"For short." "I was looking for a job since a long time." "That evening, I cracked." "I sent 257 copy-pasted e-mails to all the companies not too far from my place," "I told myself "since I'm about to be bored to death, it better be close"." "Only one called me back." "I don't remember for what job it was, but I told him very sincerely:" ""Aah, it would be a true honor to be part of your team"." "I hung up." "I typed the name of the company on the Internet, it was either a venereal disease, or a branch of the UN, or guys who rent copy machines." ""Guys who rent photo machines."" "I had it all prepared:" "I had written my CV ; in the "Hobbies" part, I wrote that I liked to do kayak." "I had never done any kayak, but I liked words that you can read both ways." "I had put the suit that I put for weddings, for funerals and for job interviews." "Next to me there was this guy." "He looked weird." "Too neat and tidy." "I told myself that it was hiding something." "The CEO called me, we sat, I looked at his tie, it was a Goofy tie." "I asked myself if one day he really went to a store and said:" ""Hello Madam, I would like a Goofy tie because I'm a really crazy dude!"." "It made me laugh." "He saw me laugh, but I believe that he thought I found his tie cool." "He asked me:" ""Do you speak English?" I said: "Yes."" "Then he said: "Where are you from ?" I said : "Yes."" "He asked me what was my biggest flaw." "I hesitated between:" "shy fanatic obsessional coward depressive lazy liar" "I answered "perfectionist !" Actually it should have been "liar"." "He told me : "ah, so you like kayak ?" I said "Yes"." "He asked me: "In the sea or in the river ?"" "I said:" ""Did you notice, you can read it both ways..."" "He crossed out "kayak"." "He told me "We'll call you back"." "I heard: "Go fuck yourself"." "In short." "I had a job interview." ""Come here!" "Coooooome...""