GrowingOldisMandatoryGrowingUpisOptional
oh god how i love old people.
i think i'll give some background before preceding with that one...
so my summer job so far is for a resume company. i call up the references and make sure no jackasses are slipping through the system with LIES (and no, it never gets taht intense...im just trying to make it sound really exciting. had you didnt i?! bwahah)
i started off calling for chairman mills which is pretty standard summer-job-kids-resumes. those were fun though cause i was basically talking to really enthusisatic soccer coaches. and it was really informal and fun.
now ive moved on up the ladder and im doing ppl applying to be Loss Prevention Investigators. Yes, there are ppl who are hired to walk around stores and spot shoplifters. it makes so much more sense now. ive definitely been to best buy and seen some shifty lookin ppl who are "looking" at the dvds, but their eyes are actually scanning the store. and i thought they were the shoplifters. WRONG. they are HIRED to look suspicious!! im amazed at what im learning from this job so far.
oh yes, back to old people. so im doing work for a company in manitoba so, logically, all the references are from manitoba (WHOAAAA!!). ctually no. fooled you. one was for scotland...why? thats what i was calling to find out. turns out the guy is a former boss who retired and moved there. not too shabby. name is sparks. no first name, just sparks: "Halllloo?" "hey! mr. sparks?" "MR??? thats my grandpappy sweets, just sparks for me heeheeheewheeeeeezehee"
obviously im already in love with this guy. i pictured him with no teeth, wrinkles, and a jaw that looks like hes trying to swallow his face. actually, it was pretty much the really old lawyer dude from "the aristocats". dont know what that is? shame. watch it.
anyways, so conversation continued...ask those open ended questions and he ans-whheeeeeze-wers. not to mention he had the accent. i love accents. the dude could be swearing at me, threatening my family or calling my dog fat, but i wouldnt care....the accent is just way too impressive to get mad. and in the middle of it, he stops talking and is like "416??!! wheres that?" me "toronto..ontario" him "hmmm? ohhh ...well that blows." i couldnt stop laughing. not that he thought living in TO blew... it was the fact that he said it. he made my week with that comment.
finally clocked in at 15 mins for an overseas call, but i really dont care. just talking to him inspired me to become a crazy old person too one day. i can only hope that i can do his memory justice.
only question now, which makes me more crazy... filling my spooky future house with cats or birds? ponder ponder.
later days
~~Laura~~
i think i'll give some background before preceding with that one...
so my summer job so far is for a resume company. i call up the references and make sure no jackasses are slipping through the system with LIES (and no, it never gets taht intense...im just trying to make it sound really exciting. had you didnt i?! bwahah)
i started off calling for chairman mills which is pretty standard summer-job-kids-resumes. those were fun though cause i was basically talking to really enthusisatic soccer coaches. and it was really informal and fun.
now ive moved on up the ladder and im doing ppl applying to be Loss Prevention Investigators. Yes, there are ppl who are hired to walk around stores and spot shoplifters. it makes so much more sense now. ive definitely been to best buy and seen some shifty lookin ppl who are "looking" at the dvds, but their eyes are actually scanning the store. and i thought they were the shoplifters. WRONG. they are HIRED to look suspicious!! im amazed at what im learning from this job so far.
oh yes, back to old people. so im doing work for a company in manitoba so, logically, all the references are from manitoba (WHOAAAA!!). ctually no. fooled you. one was for scotland...why? thats what i was calling to find out. turns out the guy is a former boss who retired and moved there. not too shabby. name is sparks. no first name, just sparks: "Halllloo?" "hey! mr. sparks?" "MR??? thats my grandpappy sweets, just sparks for me heeheeheewheeeeeezehee"
obviously im already in love with this guy. i pictured him with no teeth, wrinkles, and a jaw that looks like hes trying to swallow his face. actually, it was pretty much the really old lawyer dude from "the aristocats". dont know what that is? shame. watch it.
anyways, so conversation continued...ask those open ended questions and he ans-whheeeeeze-wers. not to mention he had the accent. i love accents. the dude could be swearing at me, threatening my family or calling my dog fat, but i wouldnt care....the accent is just way too impressive to get mad. and in the middle of it, he stops talking and is like "416??!! wheres that?" me "toronto..ontario" him "hmmm? ohhh ...well that blows." i couldnt stop laughing. not that he thought living in TO blew... it was the fact that he said it. he made my week with that comment.
finally clocked in at 15 mins for an overseas call, but i really dont care. just talking to him inspired me to become a crazy old person too one day. i can only hope that i can do his memory justice.
only question now, which makes me more crazy... filling my spooky future house with cats or birds? ponder ponder.
later days
~~Laura~~