Every now and then you get a weird one when looking for jobs. This one was really weird. It requires a list just to see the full oddities that I encountered over several days. I had never heard of this particular agency that appears to place contractors. The position was for a technical writer.

1. First email asked about my pay rate
2. Next email was dismissive because my current pay rate was higher than the maximum for this position
3. I wanted more information about the position even though it paid less. You never know… I still hadn’t spoken to the person, and the job description and title didn’t seem to match.
4. I received another email asking for lots of things like my birth date (day/month), references, current city, etc.
5. The recruiter asked for a good time to call, which I gave him, but when the time came he couldn’t make that time even though he said he could.
6. Next email asks when I’m available between 7 am and 2 pm. I had said before I was available after 4 pm. (I prefer to deal with calls after work.)
7. So he calls the next day and leaves a message. I call back. I get this guy with a heavy Indian accent who speaks so fast that I have to keep asking him to repeat himself.
8. I told him I wasn’t comfortable giving all the information he asked for.
9. He informs me that the only way to be submitted is if I give my birth date (this is exactly what I don’t want to give). He asks me repeatedly if I am going to send him the information. I agree and say it will be the next morning (because he’s in New Jersey, and I won’t take care of it until after work).
10. I ask about the job description, but he just keeps repeating the title even though there is no mention of writing anywhere in the description.

Now, I didn’t send my information, and I have not received any further emails or calls. That’s 10 odd things about this whole encounter–far more than I allow when dating. I give up after about three weird things when it comes to guys.

Even a site with members with higher than average salaries has its creeps. This is from a man who claims to be 43 and have a net worth of about $3 million.

You intrigue me - can we get to know each other? Going to cheetah to work with cheetah’s would be an adventure. There was a game preserve close to were I live that would bred these cheetah’s with bizzare coats. So what makes you purrr…lol?

Now, let’s rate:

decent start, but then the weirdness sets in

grammar +10 for near incoherence, where did he learn to write? maybe he speaks this way as well?

creep factor +8 for cheesy cat reference

total: +18

There’s nothing worse than having to read these things more than once just to figure out what the person really means. It might have been okay, if he didn’t add “what makes you purrr.” Note the 3 r’s. Obviously money doesn’t help you spell or remove creepiness.

Please…just shoot me. This one isn’t the worst of them. They are even weirder once I speak to them.