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« on: March 04, 2007, 05:40:44 PM » |
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I'm getting ready to go on my first interview. The campus is going to put me up in a really nice hotel. Does the hotel provide nice towels or should I pack my own?
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« Reply #1 on: March 04, 2007, 05:45:15 PM » |
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The hotel should provide towels.
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voxprincipalis
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« Reply #2 on: March 04, 2007, 05:47:24 PM » |
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Why don't you call the hotel and ask?
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« Reply #3 on: March 04, 2007, 05:50:37 PM » |
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I think the question here revolves around the word "nice." Of course the hotel has towels. But are they "nice" towels? This is a Very Nice Hotel. If they only provide "nice" towels, OP can pack hux own Very Nice Towels, just to be sure.
OP, I say pack your own. They will help keep your suit from getting wrinkled, and then you know for sure your skin will be so soft after drying off.
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« Reply #4 on: March 04, 2007, 05:51:03 PM » |
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Most "really nice hotels" will provide towels, but this one will not. This is a common practice in campus interviewers and presents a coded "test" for the finalist.
If you complain to the management and ask for towels, then you will be perceived as a "difficult" candidate, and therefore less desirable. If, expecting this, you pack your own towels in advance, then you will be perceived as resourceful, but also less of a "team player."
If you do pack your own towels, expect to face additional testing in the so-called "dinner" or "supper," during which you will be taken to a really nice restaurant by the SC and asked what you would like for dinner. Many a job applicant has failed at this critical juncture--with or without towels.
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i think is good for every one only the think is that we will always scares about that. |
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« Reply #5 on: March 04, 2007, 05:53:32 PM » |
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CBL, are you advising the OP to throw in the towel?
OP, how else will you be "a super cool frood who always knows where his towel is"?
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« Reply #6 on: March 04, 2007, 05:57:11 PM » |
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What Yellowtractor said. Your best option really is to just stay naked and air dry.
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essere_due
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« Reply #7 on: March 04, 2007, 06:06:27 PM » |
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I thought the title "towels" were metaphorical rather than literal.
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« Reply #8 on: March 04, 2007, 06:12:47 PM » |
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Sometimes a "towel" is just a "towel."
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« Reply #9 on: March 04, 2007, 06:14:00 PM » |
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Yowl for towels.
That is a slogan of a major university of some genre. The team is the Yowlin' Towels.
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« Reply #10 on: March 04, 2007, 06:21:33 PM » |
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It is clear from a few of the preceding posts that towels engender dry humor.
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humanitarian
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« Reply #11 on: March 04, 2007, 06:31:02 PM » |
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voxprincipalis: I thought about calling the hotel to ask but I was worried that word would get back to the search committee. The scenarios that Yellowtractor outlined are exactly what I was worried might happen.
I like crazybatlady's suggestion to just pack towels to keep my suit from getting wrinkled (though Speedos don't usually get wrinkled, but I acknowledge that you wouldn't necessarily know what kind of suit I typically wear for swimming).
I think it is a bit impractical to airdry. That just takes too long and it gets really cold.
So thanks for the suggestions from those of you who actually took this question seriously, and for your rapid replies! I'd heard this was a good place to ask questions about interviews. What a terrific resource for the academic community!
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« Reply #12 on: March 04, 2007, 06:33:06 PM » |
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Now I don't know what to say.
That doesn't happen often.
cbl, seriously
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« Reply #13 on: March 04, 2007, 06:34:13 PM » |
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voxprincipalis: I thought about calling the hotel to ask but I was worried that word would get back to the search committee. The scenarios that Yellowtractor outlined are exactly what I was worried might happen. Give me the number. I'll call. VP |
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« Reply #14 on: March 04, 2007, 06:49:29 PM » |
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As part of my "green living" philosophy, I don't use the hotel towels at all. Instead I jump from the shower and roll naked on the carpet to dry.
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