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She also wanted me to ask if there's a policy against interoffice dating.
There's no policy. It's happened before. We want to keep a professional environment, but there's nothing that explicitly says you can't date someone in the office.

And the last thing she is concerned with: She's a fashion major with a pretty outrageous style. Do you have a dress code?
We have a professional dress code—the guys wear suits, the women wear professional outfits. So she'd have to dress professionally.

She'd dress professionally, just with more colors and patterns.
Yeah, you can look stylish, as long as you're professional.

And dyed hair is not an issue? What about piercings?
It's okay, as long as she looks professional. High-profile people come in, and we wouldn't want anything that would reflect poorly on the senator.

Right now, she's a bit rebellious because of the situation with her father—she's got spiky pink hair and I think one nose piercing and an eyebrow piercing. Is that too much?
That might be a little much. I would probably say it's better if she toned it down.

Okay. Maybe take out the nose or eyebrow, one of the two, perhaps?
Yeah, definitely. That would definitely be more appropriate. The senator, he's old school. He came from the business world, so he does stress a professional atmosphere.

Okay, thanks a lot. I'll give you a call back when I have some more information.

Outcome: The friendly interviewer called back unprompted a week later and left a message saying he hadn't yet received Amelia's application and wanted to make sure she was still applying.

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Call to Wesleyan University admissions office on behalf of Jake Quiznos, an imaginary sub sandwich scion:

This is John Taylor. Thanks for getting back to me.
So, I wanted to talk to you about Mr. Quiznos' visit.

I don't know what [REDACTED] told you ...
She mentioned his son's desire to speak with a student who has a high-name visibility?

Yes, to gauge how he's handled that.
I can try to arrange that, but once most of our students are here, the name thing doesn't really matter much. What are some of his academic interests?

I think poetry. He's had a somewhat difficult time adjusting to his father's celebrity, and I think he works it out through poetry.
Right. Does he play a sport? Does he play music?

Not really. He doesn't do too much in terms of extracurriculars. He's latched onto the poetry thing in the last year or so.
And which high school does he attend?

He's at Beverly Hills High. But he's had some issues there. He's moved around schools before.
Okay. I'm assuming that Jake and his father will do an info session and then the tour?

I don't know if [REDACTED] told you, but Mr. Quiznos travels with a bodyguard at all times. I think he's concerned about that being conspicuous on a tour.
I handle VIPs that come to visit, so I can usually give them a tour myself. We can avoid the crowd and have him being seen with a bodyguard.

Are there any other VIP options I could relate back to Mr. Quiznos?
Well, it would just be me handling their day. So whether it's a private info session just with the two of them—with the info session, it gets pretty crowded, so they could sit in the back and they wouldn't stand out. When Mr. Spielberg came to visit, I gave him the tour myself. We handle it very discreetly. In terms of sitting in a class, I can find things for Mr. Quiznos to do while Jake does his own thing, unless he wants to meet with a few faculty members and not really do the whole "sit in on a class" while he's here.

Mr. Quiznos has a bit of agoraphobia—he doesn't like being in large spaces with a lot of people. So I think the auditorium thing might not work out, but certainly if you can arrange any one-on-one meetings with professors, I think they'd both enjoy that.
So Jake has the issues, or Mr. Quiznos?

Mr. Quiznos does, but he wants to go along with Jake and keep an eye on him, make sure he's behaving himself. And also to learn more about the school as well.
So you're talking mostly poetry and creative writing?

More poetry than anything else. Are there any big poets at Wesleyan he could meet?
There are some who teach poetry. [REDACTED] is the [REDACTED ENGLISH PROFESSOR TITLE], and she's very good at that. She can tell Jake a little about that. Depending on the day he visits, I can see if Mike Roth, our president, is available.