Saturday, October 29, 2005
People Who Don't Deserve Jobs.
I have no problem with people who aren't too bright, but there are exceptions. The ones who are so dumb, so lacking in common sense or logic it defies belief that anyone would employ them, even at the minimum wage.
Like the staff at a Co-Op supermarket in Bath, who refused to sell a 50 year old grandmother a packet of sparklers without proof that she was over 18. Her bank card was not accepted as proof and she was told she would need to produce a passport. She was not able to buy the sparklers.
And at a major teaching hospital in Dundee, a tradesman who had been working in the hospital fixing plastic windows has been issued with a parking ticket, which he is refusing to pay, and is being threatened with court action.
The repairman bought a parking ticket on arrival at the hospital, and returned to his small white van within the designated time, but was ticketed by a warden because the van had a sign along the side in big red letters saying "The Plastic Surgeon," but was not parked in an area reserved for surgical staff.
To add insult to injury, Vinci Park, the car park operator, have stood by the warden who issued the ticket, claiming that the repairman had failed to undergo an induction course to learn how to park correctly.
Like the staff at a Co-Op supermarket in Bath, who refused to sell a 50 year old grandmother a packet of sparklers without proof that she was over 18. Her bank card was not accepted as proof and she was told she would need to produce a passport. She was not able to buy the sparklers.
And at a major teaching hospital in Dundee, a tradesman who had been working in the hospital fixing plastic windows has been issued with a parking ticket, which he is refusing to pay, and is being threatened with court action.
The repairman bought a parking ticket on arrival at the hospital, and returned to his small white van within the designated time, but was ticketed by a warden because the van had a sign along the side in big red letters saying "The Plastic Surgeon," but was not parked in an area reserved for surgical staff.
To add insult to injury, Vinci Park, the car park operator, have stood by the warden who issued the ticket, claiming that the repairman had failed to undergo an induction course to learn how to park correctly.
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Having been a cashier in a store, I can feel for the girl who carded the grandma for sparklers. My store would insist on certain (liquor-related) holidays that we card simply everyone, no matter what they look like. To be clear, I was told that I'd have to card my own parents if I wanted to keep my job.
Thanks Sarkasmo. You're right - management, supervisors and business owners can be incredibly unreasonable and stupid.
I certainly should have included them as not being deserving of their positions.
I certainly should have included them as not being deserving of their positions.
Yes Sarkasmo, I follow the posts regarding your work and have gathered you don't much approve of them - and I can see why.
Consider them added.
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Consider them added.
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