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Lindsey's avatar

Congrats on the new job! I just had a terrible interview this week. The manager told me to breathe and that “everything’s gonna be okay.” I was like, wow, I knew it was bad but not consolatory bad. Fuck me.

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Evie Ebert's avatar

Noooooooo

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Hannah Matthews's avatar

I want to hear about the new job and also everything else you do and write forever!!! I'm very sleep-deprived and overcaffeinated in case that was a weird thing to say to someone

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Evie Ebert's avatar

THANK YOU HANNAH

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Jean's avatar

Congrats on your new job! Once I was in an interview where the guy wrote my name down on a notepad at the beginning and, halfway through, ~crossed it out~

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Evie Ebert's avatar

NOOOOOOOOOO

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Jean's avatar

To be fair I was an hour late bc I’d misread the emails and gone to Great Eastern Road instead of Great Eastern Street. BUT STILL

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Kira Cook's avatar

ohmygod HORRIFYINGGGG!!!!

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Todd's avatar

I felt this deeply. I have bombed so many interviews over the years but somewhere in my 40’s I sort of leveled out a bit and it’s not quite as bad. Congrats on the new gig and your writing brilliant and hilarious as always.

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Emily Merriweather's avatar

I coudn't read this until fledlging season was over in my neighborhood. Real holding your breath when you drive by a graveyard vibes. The number of baby ducks that didn't make it to teenagedom is shocking. The ones that did must have "I graduated in '08 but still landed a cushy tech job" energy.

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