Thursday, July 19, 2007

Interview

I stopped off at Mitchell's Tavern last night, after working a double shift. I had a couple of beers, watched whatever sports show was on the tv, and engaged in light chatter with the barmaids. I was about to leave, when one of the barmaids ended her shift, and sat down next to me to relax herself. She had just started there a few weeks ago. She's a pretty blond, age 24, with a nice figure. She's married and has a one year old. She told me about her son, and we compared scars (I showed her the hole in my arm), then the interview began.

Her: So, are you married?
Me: No.
Her: Have you ever been married?
Me: Nope.
Her: Are you interested in getting married?
Me: Yes.
Her: Do you have any kids?
Me: No.
Her: Do you like kids?
Me: Yes, very much.
Her: Do you want to have kids?
Me: Yes, I've been thinking about that more lately, as I get older.
Her: How old are you?
Me: 43.
Her: What age woman are you looking for?
Me: I'm not concerned about age as much as maturity. A girl too young won't have anything in common with me, and wouldn't be interested in me anyway.
Her: So you'd be looking for a woman in her late 20's, early 30's.
Me: Yeah, that sounds about right. I'm looking for a woman who wants to settle down and raise a family. The last woman I went out on a date with is divorced, and already has children. It's harder to find someone my age who wants to start a family now. Most women my age already have kids, and don't want more, or they don't intend to start raising kids now.
Her: What are you going to do tonight,when you get home?
Me: Take a shower and go to bed.
Her: Are you going to go to work tomorrow?
Me: Yes.
Her: It's time for me to go home. It's been nice talking with you. See you later.
Me: Wait....I feel like I've just been through a job interview, and didn't get the job.
Her: It wasn't an interview.

So I don't know what was going on. It was just...weird.

4 comments:

Kel said...

One of two things...
Either she was eyeballing you for a friend, but the friend already has kids and doesn't want to have more etc.
or
She was fine tuning her schmoozing with the clientele.
or
Possibly she had a bit of time to kill and you seemed like a nice guy to chat with so that's what she did...sorta.

At any rate you're right it was weird.

Shawn Carter said...

That's three things.

What are you doing reading my blog anyway? You're supposed to be holed up in a motel reading Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows!

Kel said...

Never do my plans work out quite the way they're supposed to. I'm only on 281.
It's the slowest I've ever read a book. It's wonderful. When you get to the end please don't write anything for a couple of weeks. I haven't looked at the back yet, and I won't until I get there in due time.
Katie looks much cooler. Nice job.

Shawn Carter said...

I'm reading where Harry is using the pensieve.... I'll say no more, but you'll know where I was at when you get there.

I expect to finish the book tonight.

I won't say anything further.