Hoping that all this Covid mess will end, on my way to what has been my dream since I was 18 (now I’m 63): crossing the USA from coast to coast on the trail of Kerouac.
At my last job interview, which was odd in several ways, but that’s another story, I was asked this one. I said the first thing that popped into my head: “I’ll be retired by then.” (I worked there for one day short of 1 year, and then I did in fact quit… and am retired).
But it is important to make them laugh. The job questionnaire read, “Do you have any physical limitations?” So I paraphrased the original Superman opening, “I am slower than a speeding bullet, less powerful than a locomotive, and cannot leap tall buildings in a single bound!” On my first day, my supervisor said, “I didn’t know we were hiring.”
God, how I I used to hate that inane question during job interviews. You have to come up with some BS answer. Meanwhile, in my head I’m thinking “I hope to have won the lottery so I don’t have to work at all!”
i’m retiring in august 2022. when i go my self-evaluation and i’m asked to put down goals, it’s tough. make it till august 2022 – how do you put that down using “words that work” ?!
BE THIS GUY over 3 years ago
He may get the job if it’s for a shaving cream tester.
BasilBruce over 3 years ago
Is that his way of saying “In the crapper”?
Renatus Profuturus Frigeridus Premium Member over 3 years ago
Hoping that all this Covid mess will end, on my way to what has been my dream since I was 18 (now I’m 63): crossing the USA from coast to coast on the trail of Kerouac.
Templo S.U.D. over 3 years ago
got that right, Rat (good try, Pig)
wiatr over 3 years ago
I hope I will still see myself in the bathroom mirror in five years.
Concretionist over 3 years ago
At my last job interview, which was odd in several ways, but that’s another story, I was asked this one. I said the first thing that popped into my head: “I’ll be retired by then.” (I worked there for one day short of 1 year, and then I did in fact quit… and am retired).
Opus Croakus over 3 years ago
I’m always tempted to say “Queen of my own island”.
syzygy47 over 3 years ago
If I get hired, and the workplace jibes with the rumours I’ve been hearing, crazed lone gunman?
ronaldspence over 3 years ago
Anywhere but here, any time but now, anything but this!
Gent over 3 years ago
Maybe the literalati can helps Pig get a literalary job.
hariseldon59 over 3 years ago
The questionnaire does provide a reflection of Pig’s thoughts
Doug K over 3 years ago
… as the star character in the greatest comic ever.
Walrus Gumbo Premium Member over 3 years ago
Pig is too logical to be in Upper Management!
Major Matt Mason Premium Member over 3 years ago
A reflective personality.
iggyman over 3 years ago
No reflection on his personality though!
Sanspareil over 3 years ago
Had that question, told the interviewer that because of the incredible changes in software and hardware, that is an impossible question to answer!
got the job 2 days later!
Breadboard over 3 years ago
Well I don’t know where I’ll be until I get my crystal Ball repaired and retuned ;-)
MayCauseBurns over 3 years ago
Being a mirror tester is a job I really see myself doing.
Troglodyte over 3 years ago
Honest answers, though…and totally believable coming from Pig!
Geophyzz over 3 years ago
But it is important to make them laugh. The job questionnaire read, “Do you have any physical limitations?” So I paraphrased the original Superman opening, “I am slower than a speeding bullet, less powerful than a locomotive, and cannot leap tall buildings in a single bound!” On my first day, my supervisor said, “I didn’t know we were hiring.”
zeexenon over 3 years ago
First time I met Richard Notebaert he said Ameritech’s Chairman and CEO and he was right.
SusieB over 3 years ago
God, how I I used to hate that inane question during job interviews. You have to come up with some BS answer. Meanwhile, in my head I’m thinking “I hope to have won the lottery so I don’t have to work at all!”
Goat from PBS over 3 years ago
He’s not wrong.
JamieLee Premium Member over 3 years ago
I was asked that question in an interview and replied ‘I see myself in your job.’ I didn’t get the job. Too much of a threat I guess.
Arav727 over 3 years ago
This is not a good start
Jeffin Premium Member over 3 years ago
Bad luck if he breaks it.
Totalloser Premium Member over 3 years ago
Where do you see yourself in 5 years? A retired lottery winner
david_42 over 3 years ago
“The job I’ll be doing in five years involves technology that doesn’t exist today.”
FassEddie over 3 years ago
It’s a dumb question.
Mr. Snuffles over 3 years ago
If my phone is turned off I can see myself in it. So technically I can see myself in five years at an executive office in their company, or at Hawaii.
Zebrastripes over 3 years ago
PIG isn’t exactly an aggressive job seeker….
Ellis97 over 3 years ago
I see myself a step closer to being the animator I dream of becoming.
zodismoon over 3 years ago
Now what is the answer the job people really want?
Walt Tuttle over 3 years ago
A joke that I love:
“Where do you see yourself in five years?”
“I think my greatest weakness is that I don’t listen.”
nosirrom over 3 years ago
At another company making a lot more money!
rpmurray over 3 years ago
I guess they’re expecting people to lie on the application if they won’t accept an honest answer.
WCraft Premium Member over 3 years ago
Asking other people that question…
KEA over 3 years ago
so… honesty is not always the best policy (or, taking things too literally is not a good idea)
CaveCat87 over 3 years ago
I’ve heard that question so many times before and even I know not to take it that literally.
DCBakerEsq over 3 years ago
I’m still not convinced that guy in the mirror is actually me. I’m pretty sure I’m much more handsome.
ImDaRealAni over 3 years ago
Answering questions about myself is hard. So I usually say something in the realms of joking.
l3i7l over 3 years ago
Hmmm. I guess I should have taken that fortune telling class in college.
petermerck over 3 years ago
On disability from a work related injury.
Pgalden1 Premium Member over 3 years ago
;)
willie_mctell over 3 years ago
With any luck, still alive.
wmchere over 3 years ago
barroom mirror
comics-terri over 3 years ago
i’m retiring in august 2022. when i go my self-evaluation and i’m asked to put down goals, it’s tough. make it till august 2022 – how do you put that down using “words that work” ?!
christelisbetty over 3 years ago
Five years ago, did anyone see themselves in the middle of a pandemic ? (Other than those who worked on the plans that were ignored and/or discarded.)
Sisyphos over 3 years ago
Some employers actually like ironic honesty. Stay strong, Pig….
StarBeak over 3 years ago
Other possible answers: “Hopefully alive” “Working here” “In every reflection I cross by” =3
Ukko wilko over 3 years ago
I’d hire him. I like literalists.
PBS1! almost 3 years ago
HAHAHAHA