let's say for a minute that you are 16 years-old, and that you drop off your resume at a cool and funky gift store, where the owners just happen to be looking for a new employee because someone left without warning. So let's say you are that 16 year-old and that the very day you drop off your CV, the owners call you and ask you to come in for an interview the next morning. And you show up for your interview looking all cute and 16 and presentable and you do a half decent job of getting through the interview. And even though you are not bilingual and your job experience is limited to being a cashier at a grocery store, the owners are sort of desperate, so they ask you to come back in the morning and give it a try for a couple of hours, to see how it goes.
Now, that's pretty cool. You applied, got an interview and a call back within 24 hours. When you show up for your trial, maybe you want to re-think the thank top that from the front looks sort of OK, though not the most presentable, but from the back, it's so low, your ENTIRE PURPLE LACE BRA is showing...... The owners, they are cool and hip and easy going, but Christ on Toast (TM Mrs. Figby), your bra is showing, 100%!!!! You don't have the job yet! even a tank top that covered your bra would have been better. How about a t-shirt? heard of those?
Thankfully, another girl also brought in her resume, so we called her. And she was sweet, and bilingual, and wore a cute cropped hoodie. We turned her interview into a 2 hour trial. She starts Wednesday. Tank-top girl, not so much.
I'll remember not to show my bra during my next interview, even if it's not purple lace...
Posted by: Harry | July 13, 2007 at 10:07 PM
Hey Harry -- just remember to wear some pants or your bra will be the least of your worries.
Posted by: Herb | July 14, 2007 at 12:17 AM
it does boggle the mind, doesn't it?
we are in love with all the kids (15-early 20's) who teach swimming at the local pool, and would hire any of them in a heartbeat. We were talking to one who-- at 16-- has learned that working holidays helps the manager and thus the manager will help you when you need it. I told him that having learned that at 16 will help him go far in this world, and I believe it.
Of course, he gets to show up for work in a bathing suit...
Upside: your girls will learn a lot from watching you at the store over the years, and they will with luck never show up for any job interviews with their purple lace bras showing. Oy.
Posted by: lizard | July 14, 2007 at 02:29 PM
OH MY G-D! How did you not die of laughing at this kid?
I mean, first, a purple bra to a job where someone will see it (and it is not a prostitution ring...)
And then LACE? Man, I can see wearing it for confidence, but not where it shows!
(BTW) I hope the knee is doing better
Posted by: spacemom | July 14, 2007 at 08:58 PM
I hate hiring people. A lot of my gen-x employees think that purchasing ALL of their clothing from Vic*torias Se*cret is appropriate work attire. Hello, you're working at a corporation, not a beach store! Fishnet stockings? Not so much.
Posted by: PinkDevora | July 16, 2007 at 04:14 PM