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*Mini*
Beginner January 2012

How not to get a job...

*Mini*, 21 of November of 2012 at 18:48 Posted on Off Topic Posts 0 22

So I held an assessment centre today, has about 27 candidates booked in for it. I checked my emails at about 8.50 (it started at 9.00) and had one from a candidate saying "My train wont get me in until 9.10 so will see you at 9.30ish"

I emailed back, "I'm afraid you needed to be here for 9am as discussed, I cant accept latecomers I am afraid as the assessment centre will be in full flow then"

Off I then trot to do my assessment centre, I don't get back to my desk until 5pm, only to find a barrage of emails from this lady, sent at 3 minute intervals. They basically tell me that its not her fault she was late, she lives very far away, she wasn't prepared to get a train before 8am so the earliest she could have got to me was 9.10. I'm very mean and unprofessional for ignoring her and she hopes I am happy now she has to carry on being on the dole and can I live with that on my conscience?

She ended it saying it was my loss.

I doubt that very much love.

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Latest activity by Kjay, 21 of November of 2012 at 20:53
  • OB
    Beginner January 2011
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    What a stupid cow!

    Have you responded?

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  • Mrs_imp
    Beginner June 2012
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    She sounds like a model employee. Why on earth have you not called her to offer her the job without an interview?

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  • OB
    Beginner January 2011
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    I thought that was hatters posting then, we have another elf!!

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  • *Mini*
    Beginner January 2012
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    Yes I told her that I was sorry she was disappointed and that rather than ignoring her, I was away from my desk in an assenter centre.

    I ended off wishing her luck with her job hunt- was that a bit snarky?

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  • OB
    Beginner January 2011
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    Yes, but totally justified!

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  • Mrs C
    Beginner March 2011
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    I love sitting on the recruitment desks at work - it's hilarious!

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  • S
    Beginner October 2011
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    ? Clearly someone failed the Charm School.

    Some people are unreal.

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  • Little Pixie
    Beginner September 2011
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    Some people amaze me!!! Shame you can't write back and say what you really think. What would your response be?

    Dear xxxx

    Thank you for the response you lazy mare. If you can't be arsed to get out of bed earlier enough to get here for 9am I really doubt you could hack a full time job. In fact I doubt you even got up and made it to the train station, you probably emailed me from the sofa in your PJs, nursing your cheap cider hangover using the new ipad that was paid for with my tax money.

    Just for the record, none of us want to get up early to go to underpaid and stressful jobs, but we do. Because if none of us worked who would pay for your bone idle lifestyle?

    Hope you had a nice day and that it was a good episode of jezza kyle

    Regards xxxxxx

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  • *Eclair*
    Beginner August 2012
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    ?

    Yep, your loss indeed, sounds like you've missed out on a real hard worker there Mini.

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  • ~Peanut~
    Beginner December 2012
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    What a charmer!

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  • *Mini*
    Beginner January 2012
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    *copies and pastes onto her work email....*

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  • raincloud
    Beginner August 2011
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    We advertised for a job at work - temporary contract but to start with immediate effect. One of the candidates asked to talk to me part way through the morning. Conversation went something like this;

    Candidate; Can I just check, is this just a temporary job but to start immediately?

    Me; yes.

    Candidate; Ok, I'm confussed then. Why has this job come up?

    Me; Because one of my department left a few weeks ago.

    Candidate; oh ok, so I'm replacing someone else? I thought you were preganant and I was covering your maternity.

    Me; Eerrr, no!

    I'm was/am a size 10!

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  • *Mini*
    Beginner January 2012
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    Today I was lifting a box and someone (not a candidate luckily) said "oh you shouldn't be lifting things, here Il do it."

    So we can conclude that a week sat on my bum eating biscuits has not helped my waistline.

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  • raincloud
    Beginner August 2011
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    See, you could milk this and get out of some jobs at work. ?

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  • *Mini*
    Beginner January 2012
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    urgh, I couldn't handle the increase in rumours! We are one of the few work couples who married last year who arnt trying to TTC, that dosnt stop *everyone* asking though "oooh it will be your twos turn next..."

    Bugger off.

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  • *Eclair*
    Beginner August 2012
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    Did they know why you were off work?

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  • *Mini*
    Beginner January 2012
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    no, they diddnt know I had been off. Otherwise I would have excused them!

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  • Mrs Bass
    Beginner March 2011
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    I saw a relative last week that I havent seen in years, the conversation went like this:

    Her: So you are married now?

    Me: Yep, will be 2 years in March

    Her: any children yet?

    Me: nope, no children

    Her: *sypathetic head tilt, rubbed my arm* Oh, don't worry, you're time will come

    Me: ok, see you later

    Gah! really peed me off!!

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  • Vanilla Pod
    Beginner September 2011
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    What a clown!!

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  • HatTrick
    Beginner September 2010
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    It annoys me that people like this ruin it for others who really do want to get out of the benefits system and make something of themselves. They seem to think the world owes them a favour.

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  • Helenia
    Beginner September 2011
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    If she couldn't be arsed to catch an early train to get to the interview on time, how the hell was she planning to get to work on time each day?

    I would love to rock up to work when I felt like it, rather than dragging my arse out of bed at 6.30 every day, but I don't think the rest of the staff/the patients would appreciate it!

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  • Kjay
    Beginner August 2013
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    Ridiculous!

    LP that response is excellent ?

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