Because honestly: who could reject a candidate with this type of focus? No one, that's who, which is why I'm off to practice in the mirror. Wish me luck! (Back tomorrow with something more substantial.)xoxo,
S
Tuesday, June 23, 2009
Look Me in the Eye and Tell Me I Couldn't Do This Job Easy Peasy Lemon Squeazy
Today I have an interview for a job I actually want and I'm thinking of answering all of the questions while deadpanning like this:
Because honestly: who could reject a candidate with this type of focus? No one, that's who, which is why I'm off to practice in the mirror. Wish me luck! (Back tomorrow with something more substantial.)
xoxo,
S
Because honestly: who could reject a candidate with this type of focus? No one, that's who, which is why I'm off to practice in the mirror. Wish me luck! (Back tomorrow with something more substantial.)xoxo,
S
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18 comments:
I would totally hire you.
Good luck! I would hire you in a second.
Rooting for you with my eyes crossed!
Best of luck, S! I was already trying to figure out how to get my former San Fran employer to hire you, but then I remembered that everyone hates working there. Since I have a blog-crush on you and want you to be happy, I thought better of it.
Good luck!!!!!!!!
oh man. i know it's politically incorrect but i love doing this. especially when someone calls your name and then you cross only one eye and kind of tilt your head to the side, looking nowhere near them and say 'yes?!?!'
it's awesome.
Good Luck!
Girl, if you make me choke on my food with laughter on more time...
Oh, and also... GOOD LUCK!
Oh Susannah...
Good luck! I so hope that you get this job...especially if you really want it...that would just be the cherry on top of the sundae. Can't wait to hear if you do!
Fingers, toes and eyes crossed too much? Knock em dead Susannah!
Even without knowing anything about the job I just have to say that someone would have to be a fool not to hire you. You are one of the best writers I've ever read, and my favorite blog ever. Plus, you seem like a cool chick.
Good luck!
Go get 'em girl.
so how'd it go?
good luck pup!
I would hire you, as well. You are awwesome and obviously very talented!
I know you don't mean any harm, but if you had a child with crossed eyes you would feel a pang in your gut whenever you see something like this. I worry everyday about how my daughter will handle stuff like this.
Lori
Lori,
I am so sorry. You're right--I would feel terrible if my daughter had an issue with her eyes and I saw someone making a joke of it. I feel terrible.
Just out of curiosity--is there a surgery that corrects crossed eyes? I don't know anything about it...
My apologies,
S
S, thank you for not getting defensive. I know it is a part of culture and of course I am very sensitive to cross-eye jokes because of my daughter. She developed a cross-eye and lazy eye at four months old and was wearing glasses at seven months. I will never forget when she was six months old. We were on vacation and everywhere we went we heard kids and adults whispering "What's the matter with that baby? What's wrong with her eyes?"
Strabismus is a tricky thing. Some people are able to patch a lazy eye but she didn't have one eye stronger than the other.
Yes, there is a surgery but it isn't that cut and dry. Not everyone is a candidate, first of all. And some have the surgery once and all is fine, but most have to have several over the course of their lives and may still not have straight eyes.
If you want to learn more about it here is a web site I get a lot of info from: http://www.strabismus.org/esotropia_eye_turns_in.html
I am my own infomercial. :)
I wanted to be more eloquent in my response, but I just had a baby (#3) and my sleep deprived brain cannot handle it!
Lori
Lori--
You were incredibly eloquent! Your daughter might have a rough go of it having strabismus, but it sounds like she has a fantastic mother and that makes all the difference.
Thank you for educating me rather than just getting mad. (I probably would've just gotten super pissy if I were you. I'm knee-jerk like that). :)
xo,
S
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