He's of the colour of the nutmeg. And of the heat of the ginger.... he is pure air and fire; and the dull elements of earth and water never appear in him, but only in patient stillness while his rider mounts him; he is indeed a horse, and all other jades you may call beasts. ~William Shakespeare, Henry V

Saturday, March 05, 2005

WHAT A JOKE

So Mike had this job shadow thing with a company in Virginia Beach. They didn't tell him what he would be doing but he put on his best suit and went to the company. When he gets there, this big black guy tells Mike to get in a car with him. With no clue of where they are going, Mike jumps in and they take off. After a bit the black man stops the car, he gets out and puts on sneakers. He tells Mike to get out and they start walking. They go up to a house, the black man knocks on the door, someone answers.....AND THEY ARE DOOR TO DOOR SALES MEN trying to sell coupon books!! What a shitty way of trying to get employees to work for you. And here all the time Mike went thought the first interview thinking this was an honest job in promotion. Instead, this promotion was trying to get people to buy coupons. So Mike actually stuck it out. Mike said that there was even a home that had a "No Solicitors" sign posted under the address but the black guy went up there anyway. Mike told they guy "yeah, but it says no solicitors" and the man told him "we are not solicitors, we are peddlers." Like that makes a difference, it's the same damn thing. So they working into the dark of the evening and they were in the car coming home....AND THE CAR RAN OUT OF GAS. They waited for a cop to come by, turns out Mike was the only one who had money on him for gas. The cop took Mike to a gas station and Mike had to buy a gas can and gas, then the cop took Mike back to the car (he only bought a few dollars of fuel). Someone was thinking that they could make it back to the company and Mike told them to drive back to the station and get fuel because there was no way in hell the would make it that far on a few gallons. So when the got to the gas station Mike had to pay for the fuel. I think in the end, Mike did get refunded for the money he spent in fuel but I don't know about the gas tank. Man, what a shitty deal. Here the whole time he believed he was applying for an honest job and that is what it turned out to be. If it was me, and a big black guy stranger wanted me to get in his car and take a ride I would have said "screw you buddy, I don't wanna die" and I would have left. I feel so bad for my brother. When there is another job interview, I hope it goes a lot better.

2 Comments:

  • At March 6, 2005 at 12:01 AM, Blogger Karissa (mommy) said…

    Wow, that's a shitty deal he got. I can't believe he thought he was actually going to be doing something fun and cool, and then found out he was a door to door salesman. I hope he's able to get a new job soon. I have to give him credit for sticking it out because I don't think I would've been able to handle it.

     
  • At March 8, 2005 at 2:55 PM, Blogger Josie, group organizer said…

    Well if nothing else it give him a funny story to retell.

     

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