Trainees

Trainees from another department sometimes come to observe us as we meet with clients. Tuesday, the first one from a new group came; she was polite, interested, arrived early, stayed to ask questions, introduced herself to the clients and thanked them for allowing her to sit in. Before she left, she thanked us again and said that she had learned quite a bit by observing, mentioning specific details about what she had seen.

Today, someone else came to observe. She arrived late, interrupting the meeting after it had started, said she "just wanted to get this over with," got up and left the meeting twice to answer her cell phone (which rang quite loudly), and interrupted us so she could leave early because she had technically fulfilled the requirements and wasn't staying a minute longer than was absolutely necessary.

As I watched her walk out, I thought to myself "and which one would you hire?"