How's That New Girl Working Out For You, Anyway?
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Milkshake Duck - Milkshake Duck is an Internet meme that describes phenomena that are initially perceived as positive but later revealed to be flawed
How's That New Girl Working Out For You, Anyway?
Once upon a time, when I was young and cute and wore a size five, I applied for a job at the Workshop. At the time, I was doing daycare in my house. (I regularly decided I was frustrated with babysitting, and applied for all these big-bucks {1} jobs that looked like I could do...)
On paper, I did have all the requested qualifications. I didn't bother applying for any jobs if I did not meet the listed minimums, so that was not the weird part. The strange part was that I actually got called in for an interview this time.
I showed up in my best clothes, with my best manners on display. I thought the interview was going well. She showed me around the facility, and made what I thought was polite small talk. {2} "What will you do with your kids while you are at work?"
"I will take them to the babysitter."
At the end of the tour, we went back to her office. She said she still had more people to interview, and although I was very well qualified, she really didn't want to hire a military wife. "They don't make great employees, because as soon as we get them trained, they get transferred away from here."
I am not British, and I don't have a stiff upper lip. Luckily, I do subscribe to the theory of "don't let the bastards see you cry." I did not cry until I was safely in my car and headed home.
I whimpered my way home, and went back to babysitting. Picked up a new little boy the following week -- his mom was starting a new job at the workshop. Sounded like a great job to me. Oddly enough, it didn't really make her very happy...she quit about two weeks after she finished the training program, and went to work for Wendy's.
{1} otherwise known as entry-level jobs, paying minimum wage
{2} illegal as all get-out
Milkshake Duck - Milkshake Duck is an Internet meme that describes phenomena that are initially perceived as positive but later revealed to be flawed
How's That New Girl Working Out For You, Anyway?
Once upon a time, when I was young and cute and wore a size five, I applied for a job at the Workshop. At the time, I was doing daycare in my house. (I regularly decided I was frustrated with babysitting, and applied for all these big-bucks {1} jobs that looked like I could do...)
On paper, I did have all the requested qualifications. I didn't bother applying for any jobs if I did not meet the listed minimums, so that was not the weird part. The strange part was that I actually got called in for an interview this time.
I showed up in my best clothes, with my best manners on display. I thought the interview was going well. She showed me around the facility, and made what I thought was polite small talk. {2} "What will you do with your kids while you are at work?"
"I will take them to the babysitter."
At the end of the tour, we went back to her office. She said she still had more people to interview, and although I was very well qualified, she really didn't want to hire a military wife. "They don't make great employees, because as soon as we get them trained, they get transferred away from here."
I am not British, and I don't have a stiff upper lip. Luckily, I do subscribe to the theory of "don't let the bastards see you cry." I did not cry until I was safely in my car and headed home.
I whimpered my way home, and went back to babysitting. Picked up a new little boy the following week -- his mom was starting a new job at the workshop. Sounded like a great job to me. Oddly enough, it didn't really make her very happy...she quit about two weeks after she finished the training program, and went to work for Wendy's.
{1} otherwise known as entry-level jobs, paying minimum wage
{2} illegal as all get-out