Directions. This is not following them.

[missroserose]

As the gallery's somewhat shorthanded at the moment, on Friday, I posted a want ad on Craigslist for a job here. I asked potential applicants to respond to the ad with "Gallery Position" in the subject line of the email.

To their credit, most of the applicants followed the directions. One of them did make me snicker when they put "Gallery Position" in quotes - we're thinkin' in a straight line (da na na naaa na na)!. But it's hardly a disqualifying offense, and hey, maybe it shows attention to detail.

The one that picks up the prestigious Mock Worthy Award this time around, though? In all seriousness, spacing and capitalization intact?

"GaLLerY positiOn !"

Look, I'm sure you're a nice person and all, and I hate to break it to you, but your part-time hobby selling Magic cards on eBay when you were 17 isn't something that's likely to net you many real-world gigs. So you might want to tone it down a bit.

Comments

[sigma7.livejournal.com]

I can never see erratic capitalization like that without hearing Mike Nelson: "I misEMPHasize words."

And who knows, maybe "gallery position" is one of those odd Craigslist-specific euphemisms that means something entirely differently to a specific population. They might have put it in quotes for a reason. That interview might be quite entertaining, if only for the distinct...expectations.

Tangentially related...

[roseneko.livejournal.com]

"Excuse me, miss. But until the show gets going, we might have a position for you." "As a matter of fact, we might have several positions for you. *leer*"

(Brian's commented more than once while watching The Producers that it really takes a gay man to play that kind of over-the-top lech convincingly...)

[ivy]

It's not even the camelfont alternation that I would have expected. The highlighted letters don't say anything. LL YO! (I set "the Oxford comma" as an interest on another site recently; it pertains.) Gyuh.