Grumble

How are you supposed to reply to an e-mail telling you you're not getting the job you really wanted?

Lemme explain: last friday I had a job interview for a part-time job that I could keep myself busy with while studying. Although the job itself (selling theatre tickets over the phone) seemed more boring than having to watch a "Little House on the Prairie" marathon (... again), they payed pretty good and part of the deal was that you were allowed to buy tickets for yourself for about 200 bucks every three months for free (which is almost as erotic as an Ipod, see old post way back in March).

Although I thought the job interview went well I got an e-mail on wednesday saying that although they liked me as a person and they really enjoyed the conversation (oh bullocks) they decided not to give me the job because, and I quote, "I talked too fast and too unclear". Which apparently is a problem when you have to talk on the phone all day (yeah, the logic totally escapes me too).

This of course struck a chord. First of all; Idon'ttalkfastatall (and certnly nt nclr)! And second (and I know this is a very Seinfield-esque question) : isn't telling someone he didn't get the job he really really wanted a little like dumping him? And isn't it an unwritten rule you don't dump someone through e-mail? I mean, for crying out loud, at least have the guts to call. As a matter of fact the lady in charge of the interviewing proces (a lady I actually liked during the interview but am now allowed to feel is Satan's part-time whore) could have underlined her point by faking she couldn't understand me over the phone: "Who am I talking to? Are you in a tunnel or something?".

Anyhoo, all of this brings me to the question: how do I respond now? So far I've been able to come up with a few options, but I'm not quite sure which one to go with:

Option 1: ignore her e-mail completely. This will make her wonder if I ever had the e-mail and if I will not end up calling her or even worse just show up in her office saying "Hi, I'm ready to start, where's my work place?" (not that she'd understand a word I'd say of course, but my presence and mumbling would scare her to death). Yes, yes that would teach her!

Option 2: play the guilt card. Write her something like "sure pick on the guy with the hearing problem, does that make you feel powerful? hmmm? am I nothing but a toy to you?". Usually it works on women, but on Satan's bi-atch... I don't know (or as I would apparently say it "Idnno").

Option 3: the arrogance card. Simply mail her back "Ah well, your loss!". That, or I could stand outside her office building and sing Ben Folds Five's "Song for the dumped" or "One angry dwarf and 200 solemn faces". Which isn't really arrogance at all, just angry. And actuallyy I think I'll save that last song for my high school reunion.

And finally the last option: threaten to set her house on fire.... Rethinking that one, option 4 might not be that smart an idea after all because (1) I don't know where she lives and (2) she does know where I live, which would probably mean that even the Amsterdam police should be able to find me (... maybe).

Or I could just be the grown-up and, to quote the Jordanian royal family, "soldier on".... or as I would apparently pronounce that: Hmmmwhmmmhwmmw.