“NO MORE OF THEIR KIND”
by OPOVV, ©2015
(Oct. 12, 2015) — “Cheryl, send in the next one, please.
“Have a seat. It says here that you’ve worked for company ‘X’ for 28 years. That seems like a good stint. Also, when you first started they were $7 trillion in debt, and while you were there it skyrocketed to, what, $18 trillion?”
“Yes sir, something that I’ll always be immensely proud of, the ‘Borrow from Peter to pay Paul’ scam, and I was successful beyond belief. I mean, the shareholders bought into it and didn’t once fire me. Incredible. Shows how stupid they are. And, to top it off, I gave myself a pay raise every year. Plus I opted out of that Obamcare nonsense.
“Look, I got a good pension going. It should be; I designed it myself, well, me and some others. But I’m too young to be put out to pasture, so to speak, and your company is pretty prestigious. I mean, you’re all over the world, doing projects all over and I like to travel, so I figure I’d fit right in with you folks.”
“As I’m sure you could. But I’m not sure you understand what it is that we do here. First and foremost, we make money. We show a profit, every year. We have to. If you don’t make money you’re out of business. No job, no paycheck. Do you have any idea about making money, about showing a profit?”
“Well, don’t get me wrong, but it takes a special talent to go into debt by trillions. Look, I know this is a big company; why, I read that you did a billion last year, but you don’t have anyone with my expertise.”
“And I appreciate your talent. And you’re 100% correct when you say we don’t have anyone with your expertise. But we have to make money; we have to show a profit and you’ve never shown that you ever worked for any enterprise that ever made one thin dime. You worked in some town for a while, then a county, then a State for a couple of years before moving on to company ‘X’, and not one of them, not one, ever made one red cent. Never. All you’ve ever done is borrow money and never, as in never, paid back any of it.”
“No, no. It’s you who doesn’t understand. You borrow and borrow and keep the money. Let some other poor sucker pay your bills. Man, I’d say you need me a lot more than I need you.”
“The way we get money is that our clients pay us for work that we did. We build airport hangars and runways all over the world. We supply a need and people pay us for a job well done; that’s how we’ve stayed in business: doing good, honest work for a reasonable profit.
“We don’t borrow from Peter or from anyone else. We get a certain percentage up-front money and take draws along the way.
“Let’s say we’ve a contract to resurface a couple of runways. So we get 20% up-front and then for every 1,000 feet we get another percentage. That’s how we do it and will continue to do it.”
“I’m really disappointed in you. If this is the way all you guys do it, how do you make money? You work for it? Make a profit? And you’re honest about it. No borrowing from Peter?”
“I’m afraid so. Look, we don’t need you, but thanks for your interest in our company.”
“But I’ve a name. I can be a plus for your company, maybe get some Air Force contracts. What do you say?”
“No, first we stay as far away from government contracts as we can. We do things by code and not some government regulation nonsense where inspections are waived so contractors can get away with shoddy work for a bigger profit and kickbacks. This job interview is over.
“Cheryl, no more politicians, on any level, for any of our job openings in the future. I don’t care who they think they are or what worthless committee they’ve chaired, but no more of their kind. Ever. Thanks.”