A short anecdote from our Rochester Office:

Jimmy Crespo came in to my office to re-interview. He had already interviewed with one of our staff some months ago, but I was looking to put together a crew of metal-stud framers for Acquest.
He was friendly and funny, and apologetic that his cellphone was almost continually ringing. He got 11 calls, and answered none during the interview. After about the
3rd, he explained that he was selling his daughter’s pig, and a ton of people were obviously interested.
“So, you live on a farm?”
“Oh, no”, he said, “in the city.”
“Um…then what’s with the pig?”
“Yeah…well, she’s a teenager, you know, and she was saving up her money to get some really expensive cellphone. I told her it was crazy, and she was wasting her money. So the next day she comes to me and says that I was right, she didn’t need any $300 phone. But she wanted a pig. She’d seen that they’re smart and this one kind stays really really tiny.”
“So, you bought her a pig?”
“No, SHE bought the pig, but after 3 months, she’s over it, and that’s why my cell phone won’t stop ringing.”
“People want the pig?”
“Everyone wants the pig.”

He started working that week at Acquest. I didn’t hear too much about Jimmy -whose nickname I will not mention- until a few months later. Kirt (From Acquest) called and said that they want him to stay on permanently. Jimmy is steady, reliable, a great framer, and gets along easily with everyone. I think he’ll make a great crew leader for them before too long…

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