Why Am I So Important In The Life of a Fly?

What is with flies? Why are they so social? Plenty of other bugs want nothing to do with us. But somehow flies just have to be involved with everything we are doing. 

Do they think they are being loyal? Are they snuggling up to me as they land on my arm? Are they whispering sweet nothings in my ear? Are they wanting to share a plethora of food items with me that they have gathered throughout the day? Why am I so important in the life of a fly? 

We have food everywhere. My kids have not thrown any of their wrappers away in the trash this year. Surely these flies can find something else besides me to bother.

It's like the taste of dead human skin cells is a delicacy that they cannot resist. "I gotta have it! I gotta have it!"

I was told many years ago by my cousin that we kill flies because they land on and eat poop. While that is a pretty good reason, I think the main one is that they just bug us. I don't know why we are so upset about it. We love dogs... And I am sure the flies wash their hands right after they are done. It's more than you can say for the dog.

Flies are pretty quick. I can tell when I go to swat them that they are totally one step ahead of me. Or three steps ahead of me. I never had a chance. Their senses are so keen. Like Fly Sense instead of Spidey Sense. 

But we hate flies. No other bug has a swatter named after it. Bee swatter. Nope. Spider swatter. Uh uh. Fly swatter. We have a special place in our home for it. Who invented the fly swatter? That person should have a statue.

Oh and that feeling of their little feet on our skin. It is so unsettling. It gives me anxiety just thinking about it. Then they buzz by my ear. Sit there and try to relax thinking of that idea.

The fly is really quite an amazing creature. It seems like they were created just to completely throw us off. I am sitting here typing on my computer and a fly decides she wants to start an argument. And I start flailing my arms and going bonkers. I know she is laughing. Pointing her little fly fingers at me. You know. The fingers she just washed after landing in the poop in the yard. 

 

Job Interview Question #48 - What's Your Biggest Weakness?

Job Interview Question #48 - What's your biggest weakness?

Hmmm. Now let me think. My biggest weakness.

Well, I really want this job, but I have to answer truthfully. Where do I start? 

Should I go with "staying up all night watching The Bachelor?"

How about "No follow through? I don't finish anything."

Or "I am a terrible procrastinator."

"I forget people's names. I've already forgotten yours. In fact, what company is this? Is this the one with the questionable business model?"

"I don't test my code. I just throw it out there and hope it doesn't break."

"I care more about the company I am working for than I do about my family."

"I don't have good hygiene. In fact, I can't remember the last time I showered."

"I'm a really loud chewer."

"I have A. D. H. D. I haven't finished a task in three years."

"I'm a really bad listener. If it's not about me, forget it."

"I don't really know how to code. I just blame everyone else all the time for my inadequacies."

"I'm never at my desk."

"I love meetings. If I could be in meetings all day acting like I know what I am talking about, I much prefer that to doing real work."

"I make really poor decisions. And I like them to be fast. The faster the better."

In looking at what the professionals say about this question, they advise people to not actually say what their biggest weakness is. Instead the interviewee is supposed to answer with a sort of straw man that she can quickly knock out of the park with what they are doing to overcome it.

So, essentially the interviewee needs to lie and have a nice thought up story (another lie) to go along with it showing that progress is being made to overcome the biggest weakness.

Now the whole situation is getting ridiculous.

Biggest weakness. Why would they ask the question if they didn't want to know? Of course they want to know. Who wouldn't want to know? Maybe the interviewee is just dumb enough to tell them their biggest weakness. 

And of course there is a part of me that really wants to tell them my biggest weakness. What an opportunity! I don't know these people at all. I could say anything. Why not make the interview even more awkward than it already is?

"I still pee the bed."

"Sometimes I forget to wear my clothes to work."

"I eat crackers in bed."

"I tend to smile when people tell me bad news."

"I keep track of my co-workers when they swear."

"I sleep under my desk."

I am hoping that I don't get this question anytime soon.