I remember once when I was in elementary school our teacher asked the class what everyone would do if there was a power outage. My answer was that I’d be tripping over a lot of feet. When she asked me why I explained that our house had a wood furnace and that everyone who knew it would come over to keep warm and I’d be tripping over their feet. :)
I remember several years ago, before my medical issues put me on disability, I put my resume on one of those internet sites. I was looking for work as a technical writer and working toward an associate degree in the field at the time. I remember how excited I was when I actually got a call from someone, then they started talking about how I’d be such a great fit for their company based on my resume, but at the same time they were very evasive whenever I’d ask about the job or position. Finally I asked outright if he was offering me a sales job and he admitted he was. I asked him if he’d even bothered to read my resume since I’d specified that I was looking for a position as a technical writer and he suggested that I take the sales position while looking for a writing position. That’s when I hung up, I figured any company that evasive about the job they were offering had to be shady, and their product was short as well.
Think of all the people who are still afraid of taking a shower after seeing Alfred Hitchcock’s Psycho for the first time.