Zaydok Allen
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Last Thursday I was on the tail end of a two week long vacation and was getting ready to drive cross country to head home on the following Sunday.
My phone rang and it was my boss who is retiring in a few months time. Two weeks earlier I had submitted my resume and application for my boss' job. Well the call was to inform me that the hiring panel wanted to interview me over the phone. I agreed to do it Monday morning from the hotel room I'd be staying at the night prior.
So as I was sitting in a recliner and going over everything in my head about 30 minutes prior, I realized my hands were really fidgety due to nervousness and needed something to do that would relax me. That's when I realized I had a few guns in a case with me.
So I grabbed my 3" 686+ with an unfluted cylinder and began working the action and dry firing the gun which was loaded with snap caps. Then the phone rang and I began answering questions.
The interview was an hour long and about half way through I realized I was still holding the gun over the side of the chair near the floor to keep it away from the phone so no annoying clicks could be heard by the interviewers. That's when the absurdity of the situation hit me. I was interviewing for a job that could be life changing and secure my retirement income and status, all while manipulating the action on a revolver.
The odd thing was, I kept doing it, because I found it relaxing and that it helped me focus on answering the questions. So I can officially say I have interviewed for a job with a gun in my hand.
What's the oddest circumstance you've ever found yourself handling a gun in? I'm not talking sitting in your living room or on your deck dry firing, or scrambling to pick up a dropped concealed weapon in public. I'm talking about a circumstance where handling a gun was an odd thing or even inappropriate thing to be doing given what was going on around you.
The twisted side of me wishes I had stripped to my underwear so I could say I interviewed for a job in my underwear while holding a gun.
My phone rang and it was my boss who is retiring in a few months time. Two weeks earlier I had submitted my resume and application for my boss' job. Well the call was to inform me that the hiring panel wanted to interview me over the phone. I agreed to do it Monday morning from the hotel room I'd be staying at the night prior.
So as I was sitting in a recliner and going over everything in my head about 30 minutes prior, I realized my hands were really fidgety due to nervousness and needed something to do that would relax me. That's when I realized I had a few guns in a case with me.
So I grabbed my 3" 686+ with an unfluted cylinder and began working the action and dry firing the gun which was loaded with snap caps. Then the phone rang and I began answering questions.
The interview was an hour long and about half way through I realized I was still holding the gun over the side of the chair near the floor to keep it away from the phone so no annoying clicks could be heard by the interviewers. That's when the absurdity of the situation hit me. I was interviewing for a job that could be life changing and secure my retirement income and status, all while manipulating the action on a revolver.
The odd thing was, I kept doing it, because I found it relaxing and that it helped me focus on answering the questions. So I can officially say I have interviewed for a job with a gun in my hand.
What's the oddest circumstance you've ever found yourself handling a gun in? I'm not talking sitting in your living room or on your deck dry firing, or scrambling to pick up a dropped concealed weapon in public. I'm talking about a circumstance where handling a gun was an odd thing or even inappropriate thing to be doing given what was going on around you.
The twisted side of me wishes I had stripped to my underwear so I could say I interviewed for a job in my underwear while holding a gun.
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