Miscommunication - Part 2

"No, I said boots! Boots!"

Same idea as previous post, same person involved. My boss and her boss (VP of Sales) were interviewing a potential candidate for a sales position. The candidate was female, had worked in advertising sales before, but it became obvious rather quickly that she was not a good candidate. Judging by her provocative outfit, including a blouse SO low-cut it left little to the imagination, it was apparent she had most likely been hired at past jobs based on "other" qualifications, as opposed to "professional" qualifications. She was dumber than a bag of hammers. My boss, being a very straight forward Catholic-Italian-NewYorker, can be somewhat intimidating. She was asking some very routine fact finding questions to the lady, about accounts she had earned, average monthly revenue she was responsible for, how she hunted for new leads, etc. She could tell by the lady's stammering answers that she was making her uncomfortable, so she backed down to let the VP ask a few questions. When the conversation came back around to my boss, her attention had drifted elsewhere, which led the VP to jokingly ask if she was paying attention. Her reply as she looked at the lady, "Yeah, no I'm here. I could tell I was intimidating you so I decided to just sit here and stare at your boots." Unfortunately, both the lady and VP heard "boobs".

Luckily, we didn't end up with a lawsuit on our hands (see bag of hammers comment above), nor was the candidate hired, based on lack of "professional" qualifications. Which leads me to wonder how in the world I still have a job there. It ain't easy being this good lookin'.