I once made a horrific malaprop during a job interview that I desperately wanted for a variety of reasons. None more so than the fact that the job was a step up in elegance from my then current job, which was managing a retail store. The new job was an office position in a beautifully appointed office, in a handsomely built office building. I would have had my own office, with a view, and a bookshelf with crystal vases and pictures of my kids displayed on it. I would have been able to wear elegant suits with matching high heels (impossible in a retail job where standing was required 80% of the time) Yeah, I wanted that "posh" job very badly......
So, when the interviewer asked why I was interested in this middle management level job, when I already had an upper management position at my current job, I said: "To be honest with you, it is because this job would be very "cush" compared to my current job." At which point, the interviewer stood up from behind her desk, extended her hand and curtly said "Thank you, Ms 'Malaprop' (name changed to protect the innocent) We'll be in touch"
Yeah.....I really said "cush" instead of "posh" Oi, vai! I was all of 23 years old, so I guess it was one of those "learning experiences"
