well, i had a phone interview today for paper source. FIRST, let me tell you, my lovely fellow san diegans, that paper source will be opening in SEPTEMBER in carlsbad at the forum. yey for us, right?! the forum is also home to anthropologie, zgallerie, and a bunch of other places ... some "mainstream" stores and some boutiques ... for those of you who have never been there. i also hear that free people is opening ... which would be really exciting. anthro + free people + z gal + paper source, what more could i want?! by the way my interior decorator friend carrie is the visuals girl at zgal at the forum so if you go there, say hi, haha, she's fabulous!
anyway, my interview ... so, i have BARELY any retail / management experience. ya, i minored in small business mgmt in college, and had an internship. that's about the extent of it. so i'm clearly not qualified to be the assistant manager of paper source. i knew that. but i thought, what the heck, i have nothing to lose. the lady who interviewed me was a doll, and we had a nice chat and she seemed optimistic about my lack of experience. she said that other things make up for it, and, worse comes to worse, would i be interested in a shift supervisor position instead. seriously, i just want to work at paper source. at this point, i'd be willing to freaking scrub the floor with a tooth brush (oh god, not really). a sample of how the convo went:
paper source lady: so what about the craigslist ad made you decide you'd want to work at paper source? (or something like that)
me: well, actually, i've wanted to work at paper source for forever, and in fact, i often joked about moving to la just so i could work there, even though i hate la with a passion. gosh, i mean, how could i not want to work in a place that was filled with so much paper and prettiness? it really just makes sense, i mean, i hoard paper. all kinds of it. (but it didn't end there, i rambled on for like 10 more minutes about how much i love paper and how the stars and moon and sun must be alined perfectly and it's fate that a paper source is opening and needs employees JUST as i'm job hunting for like the 100th time in the past 2 years. clearly, destiny at work) ... yes, i was that long winded and dorky.
paper source lady: oh good, so you're familiar with our store ...
me: yes, i'd say so.
2 comments:
Ooh I hope you get the job! i will definitely be checking that place out come September! I too am in the market for a job, but I think Leucadia is a bit far (i'm in Mission Valley). But then again, I will do anything for my paper! haha :) And yes, I have been to Paper Tales and I think I am in love. I want to go there everyday but I'm afraid they will think I'm a bit stalker-ish or something, hahah! it is a FABULOUS store.
Ooh, I hope you get it, too! I'm processing your journal kit order and sending it out tomorrow! Thanks so much.
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