A long, long time ago, in a Galaxy not so very far away, TWWWBTP (The Woman Who Would become The Plaintiff) had graduated LPN school, and was starting her LPN-to-RN studies, and I was seeking a change of employment. I was looking to add ICU to my resume, since the grad school I had my sights on required it. This one hospital was recruiting, and proclaiming that nurses who accepted positions in their ICU, would receive a $10,000 sign on bonus.
I investigated, and learned that one half of this bonus would be paid upon completion of one year of employment, and the second half would be forthcoming after completion of the second year of employment. Sounded good to me, and so I arranged an interview.
Since TWWWBTP, at that point TDW-Mark I, thought that it would be problematic should I accept a job requiring me to drive halfway across the state, as this position would, perhaps she should investigate employment (and schooling) opportunities there, as well.
Sounded good to me.
On the appointed day, she and I arrived for our interviews. I learned of the position, and they told me, “You do know, don’t you, that we require a two year commitment from nurses in order to qualify for this bonus, right?”
I acknowledged that I did, indeed, comprehend this aspect of the arrangement, and stated, “Yep, I expect that I can wait two years before going to grad school!”
They acknowledged my comment, and we proceeded.
So, we concluded our interview, TDW-Mark I and I, and we sat in the lobby, awaiting their offer(s). We were summoned, and received the news: TDW-Mark I was offered a PART TIME, LPN job. As for me, well, I did not receive an offer. They informed me, “We are looking for nurses who want to come here, and settle down here, in our community. With your grad school plans, well, you do not appear to be a good fit for that sort of longevity.”
Cool story. We drove home, TDW-Mark I composing her “Thanks but no thanks” letter in her head, and I remarked, “Ya know, honey, I believe that I have figured out what I did wrong!”
She replied, with some side-eye, “Oh, really? What was that? Other than being truthful about your higher education plans, I mean?”
“Well, you see, I should have walked in there, paused just inside the door, and, James T. Kirk like, spread my arms in an all encompassing gesture, slowly turned, taken in a deep breath, and declaimed, “I…I..feel, I feel as if I have come….HOME! I….I want my children…to grow, TALL, under these…these Blue ! Skies!…I want to spend my days….Breathing! This! Clean! Air! I…I want…my..bones, to rest…to, REST…beneath …these green hills! I…I feel as if…I am…at..HOME!”
I looked over at my bride. She smiled, and responded, “So, you are telling me that you should have lied your ass off, right?”
“Of course, right!”
Musings of A Stretcher Ape 
Made a similar boo-boo when applying to General Electric at a nuke plant. Same result as yours. Oopsie. Though I’m not sure how I could twist things around in my brain to not feel like I were lying if I did the James Tiberius act. 🙂
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I’m curmudgeonly enough that I have selections of whom I owe what duty of truthfulness.
For example, Karen’s, duty is zero.
Family, supervising physician, duty is absolute.
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That’s a nice definition for the endpoints of the truth continuum; for me, the stuff in-between is problematic. I blame that on my former religion. And people ask me why I drink… 🙂
OT: Karen (pronounced kah-WREN) is an actual ethnicity on the local school district’s list of “how do you identify” nonsense. Much hilarity and gnashing of teeth ensued when it recently went public. I believe there should be two choices: Sentient and Other.
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Well, to be fair to the school board, Karen is a genuine ethnic minority in Thailand. They fought with US forces in The Late Unpleasantness In South East Asia.
And, the US “Karen” meme is unfair to the Karen tribesmen, who were/are genuine honest-to -Crom badasses.
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