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by orangethirty 4895 days ago
Ha!

To add:

    Interviewer#3: We are looking for someone who knows how 
    operate the navigation screen on the 2010 Escort.
    Applicant: My car does not have the navigation option  
    installed.
    Interviewer: Then you do not qualify. Knowing how to 
    work the navigation system is a priority.
    Applicant: I know how to work navigation systems in
    general. My car before this one had a navigation system 
    and I learned it pretty quickly.
    Interviewer#3: No. We need people with 10 years of
    experience with the actual navigation system on the 2010
    Escort. 
Note: Ford no longer sells the Escort in the USA. They sell the Focus and the Fiesta. Both terrific little cars.
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Interviewer#3: We are willing to accept 8 years of education with a Master's or equivalent on the subject of 2010 Escort navigation systems in lieu of 10 years driving experience, for otherwise qualified candidates

Completely off-topic response to your note, but I loved my 2000 Focus and I was almost sad to sell it. It went through air intake hoses on the transmission about as fast as it did gasoline (hyperbole, but the Arizona heat was hell on that little rubber elbow. Fixing it took 5 minutes and cost $3 once a year, though, so as far as chronic car problems went it was pretty mild). It was still running strong after 12 years, and got my wife from Tucson to Seattle as safe as could be :3

> got my wife from Tucson to Seattle as safe as could be It's a lot safer, I would have thought, per mile to do long highway drives than lots of short urban journeys, particularly on the separated highways in the USA.
Yup, the per-mile risk is higher on short journeys.

(Also you might want to edit your comment, it's ended up all on one line)

It's certainly a lot more fun.