Brigit's Flame Entry-Week Two

[eiremauve]

Title: Caroline Attempts To Kill A Job
Author: eiremauve
Rating: PG
Warnings: None
Word Count: 136
Prompt: Necessary Evil, Come Again? and By Nature, Hold Nothing
A/N: Because landing a job is a necessary evil. :) Procrastination is also evil. EVIL! And a theft of quality. The jerk. 

I am at my desk, attempting to kill a job.
Writing down my name for the millionth time.
Why can’t they all just accept resumes?
Why must they all have their own form?
I’m flexible and friendly, and I ‘work well with others’-
the whole shebang.
I dress appropriately for interviews, I’m polite and serious.
I swear they even like me.
What else do they want from me?
They don’t even write back half the time!
‘Caroline Applegate’ I write again.
Then I pause.
What if a bit of humour is what is needed?
It’s worth a shot-I have nothing to lose-
And maybe this way they’ll remember me.
So I write ‘In addition to wishing to work with your company,
I would like a pony’.
I am at my desk, attempting to kill a job.

Comments

[keppiehed.livejournal.com]

It is hard to get all three prompts into such a short piece, but I do see them there! Whew! That was a tough one, don't you think? But well done to tackle the advanced level with poetry! :) That takes some skill!

[eiremauve.livejournal.com]

Yes, it was tricky. Fun, though! :) Thank you very much!

[leticiae.livejournal.com]

I loved the line about the pony! As someone who's read many resumes and employee forms, I can say that a bit of humor will make you stand out.... unfortunately, some bosses don't have a sense of humor... but on the other hand, do you want to work for them?

[eiremauve.livejournal.com]

Thank you very much! Nope, you don't want to work for a boss with no sense of humor.

[osoreranai.livejournal.com]

Ever since I read this I've been wanting to write something like this in the application. One of the jobs I applied to wanted me to list a series of keywords to distinguish myself, and I was tempted to write "Super Happy Funtime Awesome."

I wish I was joking about this.

Also, good poem.

[eiremauve.livejournal.com]

Thank you very much! Those keywords are a great idea!

[rubyelf.livejournal.com]

Amazing how they all insist upon having their own complicated form that you fill out and then send them off to be ignored? Nice work with the prompts and adding some humor into it too.

[eiremauve.livejournal.com]

Yes, it is amazing! Thank you very much.

[eiremauve.livejournal.com]

Thank you! I wish you were in charge of hiring people. :)