The conversation
“Very nice to meet you—”, the marketing expert began. Johan wouldn’t let him finish and cut him off halfway through his first sentence. “Do you think we’re some kind of beach bar or something?”, he interrupted the man. Johan thought the applicant’s choice of clothing was evident of a lack of respect.
The man had applied for a position at his company. If the man didn’t take the company seriously enough to look decent, Johan wouldn’t take him seriously enough to have a conversation with him. No, he had to get this man out the door as fast as possible.
This turned out to be a huge mistake…