has no clue where anything is located north of Yonkers. For all he knows, dragons live there, in the hinterlands.
Simon: Yes. Several hours outside of Manhattan.
Dude: Oh. Really? Wow. Well, we'll call you for a phone interview if we don't fill this position with people we can bring in directly.
Simon: Thank you so much. Goodbye.
All I can think is, surely this press has published an atlas he could look at sometime?
Monday, March 14, 2011
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4 comments:
Wow - that would be funny if it weren't so predictable (and sad).
I thought the same thing.
Can you apply for Dude's job? I don't think he's going to have it for very long if he can't locate anything outside of Manhattan.
... lol...
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