Weirdest interview ever

I moved to Chicago when I was about 20. I worked for a moving company for a while, but I quickly tired of it.

So I got the Chicago Reader and looked for a job. I found a simple ad that said “DO you like to talk to people? Earn big money and call today!” 

I have always been a talker so I figured I would give it a shot.

I called and spoke to a very enthusiastic person on the phone named Steven. 

 He asked me to come in for an interview without really telling me what the job entailed. I asked a few times and he simply responded “you get to talk to people on the phone and by the sound of your voice I am sure you will be good at it!!”

I was sure of one thing, I was tired of lifting heavy things for $7.00 and hour so I agreed to go in for an interview.

The next morning I arrived at a rather drab office. There were cubicles and several men talking on phones.

After a few moments a man, who introduced himself as Steven, walked up and asked “are you Todd??! Oh, I hope you are!!”

Which seemed a little weird... But I said “yes” as I shook his hand.

While we spoke he kept commenting “your voice is perfect for this!”

While I kept asking, “what are you selling??”

Steven never really did come out with a straight answer other than “you are selling yourself!! Men will call and you just talk to them.”

I was really confused and asked, “men? Talk to them about what?”.

Steven replied, “about anything that pops into your pretty little head, silly!”

I was totally confused and asked, “what is the product, what are we selling? This makes no sense”...

Steven said, “let's patch into Anthony's call so you can see what I am talking about”

So I sat listening for a few seconds, until I realized that Anthony was speaking to another man in an explicit sexual manner.

The blood drained from my face as I set the phone down on the desk and said, “I'm interviewing for a gay sex line?!?”

To which Steven replied “when can you start!?!”

I stammered and stuttered, “but... this!... Is, what um... gay. I'm not and no and...” as I stood backed out of the door as Steven was yelling “you'd be good at it!!!”

It was weirdest interview I ever had, not that there is anything wrong with that.