Oh, Starbucks!
So far, my quest for a job at Starbucks is frustrating. I'm giving up on the one nearest my home after trying twice to apply.
They interview people in groups one day a week. I was instructed to show up any Wednesday between 3 pm and 5 pm. I showed up the next Wednesday at 4 pm, which in my reckoning is just about literally "between" 3 and 5, application in hand. Sorry, interviews are over. You should have been here at 3 pm. I looked so disappointed they gave my a free drink.
The following week, I showed up at exactly 3 pm. Oh, sorry, interviews are canceled today due to unforeseen circumstances. You should have called first to make sure.
You know, I was really sort of excited about the idea of working there. Now I'm feeling frustrated. What's with all the too-late should'a's?
I drove directly to another Starbucks and asked about applying for a job. This one has interviews from 5 to 7 pm on Tuesdays. Burned not once but twice, I probably sounded dopey asking if they meant I should show up at 5 pm and not between 5 and 7, and asking if I should call first to make sure. Oh, no! We do actually mean anytime between 5 and 7, and they never get cancelled!
Hmmmm. Does this Starbucks have better management than the other one?
I picked up a fresh application. On the first one I had been a bit sloppy about my work experience, thinking who cares what I did more than 20 years ago. I got the bug to do it right this time. By the time I had patched together my complete work history going back to 1967, it was three pages long, jumping back and forth from office work to biology work a half dozen times. Maybe I'll end up in the office instead of making coffee delights.
They interview people in groups one day a week. I was instructed to show up any Wednesday between 3 pm and 5 pm. I showed up the next Wednesday at 4 pm, which in my reckoning is just about literally "between" 3 and 5, application in hand. Sorry, interviews are over. You should have been here at 3 pm. I looked so disappointed they gave my a free drink.
The following week, I showed up at exactly 3 pm. Oh, sorry, interviews are canceled today due to unforeseen circumstances. You should have called first to make sure.
You know, I was really sort of excited about the idea of working there. Now I'm feeling frustrated. What's with all the too-late should'a's?
I drove directly to another Starbucks and asked about applying for a job. This one has interviews from 5 to 7 pm on Tuesdays. Burned not once but twice, I probably sounded dopey asking if they meant I should show up at 5 pm and not between 5 and 7, and asking if I should call first to make sure. Oh, no! We do actually mean anytime between 5 and 7, and they never get cancelled!
Hmmmm. Does this Starbucks have better management than the other one?
I picked up a fresh application. On the first one I had been a bit sloppy about my work experience, thinking who cares what I did more than 20 years ago. I got the bug to do it right this time. By the time I had patched together my complete work history going back to 1967, it was three pages long, jumping back and forth from office work to biology work a half dozen times. Maybe I'll end up in the office instead of making coffee delights.
posted by Cranky Ol' Lady at 8:20 PM
1 Comments:
Good Luck! I think it's amusing how now that you've retired you are seeking employment in a line of work that we encourage youngsters to avoid by getting educated!
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