My father was working with an employment agency after he graduated from college. Having developed a relationship with one of the staff, she was relieved one day

My father was working with an employment agency after he graduated from college. Having developed a relationship with one of the staff, she was relieved one day when he walked in. Apparently there was an executive from a national telco there and the person whoever they were supposed to be interviewing didn't show. They sent my father in just to save face because they didn't want that person to have come in for nothing. He ended up getting the job and working there for several years.