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I moved from New York to California when I was twenty-two. My first night there I said to myself “Self, it's California, it's December 1983, it's 75 degrees – time for the hot tub!” So I went to my new apartment’s hot tub. I’m sitting in the tub and this woman who looks to be in her mid-40s comes and sits in it with me. We're chatting, and she says, “What do you do?” And I explain I just arrived, and she said, “So you’re looking for work?” And I said, yeah. And she says “Well, I'm an employment counselor. What can you do?” And I explained that my most recent job was in a warehouse driving a forklift. | I moved from New York to California when I was twenty-two. My first night there I said to myself “Self, it's California, it's December 1983, it's 75 degrees – time for the hot tub!” So I went to my new apartment’s hot tub. I’m sitting in the tub and this woman who looks to be in her mid-40s comes and sits in it with me. We're chatting, and she says, “What do you do?” And I explain I just arrived, and she said, “So you’re looking for work?” And I said, yeah. And she says “Well, I'm an employment counselor. What can you do?” And I explained that my most recent job was in a warehouse driving a forklift. | ||
And she said “Well, not 200 yards from here is this new company, Kaypro Computers. And if you go in there the first day and ask to apply, they'll turn you down. Go in the second day, ask to apply, they'll turn you down. Go in the third day, they'll hire you.”<br> | And she said “Well, not 200 yards from here is this new company, Kaypro Computers. And if you go in there the first day and ask to apply, they'll turn you down. Go in the second day, ask to apply, they'll turn you down. Go in the third day, they'll hire you.” I don't know how she knew this magic formula, but it was exactly as she said. And so I became what at Kaypro was called a material handler.<br> | ||
([[Interview with Marshall Mosley]]) | ([[Interview with Marshall Mosley]]) | ||
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Marshall Mosley
I moved from New York to California when I was twenty-two. My first night there I said to myself “Self, it's California, it's December 1983, it's 75 degrees – time for the hot tub!” So I went to my new apartment’s hot tub. I’m sitting in the tub and this woman who looks to be in her mid-40s comes and sits in it with me. We're chatting, and she says, “What do you do?” And I explain I just arrived, and she said, “So you’re looking for work?” And I said, yeah. And she says “Well, I'm an employment counselor. What can you do?” And I explained that my most recent job was in a warehouse driving a forklift.
And she said “Well, not 200 yards from here is this new company, Kaypro Computers. And if you go in there the first day and ask to apply, they'll turn you down. Go in the second day, ask to apply, they'll turn you down. Go in the third day, they'll hire you.” I don't know how she knew this magic formula, but it was exactly as she said. And so I became what at Kaypro was called a material handler.
(Interview with Marshall Mosley)