The clock is ticking.\u00a0 At three pm today, I shall receive a phone call from a prospective employer.\u00a0 I will try to impress him with both my technical skill and enthusiasm about the job.\u00a0 The truth is that in both categories, I rate somewhere between awful and stellar.\u00a0 That spans quite a range.\u00a0 I hope to convince the caller that I am on the upper end of that.<\/p>\n
I won’t lie.\u00a0 It is both tacky and self-defeating to do so.\u00a0 If I claim to be able to be able to perform in a job I flat out cannot do, my deception will not be a secret for long.\u00a0 I prefer to tell the truth in such a way it works to my advantage.\u00a0 It is much the same tactic I use when trying to convince\u00a0 judge or attorneys that I would be a less than ideal juror, only in reverse.<\/p>\n
I feel pretty confident about getting this job and since my brand of stupidity does not extend to superstition, I’m not afraid of jinxing my chances by saying so.\u00a0 If I get hired, it will be for a contract gig lasting three months with a possible extension.\u00a0 I’ve been in a similar position at another company and wound up sticking around for three years.\u00a0 It’s hard to say what will happen here, if anything.<\/p>\n
So let’s say for argument’s sake that the phone call finishes with the guy on the other end convinced that I am a perfect fit for the job.\u00a0 What then?\u00a0 Well, it will mark the end of a a phase in my life.\u00a0 Two months is a pretty short period as phases go but long enough not to be dismissed as a mere blip.<\/p>\n
It has been a time of leisure and time wasted.\u00a0 Most evenings were spent at the Argus pistol whipping my liver with a pint glass.\u00a0 My days were less productive, much of them spent napping or watching TV with glazed eyes.\u00a0 Commercials would target those in my position, imploring us to jump start our lives by enrolling in their vocational schools.\u00a0 The jobs they train you for are skilled trade positions, stuff like mechanics and electricians.\u00a0 I justified my laziness with professional snobbery, considering such work beneath me, when in fact the only things beneath me were couch cushions getting flattened by my fat ass.<\/p>\n
But all that is going to change very soon, at least I hope so.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
The clock is ticking.\u00a0 At three pm today, I shall receive a phone call from a prospective employer.\u00a0 I will try to impress him with both my technical skill and enthusiasm about the job.\u00a0 The truth is that in both categories, I rate somewhere between awful and stellar.\u00a0 That spans quite a range.\u00a0 I hope … Continue reading Lumpen No More?<\/span>