Yelp said it was looking for an editor with a good sense of humor.
To apply,
it said, "Please submit a resume, cover letter, writing sample, and a link
to your Yelp profile! And one joke."
That
request might stymie an applicant. An executive interviewing me once over
dinner asked what my former colleagues would say about me if asked. I mentioned
to him that among leadership and editing skills, they might
mention my alleged good sense of humor.
"You
have a good sense of humor? Tell me a joke," he said.
His
demand briefly chased any joke I knew momentarily out of my mind.
I
eventually recovered and tortured him with the classic Roy Rogers cat joke,
which can be stretched out to half an hour, but I didn't want to hang around
that long (a short version is below if you really want to see it). The
interview didn't even last through the main course.
If you
were seeking the Yelp editor job, or want to help someone who is, please enter
a joke for Yelp on our Facebook page.
Roy Rogers' cat joke in brief:
Roy
Rogers rides home from a hard day's work on the ranch, a slain mountain lion
draped across the back of Trigger.
Roy's new
boots are all scratched, ripped and muddy.
Dale goes
out to greet him and spots the mountain lion, looks down at Roy's shredded
boots and back up at the mountain lion, and says:
"Pardon
me Roy, is that the cat who chewed your new shoes?"
The Chattanooga Choo Choo Song:
