I don't know what it is lately. Maybe people are pushing these kids (and adults) to come apply with me, and these kids (and adults) really DON'T want a job, but are trying to look as if they're at least making an effort. Because really, there is no way that they actually think they're going to get hired!
For example:
Two high school kids wander into the shop, one flops on the couch (feet up) the other shuffles up to the front counter. I ask if I can help him, he asks for a job application. When I say we're not hiring, he asks if he can use my phone. I ask if it's local, he says no. I point him towards the pay phone.
Don't come in with your friend to get job apps, unless you're both really, really polite and nice.
Example 2: Girl comes into the shop, asks if we're hiring. Seems nice, dresses okay, but she is carrying a huge cup of coffee she bought at the corporate gas station across the street. Alright. Seriously, that tells me that a) she knows nothing about coffee, and has no love for coffee and b) that she has no interest in my shop, except as a way to get paid.
I gave her an application, with a small mark on the back corner so I could remember who she was when she brought it back in.
Example 3: A mom comes into the shop, and wants an application for her kid. Warning bells right there. Never pick up an application for your kid. Your kid needs to do it themselves. She then starts bitching about how her kid really needs to get a job, get his ass off the couch, etc. He's been fired 3 times because he just quits showing up to work, yada yada yada. Riiight. The nice thing about having pink hair and tattoos is no one ever suspects that I'm the owner right off the bat. They assume I'm some college kid just killing time behind the counter, and they tend to talk too much.
Example 4: Dude filled out a job application. When he got to the question: Why do you want to work here? He ansered: It seems like an easy, laid back job where I won't be overworked.
Oh. And that was filled out in pencil. With lots, and lots of eraser marks.
Example 5: There are certain people, that want to hang out in my shop. They don't want to actually BUY anything to support us, and keep our doors open, but they want to use the free wi-fi, conduct job interviews, or in the case of some of the kids that come in here, hang out for hours on end until we kick them out at closing. That group of people tends to want to bring in their own food, their own drinks, and then get really shitty with me when I tell them that's not allowed. (we have a full lunch menu, and other items besides coffee drinks) Basically, they want to spend $3 on taco bell, hang out here, and get to use up all of our resources.
Anyway, the high school kids that do that, they should never, ever, ask for a job application. And I'm sure they will never understand why I won't hire them.
Example 5: Do NOT come in wearing a chonic the hedgehog shirt and ask for an app.
I mean, I don't care what you do on your personal time, but showing me that blatently that you smoke weed is probably not a good idea....
Ugh. These past two weeks have been the worst for hiring. This is why I work 16 hour days. It's so hard to find good help, and I get so frustrated I don't even want to try after a certain point!
