Now I have been on a lot of interviews in my time, but today was by far the absolute worst interview of anyone's life. I could not possibly believe that anyone has had a worse interview than this, so sit back grab a bottle or two of merlot, maybe a cig or two, and get ready.
Today I had an interview with a local gay interior designer. I thought finally a gay firm! I am golden! Not so much. I can not name names, but the designer/hack was voted off season 1 of Top Design for being an asshole if that helps. So I walked in to the office in what I thought was my posh black designer outfit, with dark paisley tie, and contrasting lime green briefcase. Victoria Beckham would have been proud. I waited for at least twenty minutes for this bitch to get her shit together to meet me. I was given a glass of water upon entry with a cucumber slice in it however. Apparently they moonlight as a club, who knew?
I was finally greeted by the designer, and all I have to say is fatty bald fatty fat fat!!!!! Ok I'm a little bitter, but by the end you will forgive me. In his opening line about himself he told me that he was a high school drop out, and recovering meth addict. Lovely. I'm sorry but the meth thing was a moot point for me. Who cares? What potential employer interviews someone with "Hello I'm a high school drop out and recovering meth addict? As my roommate said that is not a feather in your hat my friend.
Throughout the course of the interview he; brought his staff in front of me and made me make snap judgements on their personality based upon their appearance and then they did the same to me, he harped nonstop on why I was only at one job for 10 months, he asked me who my best friend was and what they would say about me both positive and negative, he made me "sell" him my bag, he laughed at the fact that I went to University of Michigan, he said I was under qualified, and in the end he said that I did not have the right aesthetic to work there. Here is my break down of all that.
1) Making a potential interviewer judge their possible future work colleges based on their appearance to their face does not illicit office camaraderie.
2) The reason I worked at that firm for 10 months was that I moved to another opportunity. A lot of architects bounce around in jobs their first few years. I offered up that I left with an open invitation to come back, but he didn't really care.
3) My best friend? Who cares! Also if it was really my best friend they wouldn't offer up an aspect of my personality that I needed to change, especially (!) while snapping their fingers saying "and, and, and". By the end of that inquisition I thought maybe he really isn't my best friend....
4) Selling him my bag was retarded. I know it was a showroom/office, but what the hell. Yes take my bag it's amazing. I hadn't realized I was on antique roadshow.
5) Laughing at me going to University of Michigan I REALLY didn't get. Yes I know I didn't go to Harvard, but you couldn't even get your GED bitch! What the fuck!? Btw University of Michigan was ranked number 8th in the country for architecture when I went there, I just wanted to throw that out there.
6) Under qualified?! One of his designers was 23, and just graduated from college about a year ago. I mean really?
7) Not saying that I didn't have the right aesthetic translated as "I think you are ugly".
Now my synopsis is that he does not like people to work there that are more educated and talented than him. Everyone in his office is under the age of 25, and he is 42. The ONLY good thing to come out of the meeting was that he, and two of his employees thought I was 23-24, which is never a bad thing.
In the end I just don't understand how a recovering meth head high school drop out is doing so well, and I am begging to work for minimum wage for him? What is wrong with the world? I think I am one interview away from a knife and a hot bath. UGH! Oh well I'll just hope that he drops in to a relapse, and is begging me for change on the corner. Be sure to look for a follow up blog about me running in to him at the bar, and him trying to hit on me. I'm sure it's going to happen.
I can't even say luvubitch on this one, so I will just end the post with.........
IHATEYOUCRACKEDOUTFATBALDOVERTHEHILLNASTYFAGGOT!!!!
Yeah that felt much better!
luvubitch!