In case people are wondering how to stand out when applying for a quicky job this information is absolutely essential. It is a job poster's eye view of the many applicants for my position.

I finally had to choose which of the BU students who applied for my organizing job I would hire yesterday. The main driver was that my cell phone would no longer accept any more voice mail messages. The candidates were filtered on the following criteria.

1. Did they have a funny sounding voice or odd accent.
2. Did they seem like they might be fun
3. Were they available at good times or days.

I called my first choice, Katherine, who stood out because she said she was available on Friday afternoon. I then eliminated her when I heard her voice mail because it didn't make any sense and I would have to wait for her to call me back. I then moved to my next choice, Pam, who lives on St. Paul Street, making her a neighbor and convenient. But when I called her she wasn't available on Friday and could only work on weekends. I figure that weekends are more likely my play time so I wouldn't like doing lots of organizing during that time. I eliminated someone who seemed viable but left only a phone number but no name since I didn't want to deal with the awkwardness of trying to converse with a nameless person. I also eliminated Sandy because she sounded ditzy on the phone. For a moment it worked in her favor as I fantasized about having a ditzy person helping me in my apartment but that faded as I then imagined my files being organized by font and my clothes organized by color.

Finally I settled on Kimberly. She hadn't been at the top of the list because she had a funny twang to her voice and her last name was the same as a woman I know who lives in Florida that I didn't find particularly attractive. But she answered my call on the first try and she was ready to come over today at 2PM.

Tune in next week to learn. Will Dan's apartment get neat? Will Kimberly accidentally find Jeremy's stash of odd sex toys? Can Batman and Robin escape from certain death tied to the roller coaster tracks!