One time I was interviewing candidates for an accounting position at a plant I was managing in San Diego. When we had asked one person what he did in his previous job he replied "well I took the pink copy and signed it and blah blah" I tried to explain that I meant in general what he did not step by step. He looked at me paused and continued "then I took the white copy"....So at that moment I was already laughing. So the next guy comes in and he has a silk shirt on with a big "I am going to lock my bicycle up later" chain around his neck a hairy chest and his shirt buttons open almost halfway down.
He then proceeds to tell me he wants to be a film maker. The other interviewer and I looked at each other and thought the same thing "those are movie's I will never admit to seeing". As I am talking to the candidate my partner is writing down notes and I am thinking "this guy is a joke why are you writing notes". As I look over my female interview partner is writing things like "kill me now", "I want him" etc.
At that point I laughed so hard I fell out of my chair and actually left the room and never came back. Very unprofessional but necessary at that moment. I had never laughed to the point of actually tearing up until that moment. I could have used one of those Sham wow's it was so bad.
I guess that is what I mean when I say that I live for moments of uncontrolled laughter. P.S. We did not hire him...Can you imagine what a guy like that would wear on "Casual Friday"
Why we have policies covering "Casual Friday's" in Corporate America.
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