Its reference in the book is SPIES 1:1-108
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Such exactitude! I was beginning to break out in a sweat, myself!
ReplyDeleteHey Paula, your empathy is very welcome. I think she broke my jaw. I still chew wonkily. Indigo x
DeleteSadly, I took Spanish all through high school and Italian in college... big mistake as they're so similar! Now I have only a smattering of each and confuse them, resulting in sentences that are half Spanish and half Italian. But, why leave it at that? I topped it off by auditing a French course while I was in graduate school. Just for fun. So I could be totally lost in three languages. I can imagine what Gradenko would think of me!
ReplyDeleteHey Paula, not your best move ever, but MAN it must be nice to have more than a smattering. And believe me, after I retired, you'd have been in like a shot. Roth x
DeleteHah. I'd have failed on English.
ReplyDeleteAnd they did the "tying shoelaces" test! Velcro was not an option. Nor were slippers, which are not great in the field.
DeleteI find this very unnerving. I am just so glad you weren't apply for a post in accounting!
ReplyDeleteI know phrases in French (something about do you want to couch with me) and Spanish (where are the black cats), and please and thank you in Russian. I also know Happy New Year in Chinese, but then doesn't everyone. My daughter speaks Farsi, Arabic, French, Spanish and a little Korean alone with English. The must have mixed up babies in the hospital.
Hey Linda! Oh, it wasn't so bad. And other jobs were as bad; the cleaning contractors needed a solid grasp of Polish. Roth x
DeleteBy the way, I am in awe of your daughter; Farsi and the other Indian languages are damned tricky.
An enjoyable read - in English at any rate. She was thorough though, which is a must for HR. Shoulder pads and riding crops are so much better than the pink and fluffy side of the more politically correct genre of the discipline too and she sounded like she'd have had a killer smile.
ReplyDeleteYou should've tried for her number buddy. Pity about the jaw. Left you a bit tongue-tied I s'pose.
Still - she got your number alright.
Cheers.
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Hey Alistair! I never mix business with pleasure; the office frown on that sort of nonsense. The politically-correct side of the modern discipline seems to attract/create mean-spirited, jobsworth types. Everything is correct, nothing is nice. Meh. Indigo
Deletei hate interviews, sugar...of any sort! ;~D xoxox
ReplyDeleteHey Savannah! I've never been a fan, if only because the game-playing they involve makes them so damned pointless. It becomes a game of hard question, smart answer, rinse and repeat. Better to spend the time employing the candidate with the most aptitude. Indigo
DeleteMs. Gradenko?
ReplyDelete:-)
Delightfully delivered, Mr. Roth. Glad I could inspire you. Now if you'll just fill out these forms...
Pearl
Hey Pearl! I know! I asked her if she was safe, but she ignored me. I said like, Hey! Is anybody alive in here?At that point there was some muttering from under the table, but I didn't catch it. And I'll fill anything you like. Roth x
DeleteHoly mother of pearl....that was a job interview??? Sheesh.
ReplyDeleteHey Kato! Her Majesty's Secret Service has exacting entry requirements. This was just a little warming up for my future. As for Pearl's Holy Mother, I'm sure she'll be delighted to be described in that way! Roth x
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