You weren’t good enough for the Best. Are you good enough for the Goode?

It used to be we wished we had a better job…maybe even a dream job.

Nowadays many of us just hope we can just keep the job we’ve got (or wish we still had one).

It was no surprise when someone announced a job opening for The Best Job In The World that the competition was stiff.

You may remember it had something to do with getting to live on a beautiful island and spend your days snorkeling and the such and your evenings blogging, Twittering, and Facebooking.

I did not want anyone to get their hopes up, as it was obvious–at least to me (but apparently not to anyone else) that I was the perfect candidate. I tried my best to dissuade you from wasting your time in applying.

As the application period drew towards the deadline, I again suggested you need not apply.

And finally, I let you know when it was too late to apply.

Well, I tried to tell you that you would not get the job and I was right (unless you are a Brit by the name of Ben Southall).

Well, the Best job may be taken, but you still have two days to apply for a Really Good Job (technically a Really Goode Job).

      

While this one is not on a beautiful island, it is in the scenic wine country of Northern California.

If you can live getting paid to drink wine instead of snorkeling, you might be a candidate.

And the blogging, Twittering, and Facebooking are still a major component of the job description.

Sorry I did not get the word out sooner but I just picked up on this story in our local newspaper.

I got a kick out of one quote,

“The new hire will earn $10,000 a month, plus lodging in a private home. The short-term assignment: explore the Sonoma County wine country, sample hundreds of wines and use social media like Twitter and Facebook to tweet, blog and otherwise create buzz about the winery.”

My thought is that after sampling “hundreds of wines” it won’t just be the stories you write that will be “buzzed.”

     

I’m leaving for Canada with my lovely wife at “dark-thirty” tomorrow morning for our 2nd Annual 30th Wedding Anniversary Trip so unfortunately I won’t have time to do another 60 second video application. (Truth be known, I never got to doing one for the Best Job In The World.)

I guess I will just have to wait for the next job opportunity that involves getting paid to recreate and drink alcohol.

If you hear a call for applicants for A Mediocre, So-so Job please let me know.