One of those moments when all you can do is.....

[Bret]

....shake your head & laugh. /bcforum/images/%%GRAEMLIN_URL%%/wink.gif

So my son is in the dinning room filling out an application for a job here in town. He's asking me questions about this & that. Now because he hates it when I hover or led unsolicited advice – I was doing my best trying not look over his shoulder and just answering questions as they came up. Figuring he’s a big boy & he’ll figure it out.

Well apparently he’d got a lot of figuring left to do because he walks in the office and says “hey dad?” holding the application in hand “do you think I should’ve filled this out in pin?” /bcforum/images/%%GRAEMLIN_URL%%/whistle.gif

Sure enough – he’d filled the entire thing out in pencil.

Leaning back in my chair - I said “Well – it could be worst – you could’ve used a crayon.”
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[martx-5]

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Of course, the crayon would have been more colorful and exposed his artistic side. /bcforum/images/%%GRAEMLIN_URL%%/jester.gif

 

[Harry_Ward]

That is a great come back! /bcforum/images/%%GRAEMLIN_URL%%/lol.gif

 

[Shinsen774]

I didn't think any company used paper applications anymore!

 

[Bret]

I didn't think any company used paper applications anymore!

Keep in mind we're only talkin' bout a 17 year old who's goal is to work the afternoon shift at the local "Starbucks" and I somehow doubt they'd expect a kid to submit a formal resume. /bcforum/images/%%GRAEMLIN_URL%%/smirk.gif

 

[AweMan]

Re: One of those moments when all you can do is...

Geeze: Right after I retired I decided to apply for a welding position with a local fabrication shop here in town. I sent them an online resume, they immediately called me on the phone and scheduled an interview. I was hired on the spot. BUT ..... before I could begin work, I had to prove legal residency via birth cirtificate and Social Security card Drivers license ETC. And then there was the drug test, NO PROBELM once at the drug screning establishment I figured it would be the old urine in the bottle routine {How wrong can one person be} they wanted BLOOD AND HAIR!!! Anyway I DID pass thier screen and went to work.
My point is I felt like I might as well have filled out a paper application in BLOOD /bcforum/images/%%GRAEMLIN_URL%%/lol.gif

 

[Bret]

Re: One of those moments when all you can do is...

In my line of work I can honestly say I’ve never had the “hair test” but I did have to go through the blood test a couple of times. But I’ve topped off many a specimen bottle in my career. /bcforum/images/%%GRAEMLIN_URL%%/wink.gif

 

[Brooklands]

Re: One of those moments when all you can do is...

Boy, I must be old.
I never filled out an application until after I was hired, never took a drug test, and never wrote a resume. Nice thing about having been hired for my career back in 1973 and then never changing employers. Stayed there 32 years and then retired.

 

[70herald]

Re: One of those moments when all you can do is...

never took a drug test,

Just depends on what industry you are working in. I used to work at a FAA certified place, lot of aviation stuff, Military etc. Random drug tests are required. Used to be "randomly" picked every few months. I believe test results were also reported to the FAA. I guess I really wouldn't feel to happy about a drug addict making parts for the plane I was flying on.

 

[SteveL]

Re: One of those moments when all you can do is...

never took a drug test,

Just depends on what industry you are working in. I used to work at a FAA certified place, lot of aviation stuff, Military etc. Random drug tests are required. Used to be "randomly" picked every few months. I believe test results were also reported to the FAA. I guess I really wouldn't feel to happy about a drug addict making parts for the plane I was flying on.

Heh, I get a drug test "randomly" every month, but I don't work in a sensitive industry...

I work in a warehouse...

 

[AweMan]

Re: One of those moments when all you can do is...

never took a drug test,

Just depends on what industry you are working in. I used to work at a FAA certified place, lot of aviation stuff, Military etc. Random drug tests are required. Used to be "randomly" picked every few months. I believe test results were also reported to the FAA. I guess I really wouldn't feel to happy about a drug addict making parts for the plane I was flying on.

When I held my F.A.A. welding certification the so called random drug test was as you say except not every few months it was EVERY MONTH! There were even times I was "randomly" chosen twice in one week too! NO blood or hair tho Just the urine in a bottle routine.
I couldn`t believe the Blood and Hair test just to fabricate rock crusher equipment. {I think the blood test thing was more to do with insurance bennefit requirements}
The Hair test shows if you have ingested any type of illicit substances even in the distant past. Of course holding an F.A.A. certification for 10 years pretty much ensured I would pass.

 

[DrEntropy]

Re: One of those moments when all you can do is...

"Sign of the Times".

Distrust is the harbinger of chaos, IMO. The classic definition of professionalism is: "Performance on Demand". Regardless the condition, regardless the circumstance. Period. All else is "excess to requirement".

You screw up, you go for a chop. Drugs, alcohol, cold medicine, prescribed medications or a hangnail, "family problems" or dyslexia... all the same.

"Failure is NOT an option."

....unfortunately this is highly under-rated as an attitude.

 

[judow]

"Leaning back in my chair - I said “Well – it could be worst – you could’ve used a crayon.”

/bcforum/images/%%GRAEMLIN_URL%%/laugh.gif I'm having a hard time getting up off the floor and my stomach hurts. Too much laughing for me... /bcforum/images/%%GRAEMLIN_URL%%/laugh.gif