Job interviews.
Joy.
Let's see...there was Bootlegger yesterday, where the first thing that happened was the manager walked out of the back room and looked at me, obviously surpised. "Did I call you?!?" Yes, Yes she did. So then she had to go back into the other room and make me a name tag as she had pre made everyone else's. That made me feel real good. I was also the oldest person there, everyone else was still 16 and over half of them wore blonde tips in their over-gelled hair. Gross.
Today there was HMV. I did really well on their little 'pop culture test', 12/16. Which is apparently 'really well' compared to a lot of people, or so the manager said. So here's where I got marks off for incorrectly answering: "What would you suggest to a customer buying her 10 year old son the movie, 'Blade'?'. I answered a) Ask which of the three movies in the trilogy she would like, or if she wants the entire box set. The correct answer? Tell the mother she should not be buying R movies for her 10 year old boy. Holy awkward. Next up, everyone's favorite, the "trick" question, "What would you suggest for someone trying to make the ultimate 'rock' collection"? a) Bruce Springsteen, b)Dire Straits, c) James Brown and then d) was someone who definitely didn't fit the category. It's not Brown, so that puts it between Springsteen and Straits, I chose Straits...hello Sultans of Swing...anyways no, the answer is Springsteen, which is not the disturbing part...the disturbing part comes when the manager informs me that 'Yeah it's a trick question because Springsteen is one of our Owner's favorites and a close friend of his'. Wtf? Cos I'm gonna know that. So basically anyone who doesn't know who the Dire Straits are going to get this question correct. One of the other ones I got wrong? Name the country artist OR BAND, And yes, I've emphasized that for a reason, from this list:
a)Tim McGraw
b)The Traveling Wilburies
and then two other bands I don't even remember as I was only concerned with the first two. Here's my beef, no, I didn't say McGraw, and I should have. But country means something else to me, I like the folkier genre, and so the Wilburies would have been my first choice. I didnt see it as a 'right and wrong answer' kind of deal because why would they even be in the choices? But yeah. W/e. McGraw's a wanker anyways.
It also took me FOREVER to list a CD that is topping the charts at the moment. I finally blurted out Panic at the Disco, but I should have gone with Gnarls. Oh well. Can you tell I want the job? I'm so concerned over ridiculous details. I have another interview though, so I must have done well.
And oh yeah we got the super convenient apartment two blocks from the mall with the tennis court and pool/sauna/workout room we wanted. Go us!
Let's see...there was Bootlegger yesterday, where the first thing that happened was the manager walked out of the back room and looked at me, obviously surpised. "Did I call you?!?" Yes, Yes she did. So then she had to go back into the other room and make me a name tag as she had pre made everyone else's. That made me feel real good. I was also the oldest person there, everyone else was still 16 and over half of them wore blonde tips in their over-gelled hair. Gross.
Today there was HMV. I did really well on their little 'pop culture test', 12/16. Which is apparently 'really well' compared to a lot of people, or so the manager said. So here's where I got marks off for incorrectly answering: "What would you suggest to a customer buying her 10 year old son the movie, 'Blade'?'. I answered a) Ask which of the three movies in the trilogy she would like, or if she wants the entire box set. The correct answer? Tell the mother she should not be buying R movies for her 10 year old boy. Holy awkward. Next up, everyone's favorite, the "trick" question, "What would you suggest for someone trying to make the ultimate 'rock' collection"? a) Bruce Springsteen, b)Dire Straits, c) James Brown and then d) was someone who definitely didn't fit the category. It's not Brown, so that puts it between Springsteen and Straits, I chose Straits...hello Sultans of Swing...anyways no, the answer is Springsteen, which is not the disturbing part...the disturbing part comes when the manager informs me that 'Yeah it's a trick question because Springsteen is one of our Owner's favorites and a close friend of his'. Wtf? Cos I'm gonna know that. So basically anyone who doesn't know who the Dire Straits are going to get this question correct. One of the other ones I got wrong? Name the country artist OR BAND, And yes, I've emphasized that for a reason, from this list:
a)Tim McGraw
b)The Traveling Wilburies
and then two other bands I don't even remember as I was only concerned with the first two. Here's my beef, no, I didn't say McGraw, and I should have. But country means something else to me, I like the folkier genre, and so the Wilburies would have been my first choice. I didnt see it as a 'right and wrong answer' kind of deal because why would they even be in the choices? But yeah. W/e. McGraw's a wanker anyways.
It also took me FOREVER to list a CD that is topping the charts at the moment. I finally blurted out Panic at the Disco, but I should have gone with Gnarls. Oh well. Can you tell I want the job? I'm so concerned over ridiculous details. I have another interview though, so I must have done well.
And oh yeah we got the super convenient apartment two blocks from the mall with the tennis court and pool/sauna/workout room we wanted. Go us!