I read the “Spell Check Yourself” bitch from Thursday and was reminded that I wanted to submit a bitch in a similar vein. When you are handing out resumes, don’t come in at our busiest time and stand there asking a bunch of questions about the job and wanting to speak to the manager, and sometimes not even taking no for an answer when told the manager is not available. I understand that your parents or career counselors have probably told you that persistence pays off, and it’s good advice. But you know what doesn’t pay off? Pestering me in the middle of our rush. I don’t want to work with someone like that because I can already tell that you don’t have a fucking clue and with all the resumes we receive, one which I’ve marked “rude” will make its way to the scrap paper pile in short order. If you have questions, come back when it’s less busy, and if you want to talk to a manager, ask when they will available. Otherwise, just be friendly, give me your resume and then get out of the way. —Not as Much of a Bitch as I Probably Sound
This article appears in Jun 2-8, 2011.
I agree! I had one chick stop by a few weeks ago and my manager was busy and she was all “it’s ok, I’ll wait!” and I’m like “no, you don’t understand: she’s in meetings all day, she has no time to see you.” And then she insisted I pass along her “very important message” for her to call her back.
My manager is also the head cheese for our department and when I say she’s busy and in meetings, I’m not saying this to be a bitch, I’m saying this because I can see her calendar and she doesn’t have time to see you and waiting around isn’t going to “pay off” as she’s not going to be late for a meeting or cancel one to meet with someone who wants to submit a resume.
Get a clue, people and call to set up an appointment! Most are more than happy to meet with someone if they’re able to schedule it before hand!
i think the op is talking about a restaurant. really bad form to show up between noon and three. show up earlier or later
What was funny about the spell check bitch was that the bitching manager thinks that word processing applications do not have a grammar checker. Load up MS Word. Type a sentence with a grammatical error. Hit F7. Wow! Magic!
I would not want to work for someone that stupid. No fucking way. Managers in hiring positions fail to understand that THEY are the one being interviewed and assessed.
I almost always get an interview. (But my grammar is pretty good.) I refuse far more jobs than I accept.
I have performed several resume and cover letter experiments over the years. At one point I had three resumes going: a McResume, an Ex-Con-Resume, and a proper and honest curriculum vitae.
It was fun to toy with them. The interviews that resulted from the fake Ex-Con-Resume and cover letters were the most entertaining and socially illuminating. Depending on the region and the season, an Ex-Con-Resume can get you more interviews than with a McResume. One summer I got three interviews with the Ex-Con-Resume. It actually restored my faith in people somewhat, most of them seemed like the genuinely wanted to help and I got job offers on all three pending approval by my non-existent parole officer.
Though it may not have been a genuine desire to help. I suspect some employers may desire parolees as employees for the extra level of control that the parole situation provides.
You sound like someone who would get the McResume. I know just what you want. Really, you sound a little puffed up with importance about a pretty menial task (hiring dishwashers and servers).
The only resume that misrepresented the truth was the Ex-Con-Resume, it was an outright lie, but the results were really quite interesting. All jobseekers should have at least two resumes. a McResume and a real one. You can do it without lying.
Uh PK I got your FB msg but have been scatter brained and forgot to reply. It’s all so very exciting! 😀 I send all my best!
I know this bitch relates to a mcjob, but I think it makes a good point in general: people who are doing the hiring can’t always drop every thing to see someone who is interested in applying. They’re not doing it to be assholes, they’re just busy.
But hay, i’m still waiting on that call back from HR from a month ago so….
working personel is a bitch in itself o.p., and with that, away we go.
OP, I love it 🙂 Stupid dumb asses don’t even realize how the real world works. CEOs, managers, supervisors, etc all have meetings or could have important appointments….last thing they want to deal with it some ass cracker dropping off a resume wasting their time. Keep putting “rude” and “reject” on the resumes.
“…some ass cracker…”
self-hater
Deeker, what were your offenses? How did you allude to them?
Work Experience
2001-2004: Financial advisor, Bank of Montreal, Halifax NS.
2005-2010: Dishwasher, Central Nova Institution, Burnside, NS.
2009-2010: Personal Punk to Mr. Melvin, Central Nova……etc.
“Keep putting “rude” and “reject” on the resumes.”
So some employers must have wiped their asses with your resume after a night of draft beer and donairs.