Gateway to Hell
My Second Job was a little bit of a hook-up from my big bro. He was working for Gateway Cinemas at the time, and they were hiring for the Christmas Holidays like crazy. He said I could probably go in and be hired on the spot without an interview if I was lucky. And that was exactly what DIDN'T happen.
I walked in a little too professionally dressed for the job position, but what did I know, it was my second job. And Gateway is like the "stuck-up" theatre of Austin where all the preppy kids that have mommy and daddy's credit card go. I felt instant smugness when I walked in. Everyone was looking me up and down like they've never seen a person of color before. And then I realized it was because my zipper was down. ha.
After twenty minutes of waiting for the manager, Miss Teeter (later deemed The Teeternator), took me into her office to start the interview. The interview was drawn-out for like an hour and I thought to myslef, "how hard can working for concessions really be?" Towards the end of the interview we finally got to the meat of the interrogation and it went as follows:
"Rebecca, so, what qualifies you for this job?"
I said, "I get along well with others, and I'm great at Multi-tasking."
"Great. Rebecca, and what weeknesses do you have that might be of concern?"
I said,"Well, I would say CHOCOLATE."
[awkward pause]
"hahahahahahahaha!"
"Oh, um, heh...you mean about the job?....(still giggling about the joke)...well, I really don't have any. The only thing I can say is that my weekness might be over exerting one of my strengths at times."
"Interesting. Sooooooo, can you start this afternoon?"
Score!! My first successful interview integrating the great humor factor. It took a few seconds for her to catch on, but she got it and that's all that matters.
Later on that afternoon I returned to start the big day. Teeter took me in to the back of concessions, upstairs, where the lockerooms were. Saw the video, got the t-shirt, got the vest, got the bow-tie, and off to concessions for training.
To be continued....
I walked in a little too professionally dressed for the job position, but what did I know, it was my second job. And Gateway is like the "stuck-up" theatre of Austin where all the preppy kids that have mommy and daddy's credit card go. I felt instant smugness when I walked in. Everyone was looking me up and down like they've never seen a person of color before. And then I realized it was because my zipper was down. ha.
After twenty minutes of waiting for the manager, Miss Teeter (later deemed The Teeternator), took me into her office to start the interview. The interview was drawn-out for like an hour and I thought to myslef, "how hard can working for concessions really be?" Towards the end of the interview we finally got to the meat of the interrogation and it went as follows:
"Rebecca, so, what qualifies you for this job?"
I said, "I get along well with others, and I'm great at Multi-tasking."
"Great. Rebecca, and what weeknesses do you have that might be of concern?"
I said,"Well, I would say CHOCOLATE."
[awkward pause]
"hahahahahahahaha!"
"Oh, um, heh...you mean about the job?....(still giggling about the joke)...well, I really don't have any. The only thing I can say is that my weekness might be over exerting one of my strengths at times."
"Interesting. Sooooooo, can you start this afternoon?"
Score!! My first successful interview integrating the great humor factor. It took a few seconds for her to catch on, but she got it and that's all that matters.
Later on that afternoon I returned to start the big day. Teeter took me in to the back of concessions, upstairs, where the lockerooms were. Saw the video, got the t-shirt, got the vest, got the bow-tie, and off to concessions for training.
To be continued....
