Last week I got a call out of nowhere on my cell phone. Apparently Steve listed me as a job reference. The woman asked if we ever worked together, and I said, "Uh... yeah. We made a movie together." "Anything we may have heard of?" she wondered." "Um, no, it was a college production." And so on I went, telling her about my great buddy Steve. So tonight Steve thanked me:
New Jersey Steve (11:16:41 PM): Hey Dave. thanks for handeling the job reference on the spot with no warning about it. I would of told you about it beforehand, but my experience in the past is that they never call references, so i was a little surprised to hear they called you.
theophilosophos (11:17:08 PM): haha!
theophilosophos (11:17:10 PM): it was fun
New Jersey Steve (11:17:17 PM): lol, that's good
theophilosophos (11:17:18 PM): I had to improvise, that was entertaining
theophilosophos (11:17:42 PM): you put me under "job references"?
New Jersey Steve (11:17:47 PM): i was shocked. because no one that I have ever listed as a reference told me that got a call for any job in the past
New Jersey Steve (11:17:55 PM): they asked for one professional reference and one personal reference
theophilosophos (11:18:20 PM): and which was I?
New Jersey Steve (11:18:27 PM): the personal
theophilosophos (11:18:30 PM): oh I see
theophilosophos (11:18:41 PM): apparently they made it sound like I worked with you before, so I went with it
New Jersey Steve (11:18:41 PM): although you could have counted as professional, since we did make a movie together
New Jersey Steve (11:19:04 PM): if they ask, i'll say we did. i mean, we worked on a movie set, so technically, we did work together in the past
New Jersey Steve (11:19:20 PM): although they havn't called me back yet, so i'm doubting i'll hear from them
New Jersey Steve (11:20:34 PM): if you ever need a job reference, feel free to write me down
theophilosophos (11:21:55 PM): yeah
theophilosophos (11:22:17 PM): so... I don't know how believeable I was yet
New Jersey Steve (11:22:58 PM): that's all right. even if you did a terrible job, i'm not upset. i mean, i didn't even tell you in advance about it. besides, it's not like a job that i really wanted
New Jersey Steve (11:23:01 PM): i don't even want a job. i just kind of need a job