Interview with a Schmuck
Well, I digress. Let me be blunt: I interviewed for a pyramid scheme today.
Didn't mean to. Didn't know it was anything other than the 'marketing firm' it claimed to be.... Until I got there and realized there was no furniture to be found in this 'office building,' and the guy interviewing me wanted to know why the hell I had even shown up. Because my background doesn't really = marketing.
He put me down. He put my degree down. Then he wanted to let me know that I was going to be part of a special, select interview to be held at Sam's Club later this week. Then he detailed the inner workings of the company, telling me I would graduate from some program (that I'd apparently signed up for just by walking in the door) in 6 months and start my own business where I trained other people for 6 months and then they would train people and so on...
That, dear Rioters, is the definition of a pyramid scheme.
And though I was called back and told I'd been selected for the special Sam's Club interview later this week, I highly doubt I'll be attending.
Even though it would make me super special.
Love and Lyte,
Fire Lyte
Yeah, it would make you special alright. Just not in a way you'd want to be "special."
ReplyDeleteI wonder if him putting you down was some sort of psychological trick to make you want to try to "prove yourself worthy" of joining this crazy scheme. After all, I could see a lot of people falling for such a trick.
I had an interview like that once. A couple of very snippy -how shall I say?- "mainstream" women spent a large chunk of the interview for an entry level clerical job trying to get me to admit to regretting getting an art degree (which I don't regret). All this after making me wait an hour past the appointment time. And this was well before the recession!
ReplyDeletewow what an idiot...I am just at a loss of words for this other than...what the hell???
ReplyDeleteHe called you for an interview, you showed up, he has a problem with it...