At the career fair I attended today yesterday. I really wanted to take a camera with and photograph the worst dressed interview candidates but I couldnt quite figure out how to 1) do it without getting caught and 2) ethically justify it to myself. Ok mostly #1. Anyway I couldn’t do that so there went idea number 1 for funny random post of the day. The good news is there are enough stories to make an entire post! (And let this be a lesson to act professional)

Conversation with one computer science major:

me: “Hey hows it going? So what kind of employment are you looking for”
kid: “well I want a summer internship doing no more than 5 hours a week.”
me: “Why only 5 hours? I spend 5 hours a week washing my car in the summer”
kid: “I hate working”
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Then there was the kid walking around in the always classy flannel pajama pants, flip flops and a tshirt with messy hair wandering around asking for interviews. hmmm.

Another great conversation. A girl comes up to me very professionally dressed with a nametag that reads “mathematics”. Ok a math major that wants to talk to a software/consulting firm interesting, but Im game for listening to her pitch. “Hi, so what kind of employment are you looking for”
“well Im not really sure but I saw your website and I had a dream that I fit in perfectly with your company I can’t quite explain it, I felt a strong core attraction to your company. I feel something telling me to work here.” “Well we have development openings, some marketing openings, etc etc do you have any experience with anything there?” “No” “Do any of those things interest you?” “No” “How do you see yourself fitting in at our company” “I dreamt you would know” “Huh. Well, let me pass you off to our recruiter” Wherein I took great joy in seeing him go through the same thing. There is something cathartic about torturing friends/co-workers.

Here are a couple bonus career/finance related quotes:

baseball great Yogi Berra, on the Broadway show Biloxi Blues:
“It reminds me of being in the Army, even though I was in the Navy.”

Overheard:
“I like investing. Mostly money.”

“If you owe the bank $100 that’s your problem. If you owe the bank $100 million, that’s the bank’s problem.”
JP Getty.

“I’ve been rich and I’ve been poor: Rich is better.”
Sophie Tucker

“Part of the $10 million I spent on gambling, part on booze and part on women. The rest I spent foolishly.”
George Raft.

And Ill leave you with:

“Beyond its entertainment value, Baywatch has enriched and, in many cases, helped save lives. I’m looking forward to the opportunity to continue with a project which has has such a significance for so many.”
- David Hasselhoff, Actor

Baywatch saved my life, how bout yours?

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