We Like Quirky
I think I was just told I was too professional for a coffee shop job. I was having my second interview with a local coffee shop in New Haven and things seemed to be going well. Everyone was so impressed that I have had experience and the interview was seeming like a formality until the owner started to explain how he liked his workers to have a personality and be unique. He desccribed one worker who used to tap dance while he was serving customers and another employee who constantly had his ukulele strapped to his back and would periodically play for the customers in the store. He never asked me if or how I was quirky, but it was obvious he was trying to describe how important it is to fit into the odd family and he was trying to decide if I would fit into such an environment.
I am only trying to work at this place in order to be getting some income while I look for a job that would use my great skills…but now I am I questioning whether I am quirky enough to work for this guy. Do I want to live up to a constant quirky standard? Can’t I earn a buck while just meeting the customers’ needs?
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That reminds me of the horrors the Jennifer Aniston’s character endured in Office Space.
Maybe you could try some flair.
You could sit in a corner and knit and refuse to serve customers. That would make you quirky.
You could take a sip out of each drink as you bring it to customers. Just tell them you are their cupbearer.
I vote for Liz’s idea. That’s just appropriately quirky.
What if you just talk earnestly about your favorite serial killers and show pictures of famous crime scenes that you carry in your wallet? That’s quirky, right? I’d totally hire you.