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he felt intimidated by my presence and excused himself to
look for the owner of the store.
After about three minutes the owner came with my
resume and handed it back to me.
“You have no work history and to be honest I have no
idea what you’d be like if you were managed.” said the
owner. “This job pays $9 an hour and the minute an
executive opportunity opens up you’ll be gone, so I’m not
wasting my time, money or energy investing in you.”
Pinning his sobering manager up with his elbow to keep
him from falling, the owner stepped aside. I took my
resume and left.
Other job interviews were similar and included additional
comments such as
“over-qualified…”
“poor credit…”
“too old….”
The last comment was a landmark moment in my life, I
had never been too old for anything before.
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