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Old 07-23-2010, 01:00 PM  
Princess Ellisa
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19.How did you get your job at platinum bucks?

I essentially was searching for a job on monster and came across their posting. It said they were looking for someone who was good with sales, good with the Internet, liked to travel and comfortable with Adult material (which I assumed meant something porn related, but I was picturing that it was a toy store looking for marketing and sales people). I am sure the ad said a few more things but I don't recall those points.

So I sent off my resume and I didn't think about it again. I started my own company in the mean time basically selling website templates. This was great but was not paying my bills.

So now nearly 3 months after my application I am sitting in my room. On the hunt for a job again although less diligently than i should have been. I am in actuality on Kazaa downloading porn (which for the record until I started working here I really believed it was all real). I was also chatting on MSN with my friends and probably had monster or workopolis open in the background.

All of a sudden my phone rings. It is Albert, who some of you surely remember. He is friendly and upbeat and asks me if I am still interested in applying for a job with the corporate name for Platinum Bucks. I of course am interested in applying for anything at this moment and do my best to pretend like I remember making the application.

He then asks me if I am comfortable around adult material? Everything comes back to me now. I asked, "what do you mean by adult material exactly?" He replied, "you know like porn."

I turn around and look at my monitor where Tera Patrick is getting fucked seven ways to Sunday and giggle a little bit. "Yes I am comfortable with adult materials," I replied.

He then asks are you able to work chat clients? I am confused by this and ask for a clarification again. He says, "you know like MSN, AIM etc.?"

Now I feel like dude is hanging out in my room and about to jump out from my closet or something. I am starting to wonder if I am on some sort of practical joke show.

He then asks me to come down for an interview that evening. I was hired on the spot after a 45 minute interview led by Platinum Dan.

Now in my head you have to understand that this was only supposed to be temporary to pay some bills until I could make my template company work or find something else that I would really like to do. Yet here I am 8 years later and still in the biz.
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