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Feb. 15th, 2005 12:36 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
quidditchgrrlI am so glad Valentine's Day is over. A little girl did make my day by saying, "Happy Valentine's Day" and giving me one of those sincere kid smiles. Little kindnesses go a long way!
It made me feel like less of a horrible person because
My newest hire has been a big bust. He's a teenager, and he has been nothing short of a lazy sack of crap. He deliberately misshelves things, wanders around (he didn't think anyone noticed) instead of coming back for more work, changes assignments in the middle of tasks, and I caught him talking to a friend instead of working.
We had a coaching session with him, his job coach from the school, the HR director. He had nothing to say about the mis-shelved books (egregious and willful neglect of duties for a shelver). He signed the list of expectations.
And then the little jerk kept on doing what he'd been doing. And he didn't show up for work Sunday. *tears hair out*
This kid interviewed great. He didn't have a stellar reference from the grocery store he'd worked at, but we took a chance on him.
I called him in to talk, and to tell him I was recommending discharge. Kept saying he *wanted* to do the job, but had no response to my "actions speak louder than words" statement. He cried a little bit - and I felt like the world's biggest MEANIE! - and I sent him home.
*sigh* No one saidlazy fuckwits this job would be easy.
Know how I said we don't celebrate Valentine's Day? Well. I got home and there were Hershey's swoops, hershey's kisses, and this all-out cheesy singing dog plushie.
Yes, my husband is a cheeseball. I can just see Ron Weasley bringing one of these things home to Hermione for Valentine's Day. Cute though.
It made me feel like less of a horrible person because
My newest hire has been a big bust. He's a teenager, and he has been nothing short of a lazy sack of crap. He deliberately misshelves things, wanders around (he didn't think anyone noticed) instead of coming back for more work, changes assignments in the middle of tasks, and I caught him talking to a friend instead of working.
We had a coaching session with him, his job coach from the school, the HR director. He had nothing to say about the mis-shelved books (egregious and willful neglect of duties for a shelver). He signed the list of expectations.
And then the little jerk kept on doing what he'd been doing. And he didn't show up for work Sunday. *tears hair out*
This kid interviewed great. He didn't have a stellar reference from the grocery store he'd worked at, but we took a chance on him.
I called him in to talk, and to tell him I was recommending discharge. Kept saying he *wanted* to do the job, but had no response to my "actions speak louder than words" statement. He cried a little bit - and I felt like the world's biggest MEANIE! - and I sent him home.
*sigh* No one said
Know how I said we don't celebrate Valentine's Day? Well. I got home and there were Hershey's swoops, hershey's kisses, and this all-out cheesy singing dog plushie.
Yes, my husband is a cheeseball. I can just see Ron Weasley bringing one of these things home to Hermione for Valentine's Day. Cute though.
