FAIL moment of the day

The firm where I work is looking to hire a new legal assistant. Since I am one of the lucky attorneys that will be assigned to work with the new hire, I was asked to participate in the interviews. I must say, it was an interesting experience to be on the other end of the table; asking the ridiculous questions rather than scrambling to answer them without sounding like a total idiot. On the one hand, it was reassuring to know that everyone struggles to sound coherent under that kind of pressure. On the other hand, I got a little tired of hearing how "perfectionism" is such a weakness. Really? Could you be any more cliche? Anyway, after interviewing 5 applicants and tossing out fluster-inducing questions like "What's the worst thing you've ever done in a job that your boss doesn't know about?", we narrowed the field to our top three and the hiring partner called the applicant at the top of the list to offer her the job. Minutes after she accepted, the office bookkeeper casually asked if we had Googled the applicant to whom the job had just been offered. No, but now that you mention it... It turns out our top pick had been arrested and placed on administrative leave from her last job just two weeks ago on charges of official misconduct, theft II, four counts of computer crime and four counts of forgery I. Funny, when I asked why she left her last job, she said she was interested in getting back into the private sector because there were more opportunities there. Yeah, I guess she wasn't lying, but I didn't realize just what opportunities she was referring to. Needless to say, that offer was quickly rescinded, but let that be a lesson to you all. Good idea: applying for a job in a field in which you're well experienced and qualified, and being polished and professional enough in your interview to get a job offer. Bad idea: failing to realize the number one Google hit on your name is a newspaper article advertising the fact that two weeks ago, you were fired from your last job for theft, forgery and official misconduct and you may be facing jail time. I think my favorite part about this story is that she asked to have her start date moved back until next Tuesday as opposed to Monday because she was going to be "traveling with her family" on Monday. Yes, traveling to the courthouse for an initial appearance. Epic FAIL!!!

2010 midterm madness via Facebook status updates.

"[I] sure am glad the the Republicorps took their country back so they can hand it back over to wealthy sons-of-bitches who bought it fair and square." -Jim Ryan

" 'Boehner calls for smaller, less costly government.' Current headline on KSL.com...I feel like Kevin on The Office because I laughed out loud w

hen I read it." -Wade Peterson

"Please do not cry about the cost of incarcerating people in Oregon, or budget woes in general, if you have been voting for the minimum sentencing measures" -Peter Werner

"Election news from the U.S. is making me feel sicker to the stomach than any other ailment I've had in Cambodia in the past four months." -Travis Thompson

"Democracy is the theory that the common people know what they want, and deserve to get it good and hard." H. L. Mencken.

"[I] would like everyone to stop using the phrase "we the people" in the context of "us the bastards." "We the people" doesn't mean your group of people should get what they want and everyone else should go screw themselves. We the people refers to everyone, not just the people you like." -Kevin Barrett

"[I] thank God that this election cycle is over." -Adam Hollar

Yes. To all of the above. Can we get on with our lives now?