job interviews.
all of that background information is necessary. if you've ever worked with anyone before, anywhere, who has been less than pleasant, disruptive, soiled themselves, threatened to beat the shit out of customers/employees, then you'll recognize why they make sure you can reach rational conclusions. simple ex., maybe you pass a normal assessment test with flying colors. a friend of a friend failed his. the test had nothing to do, at all, with stocking shelves. but it had everything to do with the true character of a person and their responses towards social situations, which does tie into the job. you dress appropriately to look like you give a shit and all of those little stories make you stand out and look better than the other five people applying to mop a floor. because it is so simple to mop a floor, a homeless man can get that job. but can he keep it? everyone can mop a floor. and unfortunately they'll waste valuable time and money training you how to do it "properly" even though you may already know how. if in a job interview you're very shut off, introverted, give short responses and conduct the whole thing in monotone, there's extremely high chances that you're not going to get called back. who wants to work with someone like that? don't you wish you could interview your future bosses so y ou don't find they're all slacking piles of shit with no worth, no better than you, or that they actually are BOSSES and do their jobs appropriately? you can't find that out from an interview, sure, but anyone with intelligence can wade through a liar and someone who isn't. one of my friends actually told the truth about past crimes he'd done on an application, filled it out. he charmed the interviewer through and through and you know what her advice to him was? let's shred this, fill another one out, and lie to me. hah!

anyway, good luck w/ the job.