Funny employment ad

[urbanepleb]

BALLROOM
10 Dance intructors
Needed immed.
No exp necessary.
Will train.
Must be personable.

So it's ok that I have two left feet and no sense of rhythm... as long as I'm "personable" I can be a dance instructor? Wow. The sad thing is that I took lessons from this place. Thank goodness I only gave them $25.

Comments

[xenologue]

Go for it!!!

Hey. Maybe *I* should go for it. Pick up some extra cash. I'm personable, right?

[xenologue]

Oh wait, never mind. I know why I wouldn't want that job. Because it's their job to get the people who paid $25 to pay MORE for "real" lessons. And I am NOT a sales type. Can you imagine?

"I'm glad you had fun with these $25 lessons! For lessons from a professional, it'll be like $700 for 6 lessons, which personally sounds ridiculous and I'd never do it. Better to make friends with a great dancer and have them teach you in return for beers and burgers in the summertime. I mean, I think *everything* should work on the barter system, don't you?"

[squidley]

Thia did this for my friends Dave and Sarah. She taught them a waltz for their first wedding dance. Dave is Finnish and it's a tradition to waltz at your wedding. All the little old ladies were ooing and ahing when they were dancing. I overheard one say, "They even went for lessons!" I pulled Thia over and mentioned that she was the teacher and then they gushed all over her too! Ha. I do miss having a professional dance teacher on permanent call!

I seem to remember that those kinds of dance teachers are all on commission, or least part of your salary is based on that. I'm not positive though. (not that commission is a bad thing, some people like it.)I seem to remember Thia overlooking some of those jobs though.

[squidley]

Two left feet? You'd think you could get a gig as a circus freak or something?

[urbanepleb]

Not freaky enough. I'm working on my beard.