Monday, May 02, 2005
Interviews suck.
"Have you ever had problems working with others? And if so, how did you deal with it?"
"Well, generally if I have a problem with some one, then I try to stay away from them."
That's not a good answer. I should not ever have a problem with others, but folks, I worked at Wal-Mart for ten years. I've seen a lot. I mean a lot. I've seen fist fights where nobody was fired. I've seen people walk out where they were welcomed back with open arms. I've seen people that should have been fired in a moments notice that got away with it. Let me give you the choicest phrase I have ever heard at Wal-Mart.
"Red on the noodle like a doodle on a poodle."
It was used to describe a redhead that I worked with. It was used quite frequently even though it annoyed her. Now if comparing your hair to a dog's dick, isn't enough to get you fired, I'm not sure what is. Of course, they never got fired.
How about intentional damage of company property? How about showing up to work drunk? How about hundreds of other incidents that I can't list here.
Of course, I got upset during the interview. I may have blown it, but I guess that's just the way that I am. If you see some one being an asshole and you do nothing about it, even if it's just speak out against it, then you become an asshole.
I'm sorry for the strong language here, but I feel pretty strongly about this stuff. (And in case you want to know. I've seen all these incidents at Wal-mart and no one was fired for them.)
"Have you ever had problems working with others? And if so, how did you deal with it?"
"Well, generally if I have a problem with some one, then I try to stay away from them."
That's not a good answer. I should not ever have a problem with others, but folks, I worked at Wal-Mart for ten years. I've seen a lot. I mean a lot. I've seen fist fights where nobody was fired. I've seen people walk out where they were welcomed back with open arms. I've seen people that should have been fired in a moments notice that got away with it. Let me give you the choicest phrase I have ever heard at Wal-Mart.
"Red on the noodle like a doodle on a poodle."
It was used to describe a redhead that I worked with. It was used quite frequently even though it annoyed her. Now if comparing your hair to a dog's dick, isn't enough to get you fired, I'm not sure what is. Of course, they never got fired.
How about intentional damage of company property? How about showing up to work drunk? How about hundreds of other incidents that I can't list here.
Of course, I got upset during the interview. I may have blown it, but I guess that's just the way that I am. If you see some one being an asshole and you do nothing about it, even if it's just speak out against it, then you become an asshole.
I'm sorry for the strong language here, but I feel pretty strongly about this stuff. (And in case you want to know. I've seen all these incidents at Wal-mart and no one was fired for them.)
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