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Corporate Culture in verse (part 1): Interview for a manager
By Sinnerman_Pfank
28 August 2007

Hello All

I wrote this one a while back.

Apprecaite your thoughts

Sinnerman

"We should have realised a bit sooner
We should all hold up our hands and admit
That we should have spotted the omens -
Like when Death and Pestilence gave up and quit
The hail of frogs, the plague of locusts
Was someone trying to send us a sign?
Mice threw themselves into traps, did we notice?
As this interviewee sat down to dine

Interview day wasn't much better
Endless black rain hammering down
Did no-one else look out the window
To see the plague-ridden rats ship out of town?
The vampires took up sunbathing
The bogey-man fled out the door
Famine made a run for the border
Rapidly followed by War
All the birds stopped their singing
During this guy's tour of the site
And was that a church bell I heard ringing
As the eclipse blotted out all the light?

Dismissive and rude to the staff here
Talked complete drivel all day
Kept asking about the size of his office
And how much we were willing to pay
Clearly not a team player
Track record of persecuting the meek
And did anyone notice his T-shirt
With the slogan of 'Trample the Weak'?

In summary, an outstanding candidate
Exactly the type of manager we need
This is quite a coup for the company
And so what if he can't actually read.
Well done everyone, thanks for your input
Exactly the calibre of manager we seek
I'm sure he'll feel right at home here
Could he start as soon as next week?"

Reviews

Written by Bottleblondesurfer (3331 comments posted) 28th August 2007
OK ,well my first thought was this isn't actually a comedy script, my second thought was it's a poem isn't it? After that I got a bit confused. 
An amusing bit of doggerel with some good lines in it. I did think you might have "over egged the pudding" a bit here.We get the message- he's not a nice bloke and the twist at the end could have been stronger. But it was fun to read and anyone with a boss will sypathise up to a point. Icould imagine it set to music in the style of Mitch Benn 
cheers 
Jane

Written by jimbo (83 comments posted) 11th September 2007
Sounds like my old boss... On a good day. 
I liked this, but putting it in 'Comedy Scripts'? There wasn't too much in the way of humour and perhaps it would have fared better in the 'Poetry' section. 
That said, it was imaginative and well written. 
Cheers. 
 
Jim
Hi Don
Written by Josie (2780 comments posted) 13th September 2007
Don, I think this should have gone in "poetry". Personally I think it is a bit long and if you condensed it down to your main story and really got to work on the rhythm, it could be 100 times better. You're well on track, but it does need some work. Yes, it was fun to read. I laughed when they said he was right for the job but couldn't "actually read."

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