This is a long one and Im tired, so please read and forgive the misspellings and run on sentences.
I have slept so much over the past few days. The last 6 weeks leading up to the close of my lab were unbelievably long days. I swear all I did during them was work and get a few hours of sleep, so this has been nice.
Im trying to decide if I can afford to take a week off before I start looking. It would be nice, I dont know.
On Wednesday, the day before my last day, the creepy guy came back. Awhile back this guy came in and sat by my lab and watched me. It wasnt a, gee what hes doing looks interesting kind of thing. It was more of a, it put the lotion on it skin kind of thing.
Well he came back and started doing it again. After a few minutes I told him to get the hell away from me or Id have him escorted out. He went over to the cafeteria and sat there for almost an hour. The guy gives me the creeps, but anyhoo.
LightBulbJack vs. the HR Harpy
I had been trying to talk to this lady for almost 2 weeks. Whenever I saw her, she was always going to meeting or some other thing. The truth was she was avoiding me. She would go the long way around to get to her office to avoid having to walk past my lab.
Ive known for a week or so that they had already hired someone for the job. The position was basically the same one I was doing. More than likely if the job had been offered to me I would have turned it down. I didnt have a problem with them hiring someone else. I didnt even have a problem with them not giving me an interview for the position. What I had a problem with was the fact that they knew I was interested in the position and rather than take 30 seconds to tell me they had decided to go with someone else, she made me chase after her.
In my opinion, professional curtsey would have been to tell me up front. I work in the building; I help their guest even though as an independent contractor Im under no obligation to do so. I did a lot of things for them that I didnt have to do. I did them because Im professional. Part of my job is to ensure a good working relationship with the store.
On my last day she stops by my lab, as Im packing up. She actually asked me if I wanted to talk to her about something. The tone of it was like the past few weeks of me talking to her and her assistant never happened. Cut forward 30 minutes and Im sitting in her office. She kept me waiting for 10 minutes while she puttered around doing other things. In the 10 minutes Im sitting there about half a dozen people walk past, see me sitting in her office and get a nervous look on there face.
After no longer being able to stall any longer she comes in and closes the door. In the time she kept me waiting I heard her ask someone twice to go see it I was still in her office. What she wanted was for me to get up and leave but I didnt care how long I was going to have to wait, I was going to have my say.
I told her that I felt that I hadnt been shown the professional curtsey I think I deserved. I said I thought she should have at least had the curtsey to tell me the truth rather than dodge we for two weeks. I also pointed out that I was the one handling the majority of the job inquirers from the ad in the paper they placed, helping people who want my job. She said she didnt know anything about that, which was complete bullshit. Everyone there knew I was helping people who came in. They told me what I needed to tell the people to do for Christ sake.
The key to my end of the conversation was that I deserved to have been treated better than what I was. Her response to that was that she didnt think that she had did anything wrong. She handled my app the same way she handled any other app that they decided not to offer a job to. She didnt see why she should have to treat me any different than someone else they werent going to hire. Then she said that if I had shown any interest in the position she would have talked to me. I told her that thats what I had been trying to do for the past 2 weeks bit she wouldnt give me the chance.
I turned the conversation to professionalism. I told her the reason I thought that she should have said something to me was because I did work in the building and that, that is what made me different from all the other applicants.
We went back and forth for 15 minutes. She spouted all kinds of HR speak and I didnt let her off the hook. In the end I told her that I guess we were just going to have to disagree on our view of the situation.
The thing was, I made my point. She held to her I didnt owe you anything position but she knew she fuck up the way she handled it. I had her, we both knew it.
There are a lot of people how breathed a sight of relief when I left the last day. Its too bad because I liked working there. The parts of my job I hated werent with the store, they were with my boss. What are you going to do?
Oh yeah, she told me it had been decided that I didnt meet their motto of fast, fun, and friendly. Whatever.
This turned into a long entry. Ill tell my prissy bitch encounter in the next entry. Be sure to check back, its a good one.
I have slept so much over the past few days. The last 6 weeks leading up to the close of my lab were unbelievably long days. I swear all I did during them was work and get a few hours of sleep, so this has been nice.
Im trying to decide if I can afford to take a week off before I start looking. It would be nice, I dont know.
On Wednesday, the day before my last day, the creepy guy came back. Awhile back this guy came in and sat by my lab and watched me. It wasnt a, gee what hes doing looks interesting kind of thing. It was more of a, it put the lotion on it skin kind of thing.
Well he came back and started doing it again. After a few minutes I told him to get the hell away from me or Id have him escorted out. He went over to the cafeteria and sat there for almost an hour. The guy gives me the creeps, but anyhoo.
LightBulbJack vs. the HR Harpy
I had been trying to talk to this lady for almost 2 weeks. Whenever I saw her, she was always going to meeting or some other thing. The truth was she was avoiding me. She would go the long way around to get to her office to avoid having to walk past my lab.
Ive known for a week or so that they had already hired someone for the job. The position was basically the same one I was doing. More than likely if the job had been offered to me I would have turned it down. I didnt have a problem with them hiring someone else. I didnt even have a problem with them not giving me an interview for the position. What I had a problem with was the fact that they knew I was interested in the position and rather than take 30 seconds to tell me they had decided to go with someone else, she made me chase after her.
In my opinion, professional curtsey would have been to tell me up front. I work in the building; I help their guest even though as an independent contractor Im under no obligation to do so. I did a lot of things for them that I didnt have to do. I did them because Im professional. Part of my job is to ensure a good working relationship with the store.
On my last day she stops by my lab, as Im packing up. She actually asked me if I wanted to talk to her about something. The tone of it was like the past few weeks of me talking to her and her assistant never happened. Cut forward 30 minutes and Im sitting in her office. She kept me waiting for 10 minutes while she puttered around doing other things. In the 10 minutes Im sitting there about half a dozen people walk past, see me sitting in her office and get a nervous look on there face.
After no longer being able to stall any longer she comes in and closes the door. In the time she kept me waiting I heard her ask someone twice to go see it I was still in her office. What she wanted was for me to get up and leave but I didnt care how long I was going to have to wait, I was going to have my say.
I told her that I felt that I hadnt been shown the professional curtsey I think I deserved. I said I thought she should have at least had the curtsey to tell me the truth rather than dodge we for two weeks. I also pointed out that I was the one handling the majority of the job inquirers from the ad in the paper they placed, helping people who want my job. She said she didnt know anything about that, which was complete bullshit. Everyone there knew I was helping people who came in. They told me what I needed to tell the people to do for Christ sake.
The key to my end of the conversation was that I deserved to have been treated better than what I was. Her response to that was that she didnt think that she had did anything wrong. She handled my app the same way she handled any other app that they decided not to offer a job to. She didnt see why she should have to treat me any different than someone else they werent going to hire. Then she said that if I had shown any interest in the position she would have talked to me. I told her that thats what I had been trying to do for the past 2 weeks bit she wouldnt give me the chance.
I turned the conversation to professionalism. I told her the reason I thought that she should have said something to me was because I did work in the building and that, that is what made me different from all the other applicants.
We went back and forth for 15 minutes. She spouted all kinds of HR speak and I didnt let her off the hook. In the end I told her that I guess we were just going to have to disagree on our view of the situation.
The thing was, I made my point. She held to her I didnt owe you anything position but she knew she fuck up the way she handled it. I had her, we both knew it.
There are a lot of people how breathed a sight of relief when I left the last day. Its too bad because I liked working there. The parts of my job I hated werent with the store, they were with my boss. What are you going to do?
Oh yeah, she told me it had been decided that I didnt meet their motto of fast, fun, and friendly. Whatever.
This turned into a long entry. Ill tell my prissy bitch encounter in the next entry. Be sure to check back, its a good one.
tripleb_doom:
yeah i am doin ok thanks 