The oddest job Judy Batalion ever had

Judy Batalion is a performer, writer for stage and screen, and the author of White Walls, a memoir about motherhood and the marks mothers and daughter make on each other.

I worked at a temp agency... as a temp. I went in for an interview and I was desperate to earn some money. In the interview, she was asking me questions about what I did and what I was interested in. She asked, "When can you start?" 

I said, "Whenever you need." 

She said, "How about right now?"

I was like, "Sure. Where should I go?"

She's like, "You're sitting at your desk."

And so that was my big entree into the temp world.

I somehow was given the responsibility of interviewing other temps. But because of my temporary status, I wasn't allowed to know what I was interviewing them for. So basically people would come in and I would just have to say, "Hi! What are you good at?" 

It was very meta.

Judy Batalion's comments have been edited and condensed.