Telephone

so with the summer movie season coming up, ive had to get a job.
i was thinking that i could just leech the ticket price off my parents for each of the big ones, but they recently told me that theyll only give me enough to see each one once.
thats totally unfair.
anyone who has seen the speed racer trailer knows itll take at least three viewings to get all the way through without having a seizure.
what if im flapping around on the floor with a wallet in my mouth and i miss some classic little boy & monkey hijinks?
unfortunately the only place hiring this late into the semester was a telephone survey company.
im not sure if youve ever thought about the dynamics of that job, but it requires you to talk to the kinds of people who take telephone surveys.
like, you have to listen to them.
and immortalize their opinions into a database so that it can one day influence policy and research on the topic theyre yammering about.
weak.
the work would be crazy boring/depressing, but i figured out a little trick to help the shifts fly by!
i just call up people, say that im one of my coworkers, and threaten them.
so if you end up working in a place like this and you see a sign that says "Interview Tip: Don't Say You'll Burn the Respondent's World to the Ground," youre welcome.

originally posted: Sunday, April 27, 2008