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Sure. I've been on my job for many years, but what I hear about the world of employment out there is scary!
Yep. I'm glad I sold my biz and work as a consultant now. My first rule of thumb? I refuse to have a difficult person for a client, particularly a rude one. It's really amazing what happens when you tell a prospect that you don't need the money badly enough to be treated in an unprofessional manner.
How individuals within my 'circle' treat all people in general is the rule I follow. I don't limit the rule to 'dates' as, after all, I would like her to get along with my friends and my friends to get along with her.
[I endeavour to surround myself with happy people]
I doubt too many are interviewed over lunch or dinner these days anyway.
But it does happen, and how does one handle it?
I mean, there's the potential for bad breath if you order something with lots of onions and garlic. And what about the chances of food flying out of your mouth? Especially if your host says something he or she thinks is funny, ya gotta laugh, right?
Do you ask for a doggy bag, would that be appropriate? And should you even offer to pay? The check may be the only thing you'd get that day!
I mean, there's the potential for bad breath if you order something with lots of onions and garlic. And what about the chances of food flying out of your mouth? Especially if your host says something he or she thinks is funny, ya gotta laugh, right?
Do you ask for a doggy bag, would that be appropriate? And should you even offer to pay? The check may be the only thing you'd get that day!
They invited you and they pay. You say thank you for lunch. You don't order anything difficult to eat or highly seasoned. And you don't ask for a doggy bag. Not a good idea to order drinks either although that used to be common.
It's not really a lunch, it's an interview where they want to see if you can interact socially and have decent manners.
Yep, that is the interview where the interviewers get to see appropriate reaction and behavior. On the other hand the interviewee gets a less stressful meeting place which is is neutral. The interview is as good as it gets.
The objective is - Let's eat first and we 'll talk later.
Luckily, at least this is one less thing I'll ever need to worry about. Hypothetically, I agree with Yellowsnow below. To me that's a stupid and uncomfortable way of doing an interview, though. C'mon... there's no need to pretend to be chummy... That's more like an American date!
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Originally Posted by yellowsnow
They invited you and they pay. You say thank you for lunch. You don't order anything difficult to eat or highly seasoned. And you don't ask for a doggy bag. Not a good idea to order drinks either although that used to be common.
It's not really a lunch, it's an interview where they want to see if you can interact socially and have decent manners.
Yep. I'm glad I sold my biz and work as a consultant now. My first rule of thumb? I refuse to have a difficult person for a client, particularly a rude one. It's really amazing what happens when you tell a prospect that you don't need the money badly enough to be treated in an unprofessional manner.
That's a fortunate position to be in, Cpg!
Reminds me of a company meeting once. The boss was trying to be funny and asked who didn't need a paycheck. Only one hand was raised. The dude is a retired military, so having a job for him is nice, but not absolutely necessary. Lucky him!
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