Curiouser and Curiouser

The end of my autumn internship is rapidly approaching, and I am busily preparing my last big demo of the season. In the meantime, there have been hints and talk of an offer for a full-time position. This has so far not materialized, but this morning I got a call from a recruiter. You can imagine the conversation. I can’t tell you what was said, but I assure you it wasn’t this:

– “Hi, I just had some questions for you that were not clear from your resume.”

– “Well, in my previous job, I made $150k a year and I had a personal slave as a perk. However, I hear your company can’t provide that; so I’m willing to settle for $175k since it seems you can get your own on Craigslist…”

Now that everyone is getting older, and grandkids are starting families and having holidays of their own, we don’t often have the big family get-togethers these days. Still, I’ll never forget the good old days at my grandparents’ house.