I had my
interview today at the fundraising company.
I was told by the girl who I spoke to yesterday that the office was just
down Pitt Street. I emphasize the word
“just” because that made me think the office was only a few minutes’ walk down
Pitt Street.
But Pitt
Street is a very long road that runs the length of downtown Sydney and the
office was very far down this long road.
The address was something like 480 Pitt Street and when I was walking
down Pitt Street I was passing the numbers slowly, 216, 222, 228, this place is
so far away!
I eventually
arrived at the high 400s and found a large tower that matched the address I was
told. The building was massive, like
every other building on Pitt Street. The
lobby was cladded in marble and the lifts were covered in brass.
I headed up
to the 5th floor in one of the brass lifts and arrived in the
fundraising office. It wasn’t hard to
find the office due to all the noise coming from the office. I arrived in a small office cramped full of
people clapping and cheering. People
where being given out awards such as “top fundraiser of the week” plus other
similar awards. Every time an award was announced
everyone went apeshit with excitement.
After the
awards had been handed out new people who were on their first week started
introducing themselves to the rest of the office. Whenever someone started saying “hi, my name
is Sarah etc” the whole room would reply “Hi Sarah!” I haven’t seen this sort of excitement since
Primary School.
After the
introductions everybody was split into 3 groups and placed into 3 corners of
the room. There was a white board in each
of these corners and we were told that we were playing a game of Pictionary. Each person in each team had a turn to draw
something off a list and the first team to guess every item off the list
wins. Despite the fact that my team had
someone who is pretty beast a Pictionary (me) we came last.
Not your
typical way to start a job interview, although street fundraising is not your
typical job, and Sydney is not your typical city. “What madness do they have in mind for us
during the interview” I wondered.
haha pretty beast a pictionary - that should be on your CV :D it is kind of an apt game to play at the moment because, using one of your terms, everyone is going apeshit for the 'Draw something' application on smart phones (I don't understand the craze, just like I don't understand how the 'Angry Birds' game is not identical to 'Worms') - meh, I think it's perfectly ok to let some crazes pass you by, I don't want to be popular for the sake of it - I'm me, the best me there is :) and you should feel the same way Tarantino xx
ReplyDeleteat pictionary*
ReplyDeleteWhy don't I remember you being beast at pictionary :-p
ReplyDeleteAngry Birds and Worms may look some what similar but they are very very different Sami.
ReplyDeleteAnd yes Vicki, when it comes to Pictionary I have mad skills (I like to think)