having a few beers with Pete Murphy, your Assemblyman, and he sez I should use his name and see you about a job. How ya fixed for jobs these days?” MR. RISHEL: “Well, we’re fixed pretty well around here. How are you and Murphy fixed?”
M R. JOBHUNTER: “Well, you see I’ve had a lot of good jobs in my time, but I don’t seem to get the right breaks – but I got some good testimonial letters.
“Here’s a letter I got from the Whoosit Cracker C ompany. They let me out to make room for the boss’s college son. “Here is one from the What’s -In-It Beer Company. They let me out because my boss and me got drunk after a sales convention, and the boss was scared to have me around after that. “Now here’s another letter from my last employer, the Friday Fish Distributing Corporation. I was just too big for that job!” (Rishel reads testimonial letter.)
To Whom It May Concern: The bearer, Mr. Perennial Jobhunter, was with us from April 1 st
st
to April 21
, as a
salesman. Owing to circumstances beyond our control, we were unable to keep him on our Staff. Very truly yours, SALES MANAGER MR. RISHEL: “You say you were too big for this job?” MR. JOBHUNTER: “Yeah, too much office politics. The boss wouldn’t listen to me. They’re on the way out.” MR. RISHEL: “Humph! How long were you with them?” MR. JOBHUNTER: “O h, three weeks was enough for me.” MR. RISHEL: “And that’s enough FOR ME! Thanks for coming in.” MR. JOBHUNTER: “Well, keep my name on file. Let me know when you have a good opening.” (Leaving, says to himself.) “And they say the depression is over!”
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