Last night my friend Hailey came over with a delectable assortment of treats, including possibly the best brownie I’ve ever had in my entire life. And I don’t mind admitting that I’ve made it a personal quest to perfect the art which is the perfect brownie: substantial, thick, moist, the right combination of soft and slightly gooey, with the right dark chocolate and chunk taste and ratio, to name a few criteria, you know, off the top of my head. This brownie, along with popcorn, movie treats, and show tickets was sent to her and her husband as different law firms court them. Did you all know about this? Did you know that some jobs actually recruit you out of school? They fly you places and pay for all your expenses, and as you’re chewing it over, trying to decide who has the most competitive package, they send you something to literally chew on? As a former teacher, currently employed as a SAHM (and actor on the side), married to a University professor (and actor/director on the side), can you imagine what a blow this is to my (our) ego? When I think of the interviews and auditions, the preparation, memorization, and sweating that is involved, and I don’t even get a store-bought, prepackaged, dry, bland brownie for my troubles? Well, it’s beyond humiliating to even think about it.
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emilylf says:
September 19th, 2008 at 7:41 pmMy brother is a patent attorney and whenever a new movie comes out, different companies compete for him to take him to lunch and a movie (during the work day, no less). He’s got amazing seats to the BYU football games every year, he gets gifts in the mail weekly…it’s just disgusting.
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mahana says:
September 19th, 2008 at 7:41 pmI think this information should be handed out freely at freshman orientations. None of this let the student decide what their passion is. It’s all about brownies, dinners at fancy restaurants, and signing bonuses (which I benefitted from, happily).
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La Yen says:
September 19th, 2008 at 8:33 pmWere they Fairy Tale Brownies? Because I have been sent those before and they rule.
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Lisa says:
September 20th, 2008 at 8:46 amThey were some sort of “Bliss” brownie. I’m not sure–I really couldn’t read the package through my tears.
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bek says:
September 20th, 2008 at 2:30 pmYum…. We were one of the families that got wined and dined (it was awesome!). We got lots of trips (for “interviews”) and dinners. Since we don’t drink, they got off easy, I think.
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bek says:
September 20th, 2008 at 2:32 pmOh, when I worked at a company in New Jersey called Rhone Poulanc (they sell all the stuff you can’t pronounce in food, like Guar gum, and other things that make candy stick together, the nougat fluff, etc, etc) we got BOXES of candy/food/product. Some of our clients were Johnson and Johnson (we also sold the stuff in soap), Mars/M&M, Colgate… I never bought snacks or cleaning products. It isn’t as glamourous as trips–but we were young and poor so we loved it.
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haileyjsmith says:
September 21st, 2008 at 4:00 pmLisa, I found the catalog that came with the brownies, and I’m going to bring it over next time so we can drool. It’s called Blissful Brownies (www.blissfulbrownies.com) Believe me, these special packages are all very new to this acting major. But I have to get something in return for the 15 weeks I’ll be husbandless next summer, right? Right? Also, I don’t think many things can compare to going to the premiere of a movie that you AND your husband are starring in–THAT is coolness in my book!
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Azucar says:
September 21st, 2008 at 9:54 pmI’ve never been courted quite like that, but let me tell you, the business world is full of all sorts of benefits. Nothing like a trip where everything, from the four star hotel to the Michelin star restaurants, are expensed; it’s the good life!
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amylouwho says:
September 22nd, 2008 at 4:38 amWhere were my brownies when my husband deployed to Iraq for 7 months? (insert small violin playing sad song here.)
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Rachel says:
September 22nd, 2008 at 10:24 amThis is gonna be our next giveaway (after the ties). My mouth is literally watering after visiting their site. Yum.
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arteik says:
September 22nd, 2008 at 11:29 amI graduated in education so I had to beg for my $20K salary to teach the upper class teenagers of those being wined and dined. I never got brownies but I love my job more than most of those people ever will.
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beeswax says:
September 22nd, 2008 at 11:43 pmMy cousin HaileyJSmith didn’t share her brownies with ME (course, I live in Arizona, but still). My favorite brownies are Paula Deen’s, with a fudge marshmallow topping. They need to be kept frozen, because they are so full of fat, the are not solid at room temperature. Seriously.
And I was a a History major, so no one courted me, either. I was lucky to get a job outside of Enterprise rent a car.
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Rachel says: We lived in student housing and learned this lesson every spring, when graduating seniors in engineering, law or business had their homes packed and professionally moved and humanities/arts graduates were lucky if they could afford to rent their own U-Haul. Brownies is just insult to injury, eh?