Fact...Dwight Schrute exists!

Mark had an interview this morning for a potential job. At a potato factory. He came home and told me about it and it sound like Mark had the wonderful opportunity to be interviewed by Dwight Shrute. Now this man didn't look like Mr. D.K. Schrute but sounds like he may have stolen his personality. Here is what the interview went like.

His appointment was for 10:15 and when he arrived waited for quite a while, while the receptionist just kept on assuring him it was just going to be another 2 minutes. My theory is that it was a test. The potential boss finally walked in and the interview commenced. It was Mark, The Boss a.k.a. Dwight, and his silent east indian number two.

The Boss: So you're Mark Currie eh?
Mark: That's me.
The Boss: Can you please divide for me 144 by 4 in your head.
Mark: Um.....

Long pause for the calculations...

Mark: 36.
The Boss: Correct. Now, would you please give me 5 functions of a pencil?
Mark: Other than writing?....
The Boss shrugs: Whatever it be.
Mark: Okay. Writing, drawing....getting things out of small cracks that you can't reach with your finger....pointing. And communicating with hand signals.
The Boss: Very good. Now I see on your resume that you speak spanish. Can you please tell me why you like to work construction in spanish?
Mark: Uh...Okay.

Foreign language pause

The Boss: Very good. Do you have any questions for me?
Mark: Uh...ya. What exactly would my duties be? And what would my pay be?
Silent East Indian Number Two finally speaks: Well basically....you would be working under a union for 12 dollars an hour. Perhaps after six months you could get a raise to 13. Maybe after a year 15.
Mark: Okay. What are the hours?
The Boss: 4pm to midnight. Or midnight to 8am.
Mark: Okay.
The Boss: We will call you by the end of the day. If you don't get a call you can continue your search for another job.

And the interview is over. When I heard the story I was surprised that he wasn't taken to a beet farm to wrestle cousin Mos. Or that one of the questions wasn't something like, "How would you defend yourself against a ninja and a grizzly bear using only a paper clip."

If you do not understand the reference from The Boss to Dwight...you just have to watch 5 minutes of the office to understand. Hopefully this video does the trick. And yes, this interview is completely a true story and one that I could not stop laughing at.