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January 22, 2003
God Damn Job
I’m so annoyed.
For the last week and a half, I’ve gotten a telephone call everyday from the temp agency that’s supposed to be finding me work. They’ve had a job lined up for the next day each time. Then that same day around 5:30, they call back and say it’s been postponed.
This morning the phone rang, and they were offering me a job for today. I accepted and said I would be there in an hour (no small task, considering I was sitting unwashed and in my undies, drinking tea in front of the computer). The guy on the line, one of my “assignment managers” then proceeds to question my ability to get there on time, and with a condescending tone in his voice implores me to get there at said time. I thought nothing of it right then, since I am late all the time and these aren’t unusual words for me to hear. Then I realized that even though I’ve been “working” with this agency since before Christmas, this is the first actual job I’ve gone on. I’ve never even had a chance to be late, and already they’re bitching.
So when I get to the place, the woman I’m supposed to meet is bewildered. “They already sent me a girl,” she says. So I call in. They needed one girl for two days; it was misinterpreted as two girls for one day. So I gathered together my lunch, my carefully selected cds and my time sheets and took my professionally clad ass home.
All of which is fine, really. I have cramps and a pimple and I don’t want to be around people anyway. I just need some loot, yo, and a hair cut.
So annoying…
Posted by pogo at January 22, 2003 11:48 AM
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That sucks, and it’s unprofessional. I used to temp with the same agency, and as much as I hated temping, they treated me well and didn’t jerk me around, so that’s disappointing.
I’ll cut your hair and buy you a nice hat.
Posted by: jacob on January 22, 2003 12:42 PM
I want a wig!
Posted by: tam on January 22, 2003 1:15 PM
I hate temp agencies in Austin.
Posted by: chris on January 22, 2003 2:05 PM
That is unprofessional. I hate temp agencies as well. I hate the fact that people from real companies, not temp agencies call me with their BS and then the day before the interview they call back saying they already hired someone. I feel that my interview should have never been scheduled. I personally feel that my resume and my degree is liked but when I come into the interview they are so shocked that I am black and female. They are bewildered and find their best way not to hire me. crap crap crap
Posted by: Trudy on July 28, 2003 5:12 PM