Reader's Digest Asia Pacific

FIRST IMPRESSION­S COUNT

- SUBMITTED BY JILL COHEN

A close friend, Abigail, was keen to make a good impression at her interview, after a decade of caring for her children full time.

While in the lift to the interview,

Abigail was reading a publicatio­n on making a good impression, when a hand suddenly blocked her vision. Afraid, she smacked the hand, only to hear a man’s voice exclaim, “I was trying to press the third-floor button!”

Entering the interview room, Abigail was overwhelme­d with embarrassm­ent when she noticed the man she’d smacked sitting on the panel. She didn’t get the job.

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