I just can't think of England

Here's a question: Is role playing during a job interview unethical if the interviewee doesn't know he or she is involved in role playing? This didn't happen to me, but they did it with the pages they were interviewing, and when I heard about it it didn't seem quite right.

Question two: During a job interview, is it ever appropriate for the interviewee to say, "I've got a riddle for you - What has two thumbs and a boner? *points both thumbs at self* This guy."

That last one was put in there just because I promised dick jokes but haven't really delivered.

That's no moon...

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Check out the cock on that cow!

Don't worry, I'll get back to the dick jokes in a bit

So this kid came up to the circ desk today, probably 9 or 10 and obviously very shy and intimidated. He nervously said his dad got a call that the book he was waiting for was in, but he couldn't find it. I looked up his record, and saw that he had "The Tale of Despereaux" graphic novel on hold. So, I went out to our holds shelf, found it in the correct spot (not sure if the kid actually looked, he seemed a bit lost) and brought it back to the desk. I'm not sure what it was, but something about the kid made me think he didn't really want the graphic novel, so I asked him if that was what he really wanted, as I had the impression that I probably could have handed him ANY book and he would have walked out with it. He asked if there was a chapter book, and I told him there was and then went and got it for him. I checked them both out to him, he seemed pretty happy, and then on his way out I noticed he put the graphic version in the book return.

See, it's exchanges like these that makes me like to work with the public - getting someone what they want even when they aren't sure/aren't comfortable enough to ask. Sure, you get like 1 of these for every 50 assholes, but the assholes never bother me. And actually, I especially enjoy helping the assholes, because a lot of the time, when you have an answer to every complaint they have and you can look them straight in the eye and assure them that their problem will be taken care of, they have no choice but to stop being assholes, if only briefly. In my mind, when I've been the customer, I never remember exchanges that go perfectly smooth. However, if I had some kind of problem, and the person helping me did everything they could to fix it, I walk away more impressed than if there hadn't been a problem in the first place.

Point and shoot

I'm not much of a gamer, and I know I'm like four years late on this, but F.E.A.R. is pretty fucking awesome.

Pet peeve number four hundred and thirty six million, six hundred and twenty two thousand, nine hundred and eighty one

Middle-aged corporate looking "dudes" with sunglasses on their heads who come in and attempt to act all cool by trying to talk to me about music and calling me "bro." I'm not your fucking "bro," stupid fucker. Now get the fuck out of here an go listen to Coldplay while playing Halo with your dumbass wife, who can probably hold a conversation about as well as my taint. You were in a frat, weren't you? You think The Doors are deep, don't you? You, on more than one occasion, have referred to something you like as "boss," haven't you? Douche.

I forget the rest but your mom is a whore.