| _Morpheus_
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I botched, no make that butchered, my job interview at Texas Instruments. It was a terrible end to a miserable day.
But as is often the case, with time and distance comes perspective; nothing is ever as bad as it initially seems.
You wanna bet? Check this out.......to be continued ;-D
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Reply #61. Aug 17 10, 5:06 PM
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Jazmee27 
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That's too bad-but tomorrow's another day.
Reply #62. Aug 17 10, 5:24 PM
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| _Morpheus_
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Not to worry friends and neighbors. This “job interview” happened over four years ago. It is memorable only because I didn’t want the position. I was coaxed into going to the interview by a family friend who works at Texas Instruments.
Interview day:
I had planned my demise carefully and showed up for the interview wearing my wrangler jeans, red ostrich skin boots and a light western cut jacket. Granted this is Texas and this was a Texas company but no one in their right mind shows up a T.I. job interview with less than a suit and tie.
My name was called and I was shown into a large conference room loaded with T.I. exec’s. What the.....I was supposed to be interviewing for an entry level engineering position on a product development team. At the last minute someone had shuffled my name into an interview for a fast track, management rotation, slot. oops...;-) to be contiued |
Reply #63. Aug 20 10, 4:07 PM
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Jazmee27
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All I can say to that is "wow".
Reply #64. Aug 20 10, 9:12 PM
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| _Morpheus_
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Hmm almost forgot to finish my interview...
OK, I was forewarned by some friends that these execs were there to impress their colleagues and expected answers that were liberally punctuated with “yes sir” and “no sir”. Let me say first off that I was raised to be respectful in both my actions and words. However, this one dipstick decides to go off on my unprofessional attire. Granted, I deserved a dressing down on that account but he didn’t stop there. I could see others in the room were about as uncomfortable as I was. This clothing gambit was working out far better than I had anticipated. Finally, he began to wind down the flogging. I hadn’t said a word during the tirade, which only seemed to infuriate him.
“Yes sir”, I said finally. “You know what? I don’t care if you think I’m right for the job or not. If you are so narrow-minded that you can’t see past my clothing misadventure to see what I have to offer this company, then I’ll spell it out for you.” Over the next several minutes, I laid out in excruciating detail exactly how hiring me would benefit their operation. I ended by thanking them for their time and attention and told them that under the circumstances I would just sit this one out. There wasn’t sound in the room ;-)
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Reply #65. Aug 27 10, 5:47 PM
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Jazmee27
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Guess you told them!
Reply #66. Aug 27 10, 8:57 PM
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| _Morpheus_
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Nope Jazmee, it was on me and I learned my lesson.
Later that week, I sent a letter of a apology to the gentleman that reamed me.
He responded by saying, "We both learned something that day." |
Reply #67. Aug 29 10, 3:12 PM
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Jazmee27
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And that's all that counts.
Reply #68. Aug 29 10, 5:48 PM
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| _Morpheus_
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Who are you calling weird, I thought to myself, as someone driving by shouted “weirdo”.
Sometimes, I enjoy running alone in the middle of the night even though no one is chasing me. Others are quite taken with psychic phenomena and such. Still others like to sit on rock at the beach and strum acoustic guitars and quote poetry. And others go to church. Others like sip expensive wine and sometimes at church. Personally, I like to surf dangerous waves but I would never jump out of perfectly good airplane. That’s just plain weird. I even know of a group of people who literally spend years working for badges. Not like cop badges. Badges that are awarded for knowing useless stuff. When we try to understand people by personally relating to the things they do, we usually can’t make any sense of it. It is very difficult if not impossible to decode the logical rationale behind one’s madness. So why try? It’s whatever blows your hair back as long as no one is hurt in the process. I have found, when we look just a little deeper, and make a noble effort, by truly listening to why they do the things that they do, they never seem quite as weird. Actually, they seem…NORMAL....Please, please, don’t ask me to define that word.
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Reply #69. Aug 31 10, 6:15 PM
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Qmel
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Here...have a nice big bag of Funyuns!
Now is that better?
Reply #70. Aug 31 10, 8:29 PM
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| _Morpheus_
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| Where have all the flowers gone? |
Reply #71. Sep 09 10, 5:13 PM
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| _Morpheus_
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| hmmm....Qui peut dire où vont les fleurs? |
Reply #72. Sep 10 10, 5:33 PM
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Qmel
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Long time passing!
Reply #73. Sep 12 10, 6:49 PM
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baban
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Well all the flowers are going here because it's raining ... loads :( Summer's gone again *waves bye for another year and starts considering spending six months in the southern hemisphere ;)*
*pokes Morph* Are you still here?
Reply #74. Sep 14 10, 1:39 AM
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Qmel
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Mr. _Morph_ is in Mexico on vacation, and won't be back until next week.
That is...if he isn't in a Mexican jail!
;)
Reply #75. Sep 14 10, 9:06 PM
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Blackdresss
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Helloooo Morph!
Hellooooo everyone else!
I have JUST discovered blogs, and I feel like a kid in a candy store, a wee bonnie lass at a bagpipe festival, a Rockies fan right behind home base, a ... well, you get the idea.
Morph, I see you are vacationing with the Dos Equis ("Stay thirsty, my friend,") but when you return, can I twuly ask you anything?
I don't know if it's intentional and even better if it is not, but so far, blogs are hilarious!
Reply #76. Sep 20 10, 9:58 PM
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Blackdresss
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I'm with Jabberwock on this one -- hijacking blogs is so much easier than having one of your own!
Jabberwock, I keep looking at your avatar, and I know I know it from somewhere, and I really like it, but I can't figure it out. What is it?
Morph, tell me the God's truth here -- do you truly have RED Ostrich boots? Those I have to see, and if only I had known about ths T.I. interview, I would have FedExed you a copy of "Dress For Success," even for an entry-level job interview. Great story, though!
I love the smell of alfalfa in the morning...
Reply #77. Sep 21 10, 10:03 PM
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Jabberwok
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My avatar is Snufkin from the Moomin books by Tove Jansson.
Reply #78. Sep 22 10, 1:00 AM
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_Morpheus_
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Hijack away Blackdesss. Jabberwok threatened a hijacking but never followed through.
BTW, I like the old school, high leg kick there on your avatar. But nobody can touch Luis Tiant's windup....poetry in motion.
Jabberwok, do you happen to know why this Swedish author moved to Helsinki? Just curious.
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Reply #79. Sep 22 10, 10:24 AM
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_Morpheus_
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| Don't tell Jabberwok but yes I do own red ostrich skin boots. I'm pretty sure the ostrich died of natural causes prior to becoming an organ donor ;-) |
Reply #80. Sep 22 10, 10:44 AM
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