From: djheydt@kithrup.com   
      
   In article <2398odd30t9kf9vh2nlsta2l0q48d5v71h@4ax.com>,   
     wrote:   
   >I should have also added that this is a job interview -- did that come   
   >across at all, or do I have to be more blunt about it?   
      
   No, it didn't, but after that hook, it is likely that most   
   readers would keep reading.  You might take less time to indicate   
   that it's a job interview ... a couple of paragraphs, rather than   
   a couple of screensful.  Consider how much information you *need*   
   to get across before the action (which I assume is his getting   
   hired to undergo even further atrocities) begins.   
      
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