Well, that didn't go so well

[featherynscale]

Very exciting interview this morning, in the negative sense of the word. The guy, who is apparently the executive director of a new jobs-and-growth program in Kansas City, spent the first five minutes of the interview staring at my tits in a disapproving manner, and the rest of the interview studiously attempting not to look at me at all.

So I'm pretty sure I'm not getting a callback on this one. That's okay, though. If the guy can't get over his tit issues for a half-hour interview, I imagine that working with him would be a lot less fun than I want my job to be.

Comments

Wheee!

[triadruid.livejournal.com]

What did you *wear*? I mean, not that it takes a lot to draw attention to your intangible assets, but most of us with forebrains can refrain from actually memorizing your bust size during crucial business meetings... and that's coming from one who has spent a lot of time memorizing your dimensions. :)

Oh well, a nice sexual harassment settlement would have been a lovely way to fund your more disreputable habits.

Re: Wheee!

[featherynscale.livejournal.com]

The black dress I wore to the wedding, and my purple wool blazer. I thought it was very conservative, personally.

[diermuid.livejournal.com]

Stared at them in a DISAPPROVING manner? Must have been gay. How any straight man could disapprove of your rack is beyond me.

Or he could have been one of those evangelical christian types... funny how those folks have that in common with the 'sodomites' they so detest. 8-)

[featherynscale.livejournal.com]

I'm voting for option II. They did tell me as I came in that the interest the gentleman was representing had been funded by a conservative trust. Still though, when I think "conservative" in the "jobs and growth" sense, I didn't envision "has difficulty dealing with breasts".

[diermuid.livejournal.com]

One of the reasons I don't like the world at this moment is because I am a diverse person in a polarized world. For some reason, conservatives have to go to church, wear suits to work, and dislike Spongebob. Liberals have to all be tye-dyed horney heathens without jobs or prospects for the future. So that leaves me sort of lost, as I like suits & financial growth, AND think SpongeBob is cute. I also love order, and tend to support homeland security, but also really like playing Grand Theft Auto. I'm a man without a side to sit on.

Did Jesus hate breasts? I know I didn't hear THAT one at church or my grandmother would have been kicked out. Of course it also depends on if there was cleavage or even globulous areas of strained stretchy material... if the tits looked presentable, it may have distracted from other qualifications. Meanwhile, if they are evened out with stiff tweed, it is not as appealing, but it is not as distracting to those who do not want to be distracted from their money and power. If that makes sense.

[rougewench.livejournal.com]

My dear, any interview should, of course, call for dress that does all it can to minimize showing off your assets.

I so know how this one goes. Been there. It sucks. I bought business suits specifically cut to minimize drawing attention to my figure, and it helped tremendously.


D.

[featherynscale.livejournal.com]

That's the thing, really. I was in what I thought was a very conservatively cut dress and a blazer. No cleavage, knee-length, and a blazer. I mean, nobody is sexy in a blazer.

Oh well. When I did a post-mortem on the interview with the recruiter, she was like "Huh. I wouldn't have thought that dress would be a problem. Maybe invest in some turtlenecks?"

Anyway, I imagine you do know what I'm talking about -- I at least have the advantage of the tits being on a not-terribly-impressive frame. You're so fantastically proportioned, I imagine you have all sorts of trouble being taken seriously.

[diermuid.livejournal.com]

I'd go check out the early morning SMUUCH service, and see how the overly-busomed ladies there cover their assets. I know there is some odd skill to it... as our God and Me lady had been working with us for a few months before I noticed when she was putting on her jacket that she was quite gifted in that area. Normally I notice chests... but when done like the church folks do, they fade out.

It could also be that I'm getting older and am not at mezmerized anymore.

Huh?

[lightonthesill.livejournal.com]

That dress was totally appropriate- especially with a blazer. And ya know - I'm not sure that turtle necks would be the way to go...there's that whole soft sweater boob thang. Some men out there are just Dumb boys. Dumb Dumb boys. ::shaking head::

Re: Huh?

[rougewench.livejournal.com]

Yeah, I'd agree that turtlenecks are a bad idea.

The suit jacket cut I have is one that is blouson at the bust but cut in at the waist. It makes the bustline look like it's how the suit is cut rather than the fact that you have a large bustline.

I'm not even sure it's possible to get those sort of jackets anymore, but I got them at Casual Corner.


D.

Re: Huh?

[diermuid.livejournal.com]

I'll triple that notion... I think turtlenecks are sexy because they streeeetch over curves.

Unless you tuck & tape them to the sides and try to pass them off as REEEALY swollen lymph nodes.

Or not. ;-)

Re: Huh?

[triadruid.livejournal.com]

I'll put another vote in *against* turtlenecks, if the goal is to try to minimize your bustline's...well, "impact" on the interviewer. Remember my t-tunic you put on last night? It's made of an analogous material, and you looked marvelously distracting.

Denise seems to have the right idea (and well she should) considering the benefits of shirring and fitted coats to blur the outline.

[sirvinegar.livejournal.com]

Even though I've never seen your rack or the impressiveness thereof, speaking as a male who works in an office environment, it's in extremely bad taste to stare no matter what his religious leanings.

Thus: he's a schmuck, and you're probably better off not working with him.

[teross50.livejournal.com]

anal and a jerk he is If he is that uptight Yes I agree you did not need to work for anyone he represented

[chronarchy.livejournal.com]

I see others have beat me to it, but my first thought was, "How could anyone disapprove of those?"

Stare? yes. Disapprove? No.

[matchgirl42.livejournal.com]

You're very correct, dahling. If he was thinking with his dick during the interview, would you really want him thinking with his dick while you worked with/for him?

This sounds to me as if it's just a statistical anomaly, but may need more data before drawing conclusions. As others have said, true professionals have no problem restraining their inclinations, even with such a scrumptious,luscious example as yourself.

:)

[duane-kc.livejournal.com]

I think you may have missed the "Hi, I'm a moron" tattooed on this guy's forehead.

Or was it foreskin?

Either way, allow me to join the chorus of voices harmonizing on the phrase "This REALLY wasn't a job you wanted, anyway."

Better luck on the next one.