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Originally Posted by Locke
And, the thing is you had to be goddamned careful in the interview. It was like the opposite of George Costanza looking for a job.
"The Sorting Hat decrees you as SEASONAL!! In the spring you shall work....the GARDEN CENTRE!!! Mwahahaha!!! Evil has spoken!!"
"Did you drive here?"
- Uh no, I biked.
"SPORTING GOODS IT IS!!!!"
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Nailed it! You need to work in the blatant stereotyping though....
Housewares - 50's to 70 yr old - grandmotherly non-diverse women (lifers)
Seasonal - 30-40yr old lifers, usually male, some lifers
Auto Service Writers - Smooth talking greasy dudes, usually non-diverse
Sporting goods - Transient 20yr old dudes with zero knowledge of automotives
Auto Parts - Transient 20yr old dudes with an ounce of automotive knowledge, oddly diverse
Customer Service - Cute 20 something girls
Warehouse - people you wanted to keep out of sight
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Originally Posted by Buff
This one memory was triggered from Locke's post regarding climbing into the trash compactor to unjam it. One day at work a co-worker told me that he was clearing out a jam when suddenly someone threw stuff in and pushed the button. He scrambled to get out of there and nobody was around when he got out and tried to look at who to holler at. He said it was quite slippery in there and he almost slipped back in but he got lucky.
I mean, he was dumb for doing that on his own. In my many years there I never went in there but if someone did, there was always someone on the lookout to make sure nobody came and pressed the button... that wasn't fool proof though because there was two doors with control panels, one on the warehouse side and one on the garage side. I'm pretty sure we actually weren't allowed to go in there but I recall many people doing it.
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Oh wow - these are the same stories and folklore that circulated at CT Dalhousie! This seriously must be a part of the CT Manager's Training program. Death by cardboard compactor - check. Busted someone stealing crap after hours - check (this lame accusation was used by a manager who turfed a member of the warehouse crew who asked for university friendly hours - I know he wouldn't steal stuff...)
I always loved how management would randomly install cameras to watch the staff (can't say I blame them). Good thing we had a 6'5' dude on the crew and a really long broom that could re-aim cameras at the ceiling (dome cover weren't really a thing yet).
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Originally Posted by Buff
Well one of the kids who was moved to the night crew was stealing stock. He would take it to the warehouse, slide into the trash compactor and climb out into the outside bin and leave it within the gate for someone to pickup and/or grab it himself later on after the night shift was over. It was quite the scheme the kid had going but he was caught and arrested shortly after someone became suspicious of him. It took the security guard a couple of nights of hiding out in the warehouse to observe him but they caught him.
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I hope stealing that Blaupunkt car stereo head unit and some 6x9's was worth it...
