If I ever reach a point in my life when I am bored and lonely, I will sign up for one credit hour community college language classes. There are a lot of interesting people in my class. For one, these are people motivated to practice a language that is not going to help them locally. This means either they have family who are German, have a past of German study, or travel to Germany, all of which lead to other interesting questions.
One my classmates who is apparently an car electronics engineer drove up in a 1948 Bentley, in a shade of metallic eggplant purple called "oxblood".
The joke goes, what is the difference between a Rolls-Royce and a Bentley? About $300 and the grille.
After the interview where it sounded like they offered me the position, my celebration died down as I began to be filled with doubt- did they really offer me a position after one interview, and without even talking to the head of the company? Usually one needs at least a half dozen interviews with different companies to find a job. Although I attempted to clarify at the interview the status of the offer, it became more muddled to me as the week went on. Maybe they weren't supposed to offer me a job, maybe I misunderstood the whole thing, maybe I am just selected to continue in the job application process at this office! And no word or email confirming anything (of course, for a small architecture office, it is understandable that people will be very busy).
Anyway, I glumly sent an professional email to Germany asking him to confirm that yes, I did in fact get the position, half expecting to hear that there was some big misunderstanding. Less than a few hours later, he wrote me back saying that, yes they are working on getting the paperwork to bring me over. So that was a big relief. Of course, nothing is final until its final.
But it makes me feel better about doing my German homework.
One my classmates who is apparently an car electronics engineer drove up in a 1948 Bentley, in a shade of metallic eggplant purple called "oxblood".
The joke goes, what is the difference between a Rolls-Royce and a Bentley? About $300 and the grille.
After the interview where it sounded like they offered me the position, my celebration died down as I began to be filled with doubt- did they really offer me a position after one interview, and without even talking to the head of the company? Usually one needs at least a half dozen interviews with different companies to find a job. Although I attempted to clarify at the interview the status of the offer, it became more muddled to me as the week went on. Maybe they weren't supposed to offer me a job, maybe I misunderstood the whole thing, maybe I am just selected to continue in the job application process at this office! And no word or email confirming anything (of course, for a small architecture office, it is understandable that people will be very busy).
Anyway, I glumly sent an professional email to Germany asking him to confirm that yes, I did in fact get the position, half expecting to hear that there was some big misunderstanding. Less than a few hours later, he wrote me back saying that, yes they are working on getting the paperwork to bring me over. So that was a big relief. Of course, nothing is final until its final.
But it makes me feel better about doing my German homework.
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