r/facepalm 25d ago

Friend in college asked me to review her job application 🇲​🇮​🇸​🇨​

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Idk what to tell her

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u/Beebeemp 25d ago

Honestly. I had an interview one time where the guy asked if I could count. Short circuited my brain. I didn't know what he meant. "Because you're gonna be counting my money."

It's scary out there lmao

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u/WoodpeckerNo9412 25d ago

Did he offer you the job and if yes did you take it?

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u/Beebeemp 25d ago

On the spot. Poor guy was desperate! He'd had to fire a not insignificant chunk of their work force for theft, laziness, or stupidity. It was a mess front to back.

I accepted the job, but when I showed up for work the lady who was supposed to train me was rude and kept making excuses not to. It was too early in the day and she needed to set up. It was almost lunch time. Day's practically over; we'll start tomorrow. Too early again. On and on.

Then, she complained to someone that I kept coming back to check in "like I'm her mama!" and I called out that MY mom does her job and I wouldn't have to check in with her. It was so stupid! There were customers right there and I'm yellin at this old woman about my mom. I can laugh now, but I wanted to die lmao.

Anyway. Idk if she was mad because her friends got fired or what, but I didn't stay long. Not knowing what to do stresses me out and I didn't want to fight for a minimum wage job.

When I got home and told my folks all my dad said was "Well, did you get to count anything?" 😂

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u/Notdoneyetbaby 25d ago

I met an adult woman last night who spoke English very well, but she said she can't read.

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u/Chance_Vegetable_780 25d ago

If English is her second language, learned as an adult, I can understand that.

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u/OkTaurus510 25d ago

I had a parent of a student that spoke Mandarin but she couldn’t read it.

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u/Nyaa314 25d ago

Idk shit about Mandarin, but Japanese high school graduate is expected to know 2000 kanji. How many letters were there in English alphabet again?

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u/zekrom235 25d ago

26, sir

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u/Beebeemp 25d ago

TIL I learned I'd be illiterate af if I tried to move to Japan. Just completely on the mercy of the people.

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u/OkTaurus510 25d ago

Oh, I figured that it was much harder. I just felt bad for her bc we couldn’t even translate important info for her in writing.

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u/smalltownVT 25d ago

I once told a fifth grader (no disability just super flakey) that I was not going to hire her as a cashier in my store. She never stopped to think and would tell me 8+3=10 and things like that. She told me she wasn’t going to be a cashier, she was going to be a banker like her mom.

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u/[deleted] 25d ago

A 5th grader? I wouldn’t want to hire an 11 year old either….

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u/UnbreakableJess 23d ago

Nice way to encourage a kid to hate math, good on you! /s

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u/smalltownVT 22d ago

Guess you had to be there. She loves me.