"Thirty-five years old?" the HR interviewer frowned when she read Choe's curriculum vitae. She looked at Chloe sitting on the chair in front of her and then at the document in her hand.
"Wow, I have to admit that you look younger than your age, but…" the interviewer put the paper down and sighed, "I can't hire you."
"Ah, don't worry, I can work in anything here—"
"No, there is only one opening here, to be the receptionist, and the age limit is twenty-seven years old. You're way past that," the HR interviewer said. She put the document on the table and pushed it to Chloe. "I suggest you search somewhere else for work. Maybe to a daycare? I mean, they would certainly accept a thirty-five years old woman with little job competence."
Chloe sighed. She thanked the interviewer and left the o
