Six Feet Under, IKEA

[teyla]

So I've been watching Six Feet Under. I just saw 3x01, and good lord what a cheesy cop-out. I didn't want Nate to be dead, but seriously. "We will drive all our characters' developments into a dead end, and then we'll skip seven months ahead! By way of some cheesy fucking near-death-experience plot device. This is cheap and lazy writing. I thought the show, up until now, was at least halfway decent--even though I hate every single one of these characters; they're disgusting excuses for human beings, all of them--but with one episode, they just manage to turn it into the most lame-ass thing television has ever seen. God, that episode made my skin crawl with its cheesy fake-ness. I hope next episode, a helicopter will drop on David, or something. Something that doesn't simply negate all consequences of canon events in a blurry "and everything turned out alright" let's-skip-seven-months-ahead writing cop-out. Gah.

/rant

I also had my IKEA assessment center thing today. It was weird. They made us do a writing exercise, and then they made us develop a sales pitch for a heart-shaped cushion with arms. Yeah, I don't know either. The sales business is such a mystery to me. I'm sort of the type who goes, well, if people need it or want it, they're gonna buy it, and if they don't, they won't, no matter what I tell them. Which I know isn't how it works, but my brain just balks at the idea of coming up with ways of telling people that their lives won't be complete without one of those heart-shaped cushion with arms on their sofas.

Well. I'll find out tomorrow whether I was successful or not.

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Comments

[chaoskir.livejournal.com]

I wish you luck with this IKEA job! I see it the same way as you do but maybe you really can convince people to buy stuff they don't want and don't need. I don't know! But you are right. It's weird.

[teyla]

Well, looks like I didn't get that job. Oh well, I can always try elsewhere. ;)

[hibernia1.livejournal.com]

Well, I know my life won't be complete without one of those...

Seriously though, I hope you did well. When will you hear?

[teyla]

If I'd been successful, they would have called me today. They didn't, so I suppose they didn't like my sales skills enough. Oh well. I don't think I'm meant to go into retail, anyway. ;)

[thelibraniniquity]

I think it was only the other day I was wondering if you were still watching Six Feet Under and if so, what you thought of it. It's been a while since I watched the third season, but I do remember boggling over that time-skip episode thingy. I also vaguely remember having a deep hatred for Lisa at that point, which may have coloured my judgement somewhat!

The IKEA thing sounds... weird. Hope you did well enough to get the job though :)

[teyla]

Actually, I only started watching Six Feet Under about a week ago. Not much to do without a job or uni, so I thought I could kill some time. I don't know what to think. It has its moment, but overall I feel the show's a bit bland.

They didn't call me, so I suppose I didn't get that job. Oh well, I'll just have to try elsewhere.

[thelibraniniquity]

Actually, I only started watching Six Feet Under about a week ago.
The same way I only started reading His Majesty's Dragon last night? ;)