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Orientation was at 10:30 am....  

secret_lade 49F
14311 posts
5/7/2020 4:01 pm
Orientation was at 10:30 am....


Do you think they'll notice I showed at 1:30 pm??

I've seen a lot of things in my day.

People leaving during an interview....

People not showing for orientation....

People not showing for anything OTHER than orientation....

But, I'd never experience this.

I was sitting at my desk when I got a call from front. One of the new hires that was supposed be in the morning orientation was at the service desk.

He wanted talk .

I took my time heading front and had a couple of conversations on the way.

Hell, I'm certain he understands!

When I got there he was standing sheepishly off the side.

"So, what happened?"

"I overslept.... I'm so sorry.... I'm going buy and alarm clock....." etc

"You realize this kind of gives an idea of what type of employee you will be, you know? It's not a good sign when you can't make it an orientation.... or call let your employer know you won't be attending."

"I know. I brought my direct deposit information." That was needed YESTERDAY.

"I'm going give you an opportunity turn this around, and show you actually do want work here. Orientation was this morning, you missed your opportunity for this week. I'm going do you a favor and allow you attend orientation on Monday, I don't normally do them on Monday, but I'm going give you a chance."

"So, I can't start working this weekend?" Is he frigging kidding ??

"Nope. I'm required give you the proper training and onboarding experience help you be successful in your job. That starts with orientation and discussion of roles, responsibility, and policy."

I felt like thumping this fucking . He's lucky I gave him a second chance. It's experiences like this that strip away my faith in human kind.

secret_lade 49F
9227 posts
5/10/2020 4:43 pm

    Quoting 69ereatwetpussy:
    you are right the future is sure in trouble with lazy im to good for this job. give me give me. has to buy an alarm hell he could have used his $500.oo I phone hell my flip phone has an alarm. his mommy cold have woke him lololol
I'm surprised Mommy didn't way him... I'm certain he still lives at home. It's probably his parents pushing him to get a job.


69ereatwetpussy 61M
6774 posts
5/9/2020 7:44 pm

you are right the future is sure in trouble with lazy im to good for this job. give me give me. has to buy an alarm hell he could have used his $500.oo I phone hell my flip phone has an alarm. his mommy cold have woke him lololol


secret_lade 49F
9227 posts
5/9/2020 10:18 am

    Quoting tickles4us:
    Well when the schools have a system where everybody gets an award/ribbon or whatever and the general attitude of everybody is right and perfect etc and some peoples parents have the same attitude you end up with those kids that don't get informed about reality until they go get a job in the real world. Sometimes they just need to be educated a bit and they smarten up fast but others just don't want to believe that they have been living in a fantasy world and they aren't really all that special.
They certainly don't know that the real world is competitive and don't realize you have to work to achieve things. Nobody has goals anymore.... I raised my kids to be competitive and open and speak their mind and let them see me struggle a little from time to time to see that you have to work to achieve things. My middle son texted me a pic of a corvette this morning, nothing new, but he'd saved up $3500 and bought this thing this morning. He was so excited... But he's already understanding the ways of life in the real world. It's entirely up to us what we make of our life.


tickles4us 62M
7262 posts
5/9/2020 8:54 am

Well when the schools have a system where everybody gets an award/ribbon or whatever and the general attitude of everybody is right and perfect etc and some peoples parents have the same attitude you end up with those kids that don't get informed about reality until they go get a job in the real world. Sometimes they just need to be educated a bit and they smarten up fast but others just don't want to believe that they have been living in a fantasy world and they aren't really all that special.

Vive La Difference


secret_lade 49F
9227 posts
5/8/2020 2:06 pm

    Quoting positively4you:
    “I am going to buy an alarm clock”. Sooooooo, he missed the concept of waking on time? Good luck with this one.
If he can't manage to set an alarm on a phone.... I don't see him lasting very long. He needs more than luck on his side.


positively4you 74F  
4605 posts
5/8/2020 4:47 am

“I am going to buy an alarm clock”. Sooooooo, he missed the concept of waking on time? Good luck with this one.


secret_lade 49F
9227 posts
5/8/2020 3:27 am

Thank you... And, I will continue to hang.


apollonaire 49M
15 posts
5/8/2020 1:39 am

I wish you luck! Hang in there !


secret_lade 49F
9227 posts
5/8/2020 1:34 am

    Quoting pagancountrygirl:
    RESPONSIBILITY:
    SHOW THE FUCK UP
    Perhaps you should give the new hires a sheet of paper with that in bold letters. But that would also put you at a disadvantage since you would be assuming they could read...and comprehend what they read.
I still can't believe he just showed up. Like.... I don't have a single thing to do all that and I just sit around.


secret_lade 49F
9227 posts
5/8/2020 1:27 am

    Quoting lonlyforlove2:
    Some day he will wake up , we hope. If he just doesn't just let good chances at life slip away, some times it is hard to make them even understand " you may lead a horse to water, but he has to drink"
    have a good evening, be safe.
This one isn't going to last long. He will likely be his own undoing as he will late for most of his shifts and call in for the rest. His attendance will be his downfall.


secret_lade 49F
9227 posts
5/8/2020 1:25 am

    Quoting Paulxx001:
    Everyone has a beat they dance to - in their own head. I imagine the batteries for his song, are failing.
    But let's face it... for some ; the switch is on 'off'.
That's a nice way of putting it.


secret_lade 49F
9227 posts
5/8/2020 1:24 am

    Quoting KX450F2016:
    I used to work at well known nationwide auto repair shop. One year around 1990 we went through 29 "young adults" for part time positions in about 6-9 months. Either they quit or got fired. Always hard to find good help.
Something has happened to this next generation.... They fully believe everyone should be catering to them. They expect recognition for merely showing up for work, expect to be hand held and spoon fed through their work day, and get all butt hurt when you have to discipline them.


secret_lade 49F
9227 posts
5/8/2020 1:16 am

    Quoting mc_justmc:
    Hate to rub it in, but I got a new hire on Tuesday and she is awesome. She's been shadowing me this week and when we're walking and I forget where we're going or what we we're doing she's ready to remind me. I get so many things dropped in my lap as the day progresses that I need some extra memory.
Lucky you! Does this mean you are also back to a regular work schedule?? My governor just announced she's extended the stay at home order until May 28th. Fantastic! I get to spend my birthday on house arrest eating take out.


lonlyforlove2 81M  
32704 posts
5/7/2020 8:40 pm

Some day he will wake up , we hope. If he just doesn't just let good chances at life slip away, some times it is hard to make them even understand " you may lead a horse to water, but he has to drink"
have a good evening, be safe.

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Paulxx001 67M
22642 posts
5/7/2020 6:36 pm

Everyone has a beat they dance to - in their own head. I imagine the batteries for his song, are failing.
But let's face it... for some ; the switch is on 'off'.


KX450F2016 55M
193 posts
5/7/2020 6:32 pm

I used to work at well known nationwide auto repair shop. One year around 1990 we went through 29 "young adults" for part time positions in about 6-9 months. Either they quit or got fired. Always hard to find good help.


mc_justmc 63M

5/7/2020 5:37 pm

Hate to rub it in, but I got a new hire on Tuesday and she is awesome. She's been shadowing me this week and when we're walking and I forget where we're going or what we we're doing she's ready to remind me. I get so many things dropped in my lap as the day progresses that I need some extra memory.


secret_lade 49F
9227 posts
5/7/2020 5:29 pm

    Quoting easy_going2014:
    OMG, that was so funny

    It brought back a few memories

    when I was in high school I wanted to go work for Safeway, a grocery chain down here

    so, if you went directly to the store to apply, the store manager would size you up and, if he had an opening you could apply for that. The store that was closest to my house four blocks away was a fairly new one, and the manager believed that high school kids needed to start at the bottom as baggage clerks. I wanted to be a checker (cashier), not a baggage clerk.

    So, I called the employment office and spoke to he Head of HR. I didn't realize who she was, I thought I was just talking to someone in the hiring department. Evidently, I had called during the lunch hour and the rest of the staff was gone. I explained to her, that I wanted to work as a checker, but, that they were only hiring baggage clerks at the store nearest my home. She, said that the store that was a couple of miles from my house was hiring checkers, and would I be able to make the drive? She wanted to know when I could start and if I could do training on Tues and Thursday evening or all-day on Saturday. I selected Tuesday and Thursday evening slot and started my part-time job (six year stint for the grocery store giant). A couple of years later, I met a young lady that I started dating, and, I came to find out that her mother was the VP in charge of HR for the stores. I'm laughing as I'm writing this.

    It's such a small world.

    thanks for sharing.

    hmm

    be safe

    Dr. John - "Right Place, Wrong Time"

    I been in the right place
    But it must have been the wrong time
    I'd of said the right thing
    But I must have used the wrong line
    I been in the right trip
    But I must have used the wrong car
    My head is in a bad place
    And I'm wondering what it's good for
    I been the right place
    But it must have been the wrong time
    My head is in a bad place
    But I'm having such a good time
    I been running trying to get hung up in my mind
    Got to give myself a little talking to this time
    Just need a little brain salad surgery
    Got to cure my insecurity
    I been in the wrong place
    But it must have been the right time
    I been in the right place
    But it must have been the wrong song
It is a small world, isn't it! I experience a lot of synchronicities at work.... I just recently hired the daughter of my first adult boyfriend. She asked me if I remembered her. We also employ the ex daughter in law of the married guy who broke my heart.


secret_lade 49F
9227 posts
5/7/2020 5:17 pm

    Quoting pocogato12:
    Holy Cow No Brains but he's got balls
He 100% thought I would just do the orientation when he got there. There are a lot of kids in this next generation that think the world revolves around them. They will sometimes tell ME on the phone when I can do their orientation. Uh, yah.... Not happening. I end up telling them when it's scheduled, if they can't make it, they can wait until the next one gets scheduled. They always somehow manage to free their schedule.


pagancountrygirl 66F
6466 posts
5/7/2020 5:12 pm

RESPONSIBILITY:
SHOW THE FUCK UP
Perhaps you should give the new hires a sheet of paper with that in bold letters. But that would also put you at a disadvantage since you would be assuming they could read...and comprehend what they read.

Pagan
Hmmmm....I know I left that wand around here somewhere!


secret_lade 49F
9227 posts
5/7/2020 5:04 pm

    Quoting  :

When I call to set up interviews, I occasionally get the angry "she's not here right now" from people. When I tell them who I am and why I'm calling, suddenly they change their tune. I always note this stuff for the interviewer to be revisited.


secret_lade 49F
9227 posts
5/7/2020 5:00 pm

I know... Tell me about it. I don't think this one is going to make it past 30 days.


easy_going2014 57M
14366 posts
5/7/2020 4:57 pm

OMG, that was so funny

It brought back a few memories

when I was in high school I wanted to go work for Safeway, a grocery chain down here

so, if you went directly to the store to apply, the store manager would size you up and, if he had an opening you could apply for that. The store that was closest to my house four blocks away was a fairly new one, and the manager believed that high school kids needed to start at the bottom as baggage clerks. I wanted to be a checker (cashier), not a baggage clerk.

So, I called the employment office and spoke to he Head of HR. I didn't realize who she was, I thought I was just talking to someone in the hiring department. Evidently, I had called during the lunch hour and the rest of the staff was gone. I explained to her, that I wanted to work as a checker, but, that they were only hiring baggage clerks at the store nearest my home. She, said that the store that was a couple of miles from my house was hiring checkers, and would I be able to make the drive? She wanted to know when I could start and if I could do training on Tues and Thursday evening or all-day on Saturday. I selected Tuesday and Thursday evening slot and started my part-time job (six year stint for the grocery store giant). A couple of years later, I met a young lady that I started dating, and, I came to find out that her mother was the VP in charge of HR for the stores. I'm laughing as I'm writing this.

It's such a small world.

thanks for sharing.

hmm

be safe

Dr. John - "Right Place, Wrong Time"

I been in the right place
But it must have been the wrong time
I'd of said the right thing
But I must have used the wrong line
I been in the right trip
But I must have used the wrong car
My head is in a bad place
And I'm wondering what it's good for
I been the right place
But it must have been the wrong time
My head is in a bad place
But I'm having such a good time
I been running trying to get hung up in my mind
Got to give myself a little talking to this time
Just need a little brain salad surgery
Got to cure my insecurity
I been in the wrong place
But it must have been the right time
I been in the right place
But it must have been the wrong song

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pocogato12 71F  
37235 posts
5/7/2020 4:52 pm

Holy Cow No Brains but he's got balls

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Apollorising58 63M

5/7/2020 4:12 pm

Wow, great work ethic!

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