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Working at an unemployment office

has to be a tense job, knowing that

if you get fired, you still have to come

in the next day.

—Adam Rowe, comedian

Nine real people who

found their way to the

perfect jobs:

✦Les McBurney,

formerly of the Sun

Prairie, Wisconsin, fire

department

✦Andy Drinkwater,

civil engineer for the

Water Research Centre

in England

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✦Faris Atchoo, inter-

nal medicine doctor in

Waterford, Michigan

✦Sara Blizzard,

BBC weatherperson

✦Dr. Joshua Butt,

Australian

gastroenterologist

✦Dr. Ashley

Seawright, Australian

ophthalmologist

THERE’S A RIGHT

WAY AND A WRONG

WAY TO INTERVIEW

FOR A JOB

the right way:

Devin Washington was in

a New Orleans Popeyes interviewing

for a job when a customer snatched

the money out of the cash register and

ran for the door. Washington leaped

up from his chair and grabbed the thief,

holding him until the police arrived

minutes later. That was when the

manager told Washington the obvious:

“You’re hired.”

—associated press

the wrong way:

A 24-year-old man in Japan

sat for a job interview with

the president of an elevator-

maintenance company. At

one point, the president left

his office. Upon his return, they

chatted a bit longer, and then

the prospective hire left. Later, the boss

noticed that his wallet was missing, along

with the $450 in it. He had an idea who

had taken it and how the police could find

him: The man had left his résumé, which

contained his phone number and ad-

dress. The thief was soon arrested. And,

no, he did not get the job.

—japantimes.co.jp

✦Jim Beveridge,

master blender at

the Johnnie Walker

distillery

✦Tennys Sandgren,

professional tennis

player

✦Todd Cutright,

logger in Oregon

—buzzfeed.com

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