having a few beers with Pete Murphy, your Assemblyman, and he sez I should use his name and see you about a job. How ya fixed for jobs these days?” MR. RISHEL: “Well, we‟re fixed pretty well around here. How are you and Murphy fixed?”
MR. JOBHUNTER: “Well, you see I‟ve had a lot of good jobs in my time, but I don‟t seem to get the right breaks – but I got some good testimonial letters.
“Here‟s a letter I got from the Whoosit Cracker Company. They let me out to make room for the boss‟s college son. “Here is one from the What‟s-In-It Beer Company. They let me out because my boss and me got drunk after a sales convention, and the boss was scared to have me around after that.
“Now here‟s another letter from my last employer, the Friday Fish Distributing Corporation. I was just too big for that job!”
(Rishel reads testimonial letter.)
To Whom It May Concern: The bearer, Mr. Perennial Jobhunter, was with us from April 1 st
st
to April 21
, as a
salesman. Owing to circumstances beyond our control, we were unable to keep him on our Staff.
Very truly yours,
SALES MANAGER
MR. RISHEL: “You say you were too big for this job?”
MR. JOBHUNTER: “Yeah, too much office politics. The boss wouldn‟t listen to me. They‟re on the way out.”
MR. RISHEL: “Humph! How long were you with them?”
MR. JOBHUNTER: “Oh, three weeks was enough for me.”
MR. RISHEL: “And that‟s enough FOR ME! Thanks for coming in.”
MR. JOBHUNTER: “Well, keep my name on file. Let me know when you have a good opening.” (Leaving, says to himself.) “And they say the depression is over!”
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