I think i’ve just been window-shopped.

Im outside on the back deck, sun beaming down from the brilliant blue LA sky, scenic mountains in the background, home made drip coffee in my hand. What a brilliant day it is to be alive.

In my other hand, my trusty iphone and on the other end of it is a recruiter from a big corporate asking whether it would be possible for me to fly to NYC for an interview.

“… so you’ll be meeting some senior level executives” she says and continues going on about who i’ll be meeting and their personalities and what they do for a living etc etc. I stop listening to the conversation as i start to think of the similarities between this and internet dating. Mind you, who knows what was going through my mind as ive never tried internet dating… Dont get me wrong, im not against it or anything… i just havent been in the situation to utilise it.

Yes i have friends that have done it and swear by it. I remember my close friend telling me “its like window shopping…. you go online, put in your requirements and BAM! you then can choose who you want to see..”

“really? its that easy?” i say in slight disbelief… and then i go into the cliche of the fat, bald man sitting on his tightie-whities pretending to be some hot sexy blonde chick…

“nah man, its all legit now a days… you go through a compatibility  process and you swap emails to see if you have the right personality” he says trying to convince me that it solves the whole problem of old mate tightie-whitie.

As im reliving that enlightening conversation, i hear the recruiter on the other end say “So would you be interested in flying out to meet with them?”

“Ah yeah, sure…” i say trying to bring myself back to reality.

“Great. Oh by the way, i’ll be sending you a follow up email with a personality test and compatibility test for you to fill out to see if you will fit into the environment.”

“Um, ok” i say…feeling like i’ve just been window-shopped.