A new year had begun, and the blathering idiot resolved to find a job.
The blathering idiot applies for a job
He saw a Help Wanted sign in the window of a building and went inside to apply.
He sat at the table with the form and did his best to fill it out. The first line said: Name.
He wrote: I have one.
Sex.
He wrote: Yes
Place of birth.
He wrote: A hospital, though I don’t remember the exact event. This is what I have been told.
Put your hometown here:
It won’t fit.
References:
Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary, Gregg’s Reference Manual, Chicago Manual of Style.
What attracted you to this position?
The sign in the window.
Salary expectations:
To get paid regularly.
What sort of challenges are you looking for?
I am not looking for challenges. I am looking for a job.
When he was finished, the blathering idiot looked over the questionnaire one last time. There was one question he had skipped, and he still did not have an answer for it. He looked at it again, first staring at it and then looking away. He felt he should write something, but what?
The blathering idiot was about to give up and return the form incomplete, when it struck him what he should write. He had seen this exact wording on similar pages in other documents. He had never fully understood what it meant until now.
The question was: Use the blank side of this form to provide any additional information.
To which the blathering idiot wrote: This side intentionally left blank.
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