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Subject:Re: On The Subject Of People Looking For Work From:Goober Writer <gooberwriter -at- yahoo -dot- com> To:"TECHWR-L" <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- raycomm -dot- com> Date:Tue, 30 Dec 2003 23:09:57 -0800 (PST)
> Speaking of people looking for work, anybody got any
> idea what this guy
> is up to? This posting popped up in another list
> serve I follow.
> $ I will pay $100 per phone call for you to act as a
> $ professional reference.
What a marvelously stupid idea!
Hi. I'm a total moron. I need references, but I don't
trust enough of my former co-workers, managers, and
colleagues to lie for me. So, tell you what... I'll
give you $100 if you lie for me. Say we used to be
beer swilling buddies in college, and then worked
together for a while... Better yet, tell them how your
mom put me up for a few weeks while I worked overtime,
on-site, at this fictitious company that just happened
to go belly-up 5 years ago... without pay. ;)
LOL!
I think someone should take the $100, in advance, and
then when the employer calls, say "I have no idea who
this schmuck is, but he gave me $100 to say I know him
and that he does good work. If you want, for $100,
I'll contact him back and tell him the reference call
went well."
ROFL!!!
Oh my! What a world we live in!
=====
Goober Writer
(because life is too short to be inept)
"As soon as you hear the phrase "studies show",
immediately put a hand on your wallet and cover your groin."
-- Geoff Hart
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