INTERVIEWS
A Boston business man has the following schedule of time for interviews hung over his desk:
Book agents—three seconds.
Unclassified bores—thirty ditto.
Golf associates—one hour.
Friends to make a touch (It takes time to explain why you are broke)—five minutes.
People to pay bills—no limit.
Employees wanting increase of salary—one minute.
My wife—never too busy.
Poor relations—always out.
An answer to the query why some United States Employment Service examiners go mad might be found in the following questionnaire filled out by an applicant applying to the Service for employment:
Q. Born? A. Yes; once.
Q. Nativity? A. Baptist.
Q. Married or single? A. Have been both.
Q. Parents alive yet? A. Not yet.
Q. Hair? A. Thin.
Q. Voice? A. Weak.
Q. Healthy? A. Sometimes.
Q. Previous experience? A. No.
Q. Where? A. Different places.
Q. Business? A. Rotten.
Q. Salary expected? A. More.
Q. Drink? A. Not in dry states.
Q. Why do you want job? A. Wife won't work any more.