My recomendations for job interviews

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Re: My recomendations for job interviews

Postby nowonmai » Wed May 20, 2009 6:22 pm

marie-angelique wrote:we actually hired a guy who showed up to his intervew wearing jeans and an untucked plaid shirt and a really bad hairdo (bald, and long around the edges). but then math(s) teachers are supposed to be slobs, right?


It was last week's boiled egg on his Bart Simpson tie that clinched it.
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Re: My recomendations for job interviews

Postby vagabond » Wed May 20, 2009 8:21 pm

calmly listening to her complaints about everything going wrong with her life and handing her tissues.


I take it you slapped her around a little bit before the interview? ;-)

m-a: I doubt I'd hire a math teacher that didn't look like that. If I'm the principal I need to make sure my staff is quirky and exciting, just like tv! I would actually go for a Saved By the Bell redux as a school admin.
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Re: My recomendations for job interviews

Postby Chimborazo » Wed May 20, 2009 8:30 pm

Fortunately, m-a looks nothing like that.
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Re: My recomendations for job interviews

Postby vagabond » Wed May 20, 2009 9:10 pm

She's our adventurous Miss Bliss to RYP's Mark-Paul Gosselaar
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Re: My recomendations for job interviews

Postby marie-angelique » Thu May 21, 2009 3:32 am

nowonmai wrote:
marie-angelique wrote:we actually hired a guy who showed up to his intervew wearing jeans and an untucked plaid shirt and a really bad hairdo (bald, and long around the edges). but then math(s) teachers are supposed to be slobs, right?


It was last week's boiled egg on his Bart Simpson tie that clinched it.


alas, no tie. i think he was trying to look like a cool, relaxed, surfer dude. turns out he is a rather uptight mofo. who knew?

y'all callin' me miss bliss??
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Postby el3so » Fri May 22, 2009 9:05 pm

Heh, they once offered me a job I didn't apply for because of me not bringing along something to write with.
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Postby marie-angelique » Sat May 23, 2009 3:01 am

el3so wrote:Heh, they once offered me a job I didn't apply for because of me not bringing along something to write with.

what was the job, stripper?
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Re: My recomendations for job interviews

Postby nowonmai » Sat May 23, 2009 10:33 am

. i think he was trying to look like a cool, relaxed, surfer dude. turns out he is a rather uptight mofo. who knew?


Thus reinforcing one of my pet theories.
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Re: My recomendations for job interviews

Postby Ultra Swain » Sat May 23, 2009 1:22 pm

nowonmai wrote:
. i think he was trying to look like a cool, relaxed, surfer dude. turns out he is a rather uptight mofo. who knew?


Thus reinforcing one of my pet theories.


I would love to read the thesis, can you post it please?
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Re: My recomendations for job interviews

Postby LechoZX » Tue May 26, 2009 7:24 pm

Chimborazo wrote:Everything I've written is verbatim, with the exception of his exact e-mail address and the police organisation he worked for. All the punctuation and capitalization is his.


I love the randomly capitalized words.

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