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At 12:00 PM 11/10/1999 -0500, Kevin McGowan wrote:
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>The PB&J example is comparable to this, in that it is something most north
>american humans have done. But imagine being that moron alien, you aren't
>used to our gravity, you have never seen a knife before, and what the hell
>is peanut butter anyway?
I wasn't going to contribute to this thread, but Kevin's comment reminded
me of my experience with a company that put me through two days of tests
after the initial HR interview and never even bothered to look at my
portfolio.
The PBJ thing was the last test, at 4:30 on a Friday afternoon, and I was
told to 'write a description of the procedure as though you were an alien
who has never seen a sandwich."
I wrote up a horrified report on torture and genocide for the Sentient
Vegetables Rights Commission of the United Federation of Planets.
K@, who usually behaves herself
/K@
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