While quickly scanning through the meager offerings of our local paper's Help Wanted section (just for kicks, not for a job or anything, don't get excited) I came across the following:
GIRAFFE TRAINER NEEDED
Must have innate ability to communicate with giraffes. This is NOT a paid position; rewarding giraffe relationships should be enough. E-mail danielle@mvtimes.com.I know it might seem like I have very little going on and am therefore left with plenty of time to sit around concocting absurd Classified listings and then blogging about them, but I promise you, this one's real.
Or maybe it's not. Maybe it's a joke, some Island humor, a cheeky little commentary on the dismal selection of available jobs here in the off-season.
However, given that the contact info routes all queries to the paper itself, I'm not sure which is more disconcerting: the possibility that the island's major news source is searching for someone willing to talk to giraffes on a volunteer basis, OR the possibility that the island's major news source is so bored with the lack of newsworthy winter events that it has planted a FAKE LISTING in its own publication.
Is it summer yet?
1 comment:
I feel like I might have the innate ability to communicate with giraffes. Think about it. You know I might. And also, I don't have a job so I'm not getting paid anyway. Ok that's it - I'm moving to the Vineyard... what's for dinner tonight?
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