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Originally posted by bilqis2:
Dear Ramon, you are being run through the mill aren't you?!?! No wonder you are not an 'especially good sport' today! You aren't simply looking at flats, you are going through the equivelant of job interviews... and several in a day? Wow. I admire your strength and perserverance. I'm afraid I'd just end up at home in bed with my head under the covers after too many of those! 
What happens? Will they call you if you 'passed' the interview? Or do you call them? I wish you the best of luck in your search. I hope your studies aren't being hampered or hampering the process.
Good luck! Nice to catch you for a change. 
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Bilqis, thanks for being so sympathetic.
And maybe I exaggerated a bit. Only three of the five were shared flats, the other small apartments, but I don't like those, because you get less value for your money, I fear the "caged tiger syndrome" and I don't like to live all by myself. Real job interviews are probably still a lot harder - oh, great, I'll have to do plenty of those within a year from now
- but for a "worrier" like me the psychology of the situation is somewhat similar. The few job interviews I've had so far, only for small jobs for students though, actually did not bother me that much, because I found it easier to guess what the interviewers expected. As any marketing expert can tell you, knowing your customer's preferences makes selling them a product a hell of lot easier !
Well, both sides have, of course, to make up their minds and decide if they want to live with the other, but with the nice and affordable flats it is easy to see which side really has the leverage and the liberty to choose. The nasty thing with shared flats is that this "market" is not regulated by the price but by "popularity contests".
With the two flats that interest me I will know by Wednesday evening if I really will be put into a position to choose for myself.
LadyRae of Oregon, nice to see you !
If I remember right, spring is about a month early in Oregon compared with here. So, the weather should already be quite nice by now. Or have they changed that as well since my stay there ?
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So long !
R³ - new, much improved signature under construction !
