Work N Stuff00:59 Nov 16 2010
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We put an ad in the paper last week to see if we could find someone who could work at our drop store. You'd think with the economy the way it is, people would be out job hunting especially with the holidays coming up...you'd think we'd get a bunch of people applying.
Well.
The ad we ran stated that we were looking for a shop assistant who would be willing to be cross trained in other areas of dry cleaning, who could work a set schedule during the week and two Saturdays a month. We listed the duties, aside from customer service and cash handling, keeping the store clean, running reports, assisting customers out to the car with clothes, answering questions, among other things. We ended with the remark: "This is not a sit-down job...you must be able to work on your feet!"
So. Among the winners who dropped off an application:
A young lady who advised us she had three kids and couldn't work the hours we had posted, nor could she work Saturdays either, but she still wanted the job.
A guy who used to work for the GM plant who started out by saying "I won't take any job that won't pay $18 an hour." (Piss off, you asswipe. WHERE are there jobs in this area that pay THAT?)
A Latina lady who spoke no English except to say "You pay cash, no?" NO.
A young guy who looked all right but proved he could not count change. Gave someone $20 too much because he wasn't paying attention to what the computer said he could give back. He also addressed each customer, regardless of sex, as "Dude."
A young lady who came to orientation dressed in a three sizes too small t shirt with "Juicy Couture" on the front, and jeans so tight I wondered if she buttered her thighs to get them on. We told her this was not acceptable attire and she pouted "That's all I have." well sorry, you can't wear that kind of thing here. Take your belly shirt and truck on down the road. Oh, and she was there ten minutes before inquiring when lunch was. FEH.
An older gentlemen who had no problem with the hours, wore appropriate neat clothes....then when he saw what he had to do (sort clothes, make an itemized receipt on the computer and tag the garments) announced "That's TOO HARD!"
Honestly. It ISN'T that hard. People in this area are looking for high paying jobs that require them to do little more than sit on their ass all day and tap a keyboard. Jobs that require physical labor, like my job, no one wants. Or, if they like the job, they won't do it unless they get paid a lot more. Dry cleaning isn't a business you get rich at, unless you own a chain or something. Little mom and pop shops like ours do great business, but you're working a lot. A lot of people don't like this.
The search goes on.
COMMENTS
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RedQueen
03:47 Nov 28 2010
She also did time in an internment camp as a child. I loved watching her in those movies, she was always so elegant.