Feeling skittish?Gil gets interviewed. He thinks.The Interview [Samuel sits at a desk sorting papers in his office in a shirt and tie. Behind him sits a raffle barrel, the kind that spins and has a small door on the side for putting in names or tickets. Gil enters the office wearing a business suit and hat.] Gil: Hello? Samuel: Come in! Come in! Gil: This is the Charlotte Agency, right? Samuel: The very one! Samuel Charlotte, at your service! [points to chair] Please make yourself comfortable. G: Thanks. S: Well, let's get down to it. You can start by filling out this form. [S hands G a small slip of paper about the size of a business card. G takes it from S. S starts to fill a form on his desk.] G: Um... S: [looks up from form] Yes? G: Nothing. S: [smiling broadly] S'allright! S'allright! [G takes out a pen and fills it in. It takes about 5 seconds.] G: [holds out paper] Uh, here. [S takes the paper.] S: [reading] Gil Gardner. [looks up] Great! [puts paper in the raffle barrel] G: That was the correct form, right? S: Oh, absolutely! Absolutely! G: So it was only supposed to ask my name? S: Well, now. Well, now. The second half of the interview does the rest. G: Ah. Good. S: Right then. Right then. Let's begin. [S takes a new form from out of a drawer and looks at it.] S: Oh damn. [S starts rifling through the raffle barrel] S: I've forgotten your name. G: It's -- [S pulls out random name.] S: Are you... [reading] Wang-Si Mah? G: I'm Gil Gardner, sir. S: That's it. Gil Gardner. Excellent. [puts paper back] Good memory. I like that. I like that. [G shifts uncomfortably. S start filling in the form he took out of the drawer in silence. S looks up occasionally at G, eyeing him. G sits up straight. S shakes his head and fills something out on the form. This repeats a couple of times, each time S eyeing G, shaking his head and filling in the form.] S: [filling in form] No, definitely not. G: Not what, sir? [S acts as though he hasn't heard the question. S looks at form again and looks up, speculatively.] S: Not a chance. G: Sir? [S returns to the form.] G: Has the interview begun? S: Hm? [looks up] Oh, yes. Oh, yes. Almost done. [returns to form] G: If you have any questions for me, I'd be glad to answer them. S: [doesn't look up] Yes, answers. Answers. Hmm. [looks up] Hah! [speaks to form] This one? Not bloody likely! Ha ha! [fills in more of the form] G: Sir, if I could -- S: Done! G: Done? S: Oh, wait. Almost forgot. [scribbles on form and says out loud as he writes it out] Good memory. G: So, how did I fare? S: Can't say. Can't say. [gets up and offers hand] You'll be getting a letter one way or another. G: [gets up and shakes hand] Well, thanks for your time. S: Not at all. Not at all. [After G has left S turns to raffle barrel and spins it idly.]
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