Oscar Meyer is looking for drivers for the Weinermobiles. The story says they want college graduates.
You really should _read_ the articles before you comment on them.
"Not only do hot doggers get to drive the Wienermobile through 20 states, but they also get to serve as an Oscar Mayer spokesperson at more than 200 events during the year."
Certainly someone who has been taught marketing and advertising skills at a post-secondary level would be useful for that position, no?
The puns in the article are egregiously bad.
Back in the seventies, I could have been ordered to my death by Liberal Arts graduates that could not make it as a taxi cab driver (Air Force officers). So, this seems real to me.
Well that was before participation trophies.
I think they're especially looking for someone who majored in Wienish Literature, who has read and can lead discussions on Bacon's treatise on "The hotdog in Elizabethan literature", Heine's "Vienishmustardbun", and the American debate, "Mustard vs. Ketchup vs. Salso vs. Onions".
It also says "Not only do hot doggers get to drive the Wienermobile through 20 states, but they also get to serve as an Oscar Mayer spokesperson at more than 200 events during the year."
I was watching video of the Rose Parade and read about how to drive one of those floats, even though have no windows.
Makes sense to me. Graduate college and want some adventure!
They want someone with the ability to represent the brand, make sensible decisions while traveling, be able to surmount problems as they arise.
And the video above is better than average.
Huh? A current college graduate for that? It would be better to request over 40 years old.
A good friend of mine has been driving one of the floats since the
1980's. He can see the ground from the driver position, and follow the pink line down the middle of Colorado Blvd. They have a spotter in the front of the float who communicates over a radio to the driver to slow down, stop or speed up and watches for hazards. Many floats have articulated features that need to be lowered when passing under the I210 freeway at Sierra Madre Blvd. It's loud and hot in the driver compartment, and the day starts the night before when they move the floats from the various "barns" where they are decorated to the starting lineup on Orange Grove; and ends after they park the float at Pasadena High School (Eddie Van Halen's school).A couple of days later they move the floats back to the barns in the middle of the night to avoid traffic issues.
They usually test drive the float chassis in the late summer before the float structure build starts.
Did this couple consummate their marriage inside the Weinermobile?
So what's the etiquette here? Am I supposed to make clear that I read this, and found it v. intersting. Because I did. Or is that not wanted?
I just got a note from him about this year's parade; his float won the Sweepstakes Award (the premier award) for the first time in his thirty years of driving. He said it was the most complex float he's driven to date and everything actually worked for the entire parade.
As with most people involved in the parade, he's a volunteer.
The float builds generally start in the July timeframe, all the decorations happen the day or two before the parade to keep the flowers fresh. All decoration is done by volunteers for the most part (it's a lot of fun, I recommend it to anyone).
For the two days after the parade, people can visit the floats at PHS.
I used to live a 15 minute walk from PHS, so I'd get up, watch the parade for an hour then walk to the end of the route just as the first elements of the parade arrive.
Seeing it in person is far better than watching on TV.
Many people claim a viewing spot on Colorado Blvd a day or two before the parade and camp out on the sidewalk; the night before the parade is a party all night along the parade route until they close the street down in the early hours of the morning.
In November, Pasadena hosts the do-dah parade as a parody of the Rose Bowl parade.
Works for me.
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