<div class="floatleft"><div align="center">(http://www.mediafire.com/convkey/132c/qanv0vlare944wbzg.jpg)<br/><span class="bbc_font" style="font-family: Georgia;"><span class="bbc_size" style="font-size: 11pt;"><strong>Jaclyn Rosendahl</strong></span><br/><span class="bbc_size" style="font-size: 10pt;">Entrepreneur<br/><em>About Jaclyn</em> (https://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=289408.msg14241614#msg14241614)<br/> ‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾ </span></span></div></div><span class="bbc_font" style="font-family: Georgia;"><span class="bbc_size" style="font-size: 12pt;"><em>… we proceed through dinner and retire for the evening … I have breakfast in my room and the maids perform their due diligence before the 10 am interview … at 9:50, I call Peter and learn that he’s indisposed … plug my phone in and put it on remote mute so he can hear us but we can’t hear him as he hacks and coughs … that boy and his cigars! … the times for each are noted … 25 minutes each with a 5 minute break between each … my phone has the time so I can stay on plan … read the first through again and go to the door … the woman sitting opposite the door matches the picture on the resume …</em></span></span><br/><br/><div class="floatright"><div align="center">(http://www.mediafire.com/convkey/fcc4/yj8w78e3i7uoxa3zg.jpg)<br/><span class="bbc_size" style="font-size: 11pt;"><strong>Lupita</strong><br/><em>Guide</em><br/> ‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾ </span></div></div><span class="bbc_font" style="font-family: Georgia;"><span class="bbc_size" style="font-size: 12pt;">  “Ms Lupita? Come in please. Hi, I’m Jaclyn Rosendahl.”</span></span><br/><br/><span class="bbc_font" style="font-family: Georgia;"><span class="bbc_size" style="font-size: 12pt;"><em>… indicate her seat …</em></span></span><br/><br/><span class="bbc_font" style="font-family: Georgia;"><span class="bbc_size" style="font-size: 12pt;">  “My colleague, Mr. Peter Warcaof, is indisposed this morning. We are looking for a guide to take us to the site of a water project in the hills west of the Swari Trading Centre on the C79, Archer’s Post - Baragoi Rd in Barsaloi. I hope I’m pronouncing the names correctly, and please help both me and Mr. Warcaof with our pronunciations.”</span></span><br/><br/><span class="bbc_font" style="font-family: Georgia;"><span class="bbc_size" style="font-size: 12pt;"><em>… she nods … perhaps nervously …</em></span></span><br/><br/><span class="bbc_font" style="font-family: Georgia;"><span class="bbc_size" style="font-size: 12pt;">  “The trading center will have maps and other directions, and perhaps supplies we can deliver too. I’m told it’s about 6 hours via backcountry double track  with at least one river to ford and possibly another if there have been rains upslope. We would like to spend one full day at the project site, so we’re very generally planning for one day from here to the trading post, 2<sup>nd</sup> day to the project, 3[su]rd[/sup] day at the project, and 4<sup>th</sup> and maybe another to return here. Mr. Warcaof and I are not equipped to into the bush, so we will need to purchase everything here before we depart and would like our guide’s assistance to choose clothing that will work for the duration of the trip. We can help with the camp too but will need instruction. We both enjoy learning so and are both reasonably fit. Mr. Warcaof is a large man, perhaps 300 pounds, um, 135 kilos, and over 6 ft, um about 1.8 meters. I am as you see. Our goal is a safe trip for all of us.”</span></span>[/size][/font]<br/><br/><span class="bbc_font" style="font-family: Georgia;"><span class="bbc_size" style="font-size: 12pt;"><em>… pause a moment …</em></span></span><br/><br/><span class="bbc_font" style="font-family: Georgia;"><span class="bbc_size" style="font-size: 12pt;">  “So now your turn, please describe how you would undertake this trip with us.”</span></span><br/><br/><span class="bbc_font" style="font-family: Palatino;"><span class="bbc_size" style="font-size: 12pt;">  “With pleasure. I have a late model vehicle suitable for this trip. It’s equipped with a winch so fording streams would be safer though that is frequently a difficult undertaking if one rushes, and I have a small raft so getting across to fasten the line can be done safely as well. I would probably hire an assistant at the trading post to gain local knowledge and help with most everything except driving. Such people are often available. We could go clothing shopping near the city square where there are a number of shops. I suggest taking much of one day and not rushing. visit an number of stores before deciding. I will counsel on fabrics and cut and insist on choosing footwear. Snakes are prevalent where we are going and their bite can be dangerous even if they are not venomous. I have camping equipment sufficient for four people, including kitchen. I’m considered a good cook. We would buy consumables at the trading post an top off our water. I have provisions for purifying water should that be necessary.”</span></span><br/><br/><span class="bbc_font" style="font-family: Georgia;"><span class="bbc_size" style="font-size: 12pt;"><em>… she pauses … her hands are clenched in her lap … she is more nervous than I thought … her words were rushed … no, she is unsuitable for this … we need a guide … I ask her to tell me her experience that isn’t on the paper I have from the agency … she stumbles at that … definitely not our guide …</em></span></span><br/><br/><span class="bbc_font" style="font-family: Georgia;"><span class="bbc_size" style="font-size: 12pt;">  “Ms. Lupita, is there anything you’d like to ask me about myself or Mr. Warcaof, or about our planned trip?”</span></span><br/><br/><span class="bbc_font" style="font-family: Georgia;"><span class="bbc_size" style="font-size: 12pt;"><em>… she brightens …</em></span></span><br/><br/><span class="bbc_font" style="font-family: Palatino;"><span class="bbc_size" style="font-size: 12pt;">  “Not directly, no. But please, I really need this job. The business has dried up here due to the recent troubles in Somalia and the Sudan. People don’t realize are very peaceful here, unlike parts of those countries where the people are desperate.”</span></span><br/><br/><span class="bbc_font" style="font-family: Georgia;"><span class="bbc_size" style="font-size: 12pt;"><em>… she grinds to a stop …</em></span></span><br/><br/><span class="bbc_font" style="font-family: Georgia;"><span class="bbc_size" style="font-size: 12pt;">  “Thank you, Ms. Lupita. We have your contact information here and I’ll have the hotel connect us if we decide to use your services. I have several more to interview and we will likely make our decision yet today.”</span></span><br/><br/><span class="bbc_font" style="font-family: Georgia;"><span class="bbc_size" style="font-size: 12pt;"><em>… stand to usher her to the door … I need a drink of water and to read the next one’s bio … she rises too … I walk toward the door … sense her close behind … her arm goes around my neck … I’m about to drop to escape but freeze as her voice hisses …</em></span></span><br/><br/><span class="bbc_font" style="font-family: Palatino;"><span class="bbc_size" style="font-size: 12pt;">  “Don’t move an inch! You see my knife! I know how to use it. Hire me right now or I will cut your pretty face no surgeon will ever patch you up.”</span></span><br/><br/><span class="bbc_font" style="font-family: Georgia;"><span class="bbc_size" style="font-size: 12pt;"><em>… she moves the knife close to my cheek …</em></span></span><br/><br/><span class="bbc_font" style="font-family: Palatino;"><span class="bbc_size" style="font-size: 12pt;">  “See how sharp it is? Now hire me on the spot and we’ll write up a contract fr you to sign.”</span></span><br/><br/><span class="bbc_font" style="font-family: Georgia;"><span class="bbc_size" style="font-size: 12pt;"><em>… she’s waving he knife around … what to do? … okay, hire her and see where this all ends up … hope Peter is still listening …</em></span></span><br/><br/><span class="bbc_font" style="font-family: Georgia;"><span class="bbc_size" style="font-size: 12pt;">  “Okay okay, you’re hired! You win! You’ll do. Just put the knife down and we’ll write up a contract! I don’t have one handy and it’d be hard to write one if I can’t look down at the paper!”</span></span><br/><br/><span class="bbc_font" style="font-family: Georgia;"><span class="bbc_size" style="font-size: 12pt;"><em>… she turns me slowly away from the door and urges me back toward the table … she’s unsure how to proceed … one small step at a time …</em></span></span><br/>