Fuddland

I’ve been put in touch with a sort-of-recruitment agent to help me find a new teaching position, and after a couple of preliminary discussions it suddenly occurred to me that I should tell her where I’ve been working, so she doesn’t inadvertently land me in it by trying to get me a job with the company I’ve just left. But this is a delicate task, given the importance of personal connections and friendships in this country — there was a chance that the agent and my boss went to school together or something like that — so I approached with caution. Thankfully it turned out that I didn’t need to worry about treading so carefully.

Me

Hello, it’s David. Listen, have you heard of the [name of school will be inserted at a later date]?

A

Yes I have, but they’re on the blacklist, I don’t recommend you work for them.

Me

You’re preaching to the choir, sister.

A

什么？

[Translation: “Huh?”]

#1

Jann | 2006 / 12 / 19 – 07:01

Preaching to the choir, eh?

Have you become a management consultant?

#2

David | 2006 / 12 / 19 – 14:23

Re #1: Not sure — I’ll blue sky it and leverage an exercise in box-ticking to find out.

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