Have you ever heard of the Rubber Chicken Circuit?
That's what my father-in-law calls the endless stream of formal dinner engagements that have been his life for the last 10 years as a politician. When they need to serve dinner to several hundred people all at the same time, they usually dish out reheated chicken breast. By the time it's been cooked, packed up, transported, reheated and served, it's pretty rubbery.
I was on the circuit a bit this week, but on a smaller scale. A lot of the big banks come on campus to recruit pretty early in the school year -- actually, it gets earlier and earlier each year. They're looking to hire graduates, but we first-year MBAs go out to shake hands and talk about summer positions. It's pretty low-stress for us, since they don't even think about hiring for summer jobs until December or January. We try to chat with a few people, and we try to get as much chicken as we can.
I've been to three of these events so far: Scotia Capital, RBC Capital Markets, and CIBC World Markets. Each event was catered, and each event had technical problems with their PowerPoint presentations. Scotia couldn't play their DVD, RBC couldn't get the projector to work, and CIBC showed a video with no voice track -- just the background music, which was some funky beats and the sound of water. In one instance, the chicken was served on a stick.
Things are never dull on the rubber chicken circuit.
OUR SESAME SEED
In week 5 your baby is about the size of a sesame seed
3 comments:
We received one of those real rubber chickens from a real estate agent ("Don't fowl up--pick us to represent you")--am sure that your rubber chicken is much more tasty. So, if you ever need a rubber chicken--WE HAVE ONE !
Enjoy it, Greg did to some extent!!
That water drumming sounds cool doesnt' it. There is a tribe in Africa that has water drumming as an intergral part of their culture.
D. this week we are camping for the first time without you.
We also ordained 4 young men to the Aaronic priesthood on Sunday.
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