Interviews - Paul Folds

Day 3 of Interview Week. The first two days had gone so well. Honestly, I think we packed it that way, get the good out first so we could string together the nightmare team. I had hoped everything would be okay but hope is a dangerous thing, my friends. Hope can lead you down some dark paths, paths that test the mind and worry the spirit.

Then days come where hope smacks against the wall like an egg on Halloween night, all trick and no treat.

Truth be told, I trusted Betty scan the resumes. She trusted me to read them.

Trust and hope are a fucking brutal pair when jobs are on the line. Let me explain.

Meet Paul Folds. On paper, a genial sort of fellow. I approved him for interview after Darling and Natalie after Betty handed me his resume.

“This one has some library experience,” she said.

Without looking, I put his folder on the interview pile. Here is an excerpt from our conversation with Mr. Folds:

Applying for Destruction

My dear Betty has returned from her trip around the southeast just in time to help me sort through all the applicants for the children’s position. And to call the five we choose in for interviews.

What? Don’t look at me like that, I’m terrible on the phone.

Actually, we only have to narrow down three applicants. I know for a fact Natalie Ford is getting an interview as is Darling McCraw. I also hope these two will be employed by this time next month. Natalie simply deserves the job and Darling, while under-qualified at the moment, could help us out in a big bad way and eventually fill the open reference position we have been neglecting.