4 posts tagged “work”

Short article on Frenemies at Work. Huh. It should also be called Frenemies at School.
http://tinyurl.com/25opyp

Spotted at my goodbye lunch at work today! He's very cute in person! We ate at Pete's Cafe on 4th and Main in downtown. He ate by himself at the bar. Blah. I'm bummed I didn't have my camera with me - B took it to Aspen to take photos of Steve Carell. :P

Me: Good afternoon, <insert my organization's name>.
Caller: Hi, it's <insert idiot's name>. I emailed you a resume on Friday but your out of office reply said that you weren't in on Fridays and to call you. Also I used to work at <some nonprofit I didn't catch and don't give a flying crap.>
Me: *thinking this--> What the fuck are you talking about? I didn't say to CALL ME? Why the fuck would I want to talk to candidates for my job? And by the way, didn't you see the directions for the job? It says DO NOT CALL.*
Me: Ok, yes, I see your resume was received 2/16. I've forwarded to the staff in the office for review.
Caller: Oh, is that my interview day?
Me: Uh, no. That's the day I received your resume <and lame ass "cover letter">.
Caller: Do you know if I'll be interviewing?
Me: Uh. No, I'm not part of the hiring staff. They'll make phonecalls to qualified candidates.
Caller: So I should wait for a phonecall, right?
Me: Sure, if they think you're qualified for the position.
Caller: Um, ok. Can you tell me what position this was for?
Me: *thinking this--> What the fuck? You don't know what position you applied for? Fuck you, dumb ass.*
Me: *hoping my voice conveys my incredulous facial expression* Office Manager...
Caller: Oh office manager. Ok. Can you tell me about your company?
Me: Do you have internet access?
Caller: Yes.
Me: I suggest you look at our website. <insert url>
Caller: Ok, thanks. I'll wait for that phonecall.
Me: Ok, thanks for submitting your resume. *DUMB ASS*
Caller: Thanks again.
Me: <Hanging up>

This is why I try my best to discourage my employers to NOT advertise on craigslist.

What kind of idiot asks what position she just applied for? What kind of idiot doesn't do her homework about the "company?" BTW, we're an organization. I hope she holds her breath and turns blue.

This is one of several phonecalls I've gotten - Resume? Trashed. We asked for cover letters, we got nothing. Let this be a lesson: if a potential employer asks for a cover letter (and even if they don't), send an appropriate cover letter! I don't care if you have an MBA. You wrote NOTHING about our org, your interests that may match our mission and goals, etc. You should have your MBA revoked, asshole. And we asked for NO CALLS - don't fucking call!

TURDS.

I've been amusing myself today - no, not that way! - I'm at work. Reading blogs and scratching my ass. Just kidding about the ass part. I really am working.

Now where's my damn chocolate!?

On another note, I am enjoying THE TENDER BAR. I'm on Disc 11 of 14 and it's moving along... slowly. JR Moehringer sure likes to fill pages, that's for sure. My bookclub read this last fall, and I'm just getting to it. The women are now on something called, well, I forgot. I know it wasn't Ilead. Oh GILEAD. Doesn't sound like anyone's finished it though, so that's great - I can start on it in March and perhaps actually attend a bookclub meeting this semester! Yeah!