Friday, July 01, 2005
Taking down a peg
I saw some sesame paste in the supermarket yesterday, and really wanted to buy it. But I stopped myself, because it was Made In Israel. So to remind myself that I did the right thing, in settling for some Skye Salmon instead, I want to put up a picture of a dead Palestinian child.
I just had an interview with a bank in Tokyo. It was a complete and utter disaster. Technically, I was a little rusty, but that wasn't the real problem. Idiocy occured right toward the end of the 30minute interview, in which a reasonable rapport had been built up, and he asked me why I wanted to work in Japan. New environment, work ethic, bank, standards etc all blurted out my face. I then couldn't resist telling him that it was a pay cut, to demonstrate how keen I was on this move. "but this is a top japanese bank" he was flabbergasted "yes, i think the agency is taking a large large cut. i get about twice here". FOOL FOOL FOOL. i am still shaking from the forthright arrogant lunacy and disbelief that I actually said this. Cut my tongue now, please. The interviewer can only be thinking "So, our money is not good enough for you, is it?"
Well, until the next time. For now, I am stuck on this fricking island of apes. And I feel that I deserve to be, for being conceited to such an inexplicable degree.
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