"Let's see, yeah dude's name was Scott! You gotta hurry man he's waiting for you!" Tyler said gesturing at the door to the interview room.
Looking down at the file Josh sighed. "Why'd it have to be some giant meat head with no experience..." He thought, hoping the interview could just be over as fast as possible.
"Alright wish me luck, Ty!" Josh says turning toward the door and waving at his burly employee.
"You don't need luck boss! Go get 'em!" He replied, turning away and waving back as he headed out back to his post.
- - -
Josh opened the door to the large room, looking out as far as he could as he walked forward. It was a squarish room with a chair and table at one end and a balcony at the other. Josh walked across the balcony to a small microphone that was used to communication without needing to yell at the top of lungs for the interviewee to hear him. Staring out over the balcony Josh got his first look at Scott. The mammoth of a 18 year old made the chair he was sitting in look like it belonged in a kindergarten classroom. Apart from that the gigantic teen wore a backwards baseball cap with his brown hair peeking out the front. His face looked out to the left, bored.
"Dress for success must've been something this kid's never heard of." Josh thought looking at the teen's attire. He wore a red "stringer" tank top which barely hid any of his muscular torso. Leading down to his shorts, which were just white basketball shorts, string untied with his underwear showing slightly around the top, the brand "under armor" was written across the black spandex front. Finally, looking down at the teen's feet, which he had stretched out in a relaxed fashion, he wore nothing but a pair of black sandals on his massive feet.
Despite his appearance Josh always tried to treat everyone he met with respect. "Sorry I'm late Scott. My name is Josh. I'm the owner of Shrink and Swim. I'll be interviewing you today."
Scott turned his attention forward, looking where to voice came from. "Uhh..." He said in a deep voice.
"Over here on the balcony, its ok. Sometimes its a little shocking for people to see a shrunk person first hand." Josh added casually as the giant teen focused his attention at the balcony.
"Whoa! No way!" The giant man said, suddenly standing up and moving forward to look down at the tiny man on the balcony. "Are all the people in the park so small?" He asked looking down curiously at the tiny man.
"He's an idiot..." Josh thought. "Yes, that's the whole principal behind the park actually. Now if you'd take your seat we can start our interview." Josh said looking up nervously at the practically shirtless giant.
"Oh, sorry." He said gruffly as he stepped back and planted himself back into the small chair. "I'm just not used to this whole deal..." He said blankly.
Tiling his head Josh questioned, "Oh is this your first interview?" The giant man sat up and nodded slowly. "Well don't worry just be honest about yourself and everything will be fine." Josh assured the mountainous teen.
"What made you want to apply to Shrink and Swim?" Josh started off, figuring it was an easy question.
"Well actually my girl friend filled out the application. She just told me it was for life guarding, which I figured I'd be good at." He said honestly. "I had no idea the people in the park were so small though. Do I just scoop them out of the water with my hand or something?"
Josh nearly face palmed at the question. Obviously, he knew nothing about the park other than "Be a lifeguard." "Well actually Scott..." Josh said politely. "There's a shrink ray out front. Everyone, including staff get's shrunk when they go in. So while in the park its as if you're the same size normally compared other people."
"Ohh I think I get it." Scott replied leaning forward. "That's pretty cool as long as I don't have to stay shrunk all the time."
"Well when when the lifeguards are off duty they all usually go around front and grow back to normal size to wind down in the break room." Josh said reassuringly.
"Why don't you do that then?" Scott asked suddenly looking across the room at the tiny speck of man.
"Well usually I don't have time, being the owner and operator. Besides, I find the experience to be enlightening." Josh stated to back himself up.
"That's cool man. I mean I like being big, so I guess it can work both ways." He said chucking deeply. Josh looked down as he turned a little red at the comment.
"I suppose so!" Josh said, shaking a little. "Anyway let's continue."
- - -
The interview went on for a few more minutes and Scott struggled to give good answers. His fundamental answers were fine, but anytime the question was remotely ambiguous he had to stop and think for awhile.
"Alright Scott, that's all the questions I have. Based off your performance I've come to the conclusion that..."
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