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What's holding you back from your dream job?
Submitted by Question of the Day.

Ah, how this catches a nerve!

I had obviously assumed that I was simply beset by twin deficiencies in looks and talent but I'm beginning to think it may be rather more a matter of timing. Before launching into a tale of woe, and by way of some context, I should perhaps say here that my father was a footman, valet and subsequently a butler and that I have always hankered after following him into private service...

It was therefore extremely gratifying to find that my online advertisement proffering my services as a 'Gentleman's Gentleman' met with so much initial interest. Sadly the many resulting interviews veered between mildly unedifying and downright squalid and in spite of the fact that the agency I used suggested that I could be placed in any number of positions by their clients I felt unable to fill any of the openings with which I was presented. On trying an alternative tack in outfitting I was surprised, nay even astonished, to discover that monocle engineering isn't the growth industry it once was and that even very highly qualified cravat-knot testers are now considered surplus to requirements; which fact which can only go to underline the general decline of society at large, but which nonetheless left me somewhat financially embarrassed. 

Thus it was that with a heavy heart I tried to secure gainful, if only seasonal, winter employ as a ladies' muff inspector at Harrods of London. Despite my numerous letters the esteemed store remained conspicuously silent (which I felt was a bit rich given their reputation as a high-class establishment). Quite why the Metropolitan Police felt the need to contribute leaves me at something of a loss, but their rather terse missive used a tone most unbecoming of such an august body!

The search continues.