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06 March 2006

Ideas So this place at which I interviewed last week is totally awesome and I'm coming up with ideas to convince them to hire me. →[More:]I made a Flash infomercial about myself "20% More sciurus free!" and sent it to them, and if that doesn't work I'm going the singing telegram route. Their site specifically says that applications via singing telegram are encouraged.

So, should I choose the traditional top hat and tails, Gorilla, Elvis, or Marilyn Monroe?

I'm leaning toward Gorilla.

post by: sciurus at: 08:08 | 81 comments

How cool. I am currently on a selection panel for an assistant position at work and we held interviews today where we have had to choose the person who scored the highest according to the formula, even though none of us think she is the best person for the job. She is second-best, but it still seems a bit tragic to me. I would have loved to give someone the job because they came to the interview dressed as a Gorilla. For that, I would change the scores to make it happen - to hell with the rest of the panel.

posted by dg 06 March | 08:12

♪ I am your singing telegram ♪
*BANG*
*THUD*

posted by mike9322 06 March | 08:25

Hm. That's an idea dg. Instead of hiring a singing telegram I could just rent the suit. Would probably be cheaper...

posted by sciurus 06 March | 08:33

can we see the flash?

posted by By the Grace of God 06 March | 08:35

"I'm a singing telegram
  and I just heard
That your dear grandmother
  has been badly burned.
I'm singing this message
  in memorium
Cos they don't mess about
  down at the crematorium"

* tap dance *

posted by dodgygeezer 06 March | 09:08

here.

It is literally the third time I've used Flash. So it isn't really fancy.

posted by sciurus 06 March | 09:10

Oh. My. God. sciurus, that is the most awesome thing I have ever seen. I want to hire you. Bravo, sir, and if this company does not hire you, woe unto them.

I think I'm going to watch it again.

posted by mike9322 06 March | 09:13

hahaha, cute. I hope you get hired!

posted by By the Grace of God 06 March | 09:23

I thought about going with a SUNDAY! SUNDAY! SUNDAY! monster truck rally thing, but the infomercial idea fit a little better.

posted by sciurus 06 March | 09:25

I know at least a couple of ladies raht heayar on Metachat that are hankering to answer that ad (and now they have your phone number!). (Hint: Neither of them have posted in this thread yet.)

posted by matildaben 06 March | 10:21

If I were hiring I would hire you based on the flash cartoon. Creative minds are so hard to find (or so it seems to me).

I hope you get the job sciurus!

*crosses fingers for you*

posted by LunaticFringe 06 March | 10:21

That was cute, sciurus. If they don't hire you, they're MAD. MAD I tell you!

posted by jrossi4r 06 March | 10:21

Oh, and wearing the gorilla suit to the interview? Genius. Pure genius.

posted by LunaticFringe 06 March | 10:29

I'm imagining some sort of new, ultra-computer nerdy dating site, where people make these sort of things to try and woo one another. I think you should start one, sciurus, and then sell it to some big corporate in a few years for hundreds of millions of dollars (iVillage just sold to NBC for *$600 MM*!)

posted by ThePinkSuperhero 06 March | 10:37

And like MySpace, every girl that signs up will automagically have me as a contact!!!

posted by sciurus 06 March | 10:38

Sign me up :) You seem fun and interesting so that means I think you would be a great contact!

posted by LunaticFringe 06 March | 10:42

Someone from NYC just called me and sounded like TPS but wasn't TPS.

posted by sciurus 06 March | 12:08

Nope, definitely wasn't me.

posted by ThePinkSuperhero 06 March | 12:09

Now all my cubies are wondering WTF is going on.

posted by sciurus 06 March | 12:10

Why, is your phone ringing off the hook, or something?

posted by ThePinkSuperhero 06 March | 12:11

Cool! I'm posting my phone number too. Stay tuned.

posted by mike9322 06 March | 12:12

I'm a bit weirded out, but I thank her for the well wishes.

She asked if the offer was good in New York and I said no and then they asked if I knew who it was and I said "Kate the Great?" and they laughed and said no and then I felt embarassed for not knowing who the random person calling me was and for getting it wrong. and now I'm all sweaty from being embarassed and my cubies keep asking me WTF I was talking to.

posted by sciurus 06 March | 12:13

Maybe the person wasn't from NYC and was just throwing me off, by asking if the offer was good in New York.

posted by sciurus 06 March | 12:15

Too bad jonmc isn't around to let me know if I really do sound like Kate/TPS.

Yes, sciurus, that was me. Sorry for scaring you and making you all sweaty from fear instead of other things. ^_~

posted by TrishaLynn 06 March | 12:17

HAHAHAH that's awesome that you asked TrishaLynn if she was me.

posted by ThePinkSuperhero 06 March | 12:18

TPS: Now I've really got to meet you, just to see if we sound alike! I've never met anyone who has sounded like me, ever.

posted by TrishaLynn 06 March | 12:20

This is so adorable

posted by matildaben 06 March | 12:21

My voice is on the MeCha Wiki- listen in and see what I sound like.

posted by ThePinkSuperhero 06 March | 12:21

Or, go straight to my audio blog.

posted by ThePinkSuperhero 06 March | 12:22

Hehe,

Thanks for outing yourself TL. I really hope I get the job too, but I didn't want to blurt that out whilst surrounded by all my coworkers. Talk about the Hot seat.

posted by sciurus 06 March | 12:22

Flippy. I hear TrishaLynn's voice every workday and I've heard Pinky's several times, and aside from both being audibly female, they sound nothing alike to me. But perhaps all that loud rock and roll has trashed my hearing.

posted by jonmc 06 March | 12:25

Have you ONLY heard them over a cellphone though?

posted by sciurus 06 March | 12:26

Okay... I listened, and I've decided that we don't sound alike. What in the world were you thinking, sciurus???? ^_^

On preview: Um, whoops. Sorry.... *sheepish*

posted by TrishaLynn 06 March | 12:28

sciurus has heard my audioblog, but has never talked with me on the phone.

posted by ThePinkSuperhero 06 March | 12:29

well it is sort of the same thing, i mean, you audioblog over the phone.

posted by sciurus 06 March | 12:33

maybe you do..I just stick my head out the window and yell.

posted by jonmc 06 March | 12:34

My corporate paymasters warned me about people like you.

posted by AlexReynolds 06 March | 12:36

*sticks head out window, yells toward Philly*

posted by jonmc 06 March | 12:49

My phone is ringing with a strange number. I am scared to answer.

posted by sciurus 06 March | 12:52

That has to have been essexjan!

*swoons over british accent*

my phone is ringing AGAIN.

posted by sciurus 06 March | 12:54

This is now my all-time favorite metachat moment.

posted by sciurus 06 March | 12:55

check your messages, hoss.

posted by jonmc 06 March | 12:55

Dude, I just got a call from jonmc. I rule.

posted by sciurus 06 March | 12:56

jonmc rules too, of course.

posted by sciurus 06 March | 12:57

Heh, MORE PHONE CALLS. I know one is from NYC, cuz it has the same area code I had when I got my cell out there.

posted by sciurus 06 March | 13:06

You really shouldn't post your phone number on the internets. Very dangerous.

posted by ThePinkSuperhero 06 March | 13:06

Wow, both coasts within 2 minutes. Someone from Seattle and TPS.

Yes, I have a slight hick drawl, in case anyone is wondering. It disappears when I'm talking smart though.

ANOTHER CALL.

posted by sciurus 06 March | 13:10

You are such a whore. I think you wanted this to happen :-)

posted by ThePinkSuperhero 06 March | 13:11

STOP LETTING IT GO TO VOICE MAIL, MAN! NOT FAIR.

posted by matildaben 06 March | 13:12

Oh man, I gotta get these off my voicemail somehow.

I just got a call from the ENTIRE BRITISH EMPIRE.

posted by sciurus 06 March | 13:13

Meanwhile, the company is trying desperately to get through to offer him the job but the line's busy ...

posted by essexjan 06 March | 13:13

heh. sorry I don't have enough of a Noo Yawk accent to make it sound cooler.

posted by jonmc 06 March | 13:15

http://ask.metafilter.com/mefi/21895

posted by matildaben 06 March | 13:17

Now I kinda want to call but I don't know you at all so I'll just post: Weeehhhooooo! Here's hoping you get an awsome new job full of funness and da monies!

posted by LunaticFringe 06 March | 13:23

I now have the ability to phone some of you up. You guys make my day.

posted by sciurus 06 March | 13:25

Everybody post your phone number in this thread! (You first!)

posted by mike9322 06 March | 13:30

Well, my call was placed from work, dude.

posted by jonmc 06 March | 13:32

I now have the ability to phone some of you up.

::cancels all plans, sits waiting by the phone::

posted by ThePinkSuperhero 06 March | 13:32

The reason I let 'em go to voicemail is because I'm at work surrounded by supernosy spinster attorneys [i'm serious] and they don't deserve to know the glories that are Mechazens. In another hour and a half I'll be free to answer all calls.

Are all British phone numbers 12 digits long?

posted by sciurus 06 March | 13:35

Spinster Attorneys would be a great band name. I'm just saying.

posted by jonmc 06 March | 13:36

Just tell them they're all your girlfriends calling.

posted by matildaben 06 March | 13:37

Soon all the phone numbers in my area will go from 7 digits to 10. Its a pain in my ass because I have a hard enough time remembering 7 numbers.

And I agree with jonmc...Spinster Attorneys is a great band name.

posted by LunaticFringe 06 March | 13:40

matilda, then they'd hear my voice and have an attack of the vapors. or something.

posted by jonmc 06 March | 13:41

brrrrrrrinnnnggg...brrrrrrrinnnnggg...brrrrrrrinnnnggg...

dude, I'm calling you right now. That ad was great. Pick up.

brrrrrrrinnnnggg...brrrrrrrinnnnggg...brrrrrrrinnnnggg...brrrrrrrinnnnggg...

brrrrrrrinnnnggg...brrrrrrrinnnnggg...

brrrrrrrinnnnggg...

posted by safetyfork 06 March | 13:49

My phone is on vibrate and in my pocket. If only I were a girl.

posted by sciurus 06 March | 13:53

My pocket frequently redials the last person I talked to, and leaves messages of 3-4 minutes of ambient noise on their machine.

posted by matildaben 06 March | 14:02

Are all British phone numbers 12 digits long?

No, but there's all sorts of weird codes you have to dial for international calls.

[Not that I'm admitting it was me that called, you understand...]

posted by essexjan 06 March | 14:04

My pocket frequently redials the last person I talked to, and leaves messages of 3-4 minutes of ambient noise on their machine.

I think you need to get a 1-900 number, girlfriend. I know I'd pay a lot to listen to your ambient trouser noise.

posted by jonmc 06 March | 14:05

That must be a Seattle thing matildaben, I get ambient phone calls from my buddy AJ who lives in Seattle all the time.

posted by sciurus 06 March | 14:11

This thread, and sciurus, are like, totally awwwesome! Good luck on the job!

posted by deborah 06 March | 14:15

I had to lock my keypad because of random-pocket dialing. My keys kept trying to call my parents.

posted by LunaticFringe 06 March | 14:19

My phone is a clamshell, but it's got this weird "driving mode" button on the side that gets pushed sometimes, and I think it picks up words people say in the room and thinks they are voice commands.

posted by matildaben 06 March | 14:22

My phone is a clamshell,

Wow. Matildaben is Wilma Flintstone. Whoda thunk? Is your vacuum cleaner a baby elephant, too?

posted by jonmc 06 March | 14:25

Aw man! I take one morning off and am late to everything. How am I supposed to nuture certain squirrely crushes if I'm not around to compete with certain pink superheros???

posted by Specklet 06 March | 15:14

Looking back over this thread, I am SO GLAD that I started the sciurus phone call meme. This makes me happy in so many freaking ways.

This totally reminds me of the cell phone game I played with my LJ friends two years ago. I wish there was some way we could do that here, safely. Fuck anonymous steamy mash notes. I want random cell phone messages!

posted by TrishaLynn 06 March | 16:42

Ladies, Ladies, there is enough of me to go around.

posted by sciurus 06 March | 17:13

Seattle is still waiting for its cookies.

posted by matildaben 06 March | 17:14

Who's fighting, sciurus? I never fight for a man- they're never worth it.

posted by ThePinkSuperhero 06 March | 17:18

The cookies were intercepted as they were being smuggled through Olympia. I've got another fox squirrel on the way.

TPS- you're right, but :(

posted by sciurus 06 March | 17:43

TrishaLynn - google "anonymous phone number" - there seem to be a number of free services out there that provide exactly what we'd need for this to work.

My fee for my expert sleuthing will be one sexy anonymous voicemail. From each of you.

posted by mike9322 06 March | 17:50

That's my man, mike9322. Word.

posted by sciurus 06 March | 18:12

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