Africa? Did you hook up with any hot doctors or nurses while you were over there?" Please say no, please say no.
"Maybe... But a gentleman never tells.” He winked at me and walked out. Grrrr.... I used to be able to control my jealousy but it seems to be getting harder every time he comes back home.
It doesn't help either that I'm constantly dreading the moment he comes home and tells me that he's met someone and is getting married. That will probably be the day I have myself committed because it'll be my own damn fault for never telling him the truth about…. EVERYTHING!
The door dinged letting me know that our first applicant was here. I make Caleb and me a cup of coffee to get ready for the interview and pray we find someone today and it doesn't take all week to get some help with the extra work. I walk into the lobby and I hear an annoying cackle of a laugh and right then and there I knew that there was no way that I could handle listening to that laugh all day long. I sat down at the table and smirked at Caleb who had been flirting with the applicant who looks to be 14 years old but by her application is actually 30.
"So-" I forgot her name so I looked down again to see what it is. "America?" Seriously? Did I read that right? She nodded so I guess I did. "How many years of experience do you have as a receptionist?"
"None. I saw that you were hiring and figured I would apply." She seemed more interested in filing what little bit of nails she had left on her fingers than my questions.
"I see... Did you not see that the ad in the paper mentioned that office experience was a must with some legal knowledge?"
I looked over at Caleb and his head was down and I knew that he was trying not to laugh which made me want to kick him under the table.
"Yes I did but people say that all of the time and they usually hire you if you're called in for an interview. What would my hours be because I don't have a baby sitter after one on Tuesdays and Thursdays?"
The laugh that Caleb was trying to contain slipped out and I kicked him... Hard! So hard that he straightened up in his seat quickly. I look over at little uneducated and misinformed America and hissed at her.
"America? I'm sorry but this interview is over. Thank you so much for wasting our time. Have a nice day." The girl's chin dropped in absolute shock and I wondered to myself what rock she crawled out of.
"Are you kidding me?? So that's it? I don't have the job?” I did the only thing I could do and that was stare at her to let her know that yes indeed I was very serious. “Well ya know what?? That's fine because I wouldn't want to work for a bitch like you anyway! You're really rude ya know that?"
"Yes and you're right... I am a bitch. Goodbye now and have a nice day!" I pointed her to the door in case she had already forgotten how she got into my office. She turned around and flipped me off before she walked out the door. As soon as she was gone Caleb laughed his ass off so hard he fell out of his chair.
"If you don't shut up I'm going to kick you again!"
"Oh my God, Claud! Where did she come from? What paper did you put the ad in? Was the job put under the headline ‘Illiterate misguided bimbos please apply’ ? Hahahaha... This is going to be fun, I can already tell. Who's next?" I'm ready to fire him already. Some big help he turned out to be in the interview.
"This better not be how this day goes because after that mess of crazy I'm at the point to where we can answer our own damn phones and do our own filing!" I could let him be the secretary if he keeps it up.
"How many applicants do you have coming in today?" I looked down at my folder of applicants.
"We have three total for this morning, that THING was the first one. The next one will be here in a few minutes and her name is-" I look down and for some reason the name sounded familiar but I couldn't seem to place it. "Her name is Margaret Simmons. Does that name sound familiar to you? It sure does