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Would you hire him?

pickenuppickenup Member Posts: 22,844 ✭✭✭✭
edited September 2002 in General Discussion
This is an actual job application someone submitted at a McDonald's fast-food establishment AND THEY HIRED HIM! (editor's note: I would have hired him too!!)

NAME: Greg Bulmash

DESIRED POSITION: Reclining. HA But seriously, what ever's available. If I was in a position to be picky, I wouldn't be applying here in the first place.

DESIRED SALARY: $185,000 a year plus stock options and a Michael Ovitz style severance package. If that's not possible make an offer and we can haggle.

EDUCATION: Yes.

LAST POSITION HELD: Target for middle management hostility.

SALARY: Less than I'm worth.

MOST NOTABLE ACHIEVEMENT: My incredible collection of stolen pens and post-it notes.

REASON FOR LEAVING: It sucked.

HOURS AVAILABLE TO WORK: Any.

PREFERRED HOURS: 1:30-3:30 p.m., Monday, Tuesday, and Thursday.

DO YOU HAVE ANY SPECIAL SKILLS?: Yes, but they're better suited to a more intimate environment.

MAY WE CONTACT YOUR CURRENT EMPLOYER?: If I had one, would I be here?

DO YOU HAVE ANY PHYSICAL CONDITIONS THAT WOULD PROHIBIT YOU FROMLIFTING UP TO 50 LBS?: Of what?

DO YOU HAVE A CAR?: I think the more appropriate question here would be, "Do you have a car that runs?"

HAVE YOU RECEIVED ANY SPECIAL AWARDS OR RECOGNITION?: I may already be a winner of the Publishers Clearinghouse Sweepstakes.

DO YOU SMOKE?: Only when set on fire.

WHAT WOULD YOU LIKE TO BE DOING IN FIVE YEARS?: Living in the Bahamas with a fabulously wealthy super model who thinks I'm the greatest thing since sliced bread. Actually, I'd like to be doing that now.

DO YOU CERTIFY THAT THE ABOVE IS TRUE AND COMPLETE TO THE BEST OF YOUR KNOWLEDGE?: No, but I dare you to prove otherwise.

SIGN HERE: Scorpio with Libra rising.


The gene pool needs clorine.

Comments

  • maggiethecatmaggiethecat Member Posts: 2,381 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    problem kid. if i was the manager to see that, i'd call him in for an interview, then really let him have it(no, not the job)

    Give your kids roots and wings. and dont forget the guns!!
  • He DogHe Dog Member Posts: 51,593 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    We have all thought about answers like that at times, but if he has that little self discipline he is going to be a problem. No wonder he was not employed.

    A balanced diet is a cookie in each hand
  • kimberkidkimberkid Member Posts: 8,858 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    He was probably trying to use up his unemployment ... now that they hired him he has to work ... dag-nabit ...

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  • offerorofferor Member Posts: 8,625 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    Well, honest answers for a change. I'm not a big fan of those personnel forms either, but at least he had a fresh take on it. And the funny part is, he managed to make these cracks without showing any cynicism, which is what really makes a new hire a non-starter with me. I've done my share of interviewing and screening, and I've never seen anybody do this for real. But I would tend to think such a wise-acre would have some problems with authority. I could be wrong, but if so he would be the rarity.

    - Life NRA Member
    "If cowardly & dishonorable men shoot unarmed men with army guns, the evil must be prevented by the penitentiary...and not by general deprivation of constitutional privilege." - Arkansas Supreme Court, 1878
  • boogerbooger Member Posts: 1,463 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Funniest part of an application I have on file:
    Previous Employer: Taylors Peach Farm
    Position: Peach Picker
    Reason For Leaving: No mo peaches to pick.

    How can you hold that against a fella, he done picked 'em all.

    Them ducks is wary.
  • RosieRosie Member Posts: 14,525 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    I would hire him in a heart beat. To me it shows he is above average. Hey, I can always fire him.
  • DonldDonld Member Posts: 741 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    I'd give the guy a try too. I remember when I was working at Berlitz in Japan some decades ago, one applicant who had actually read some of our promotional literature and noticed that Troksky had briefly worked for Berlitz in St. Petersburg before the Bolshivic revolution disrupted things put down "Leon Troksky" as a reference. The director hesitated but finally hired the guy--mostly because the applicant was Canadian and could speak French and the Director was French--and he turned out to be a great teacher with a delightful sense of humor.
  • lokdok1lokdok1 Member Posts: 383 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    We had a guy working with an attitude like that here at my job. He worked here for many years, did a great job, was as smart as the general manager, twice as smart as the owner,but he drank a bit,shot off his mouth and now he's gone.












    If you don't know your rights, you dont't have any

    Edited by - lokdok1 on 09/10/2002 23:52:41
  • HighballHighball Member Posts: 15,755
    edited November -1
    God forbid that we should give a guy a chance that shows a healthy disrespect for authority.
    None of the founders could have held a job swabbing the floor today,with out present cookie-cutter mentality.

    God,Guts,& GunsHave we lost all 3 ??
  • offerorofferor Member Posts: 8,625 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    There's no such thing as a healthy "disrespect" for authority figures in a job situation. That sounds like a rationalization for insubordination. Maybe there's better word for it, but disrespect ain't quite it. Go to the interview and say, "Hire me, I'll disrespect you," if that's your principle though, because I believe in being honest with people from the start and giving them the option.

    If I make a contract with a man to accept his paycheck to perform a given job description, I can't afford to be allergic to the concept of management. Doesn't mean a smart, talented man can't move up, but a guy who gets teed off just for being told what to do should never knowingly take a job as a subordinate -- unless he's willing to keep his word to do the job he signed on for.

    We voluntarily make a contract to accept a regular paycheck, and that paycheck represents the terms of the agreement we voluntarily made. If we don't comply, we can quit or be justifiably fired for nonperformance. A deal is a deal. And unemployment is unemployment.

    I believe there are some people who don't like authority figures in general -- cops, bosses, whatever -- who seek out self employment, because every time they work for somebody else they wind up in trouble. So they look for a job where they can be entirely self-determining. Nice work, sometimes, if you can find it.

    By the way, it costs too much to train some people to hire them, try them out and fire them. Better to get well adjusted people and keep them, in a high quality environment, let them do great work, and know they'll be around a long time.

    - Life NRA Member
    "If cowardly & dishonorable men shoot unarmed men with army guns, the evil must be prevented by the penitentiary...and not by general deprivation of constitutional privilege." - Arkansas Supreme Court, 1878

    Edited by - offeror on 09/11/2002 00:56:26
  • DancesWithSheepDancesWithSheep Member Posts: 12,938 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Wrong personality for type work involved. He'd quit or get fired within a week. Waste of everyone's time.

    Why does man kill? He kills for food. But not only for food; frequently, he must have a beverage.
  • leeblackmanleeblackman Member Posts: 5,303 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    A real smart *, cocky, sounds kinda immature, real management material. That or maybe he'd make a good Mechanical Engineer...

    Actual, if he filled out that application right there on the spot, he's got to be a pretty "on his toes" kinda person, I'd give him a chance. I always try to find the better side of a person till they prove me otherwise. I'm sure he'd work there for a week and quit, or stay there until he found something better. You have to admit, working in the fast foo industry really sucks, and the pay does to...

    If I'm wrong please correct me, I won't be offended.

    The sound of a 12 gauge pump clears a house fatser than Rosie O eats a Big Mac !
  • Judge DreadJudge Dread Member Posts: 2,372 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    At least he is telling it as is,in a piece of paper,worst if he tells out from the end of the barrel of a gun,there are like 100,million of rapid food $5.75HR slaves in US ,do you think a bank will lend money to them for a $25K or $38K car a $250K. House ? for them there is no way out of the rat hole Until the illusion is gone ,then his answer will be not in a piece of paper but on you blood splatered corpse...
    "Thunderdome" will be a paradise compared to US if the blindness persists.....(Open your eyes please!) Id hired himm too for intelligence and sinserity.....

    JD

    400 million cows can't be wrong ( EAT GRASS !!! )
  • timberbeasttimberbeast Member Posts: 1,738 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    I'd hire him just for his sense of humor. Way too little of that lately in corporate America. I went to work Sunday night after not sleeping for over 24 hrs. (HAD to watch my Packers!)
    I was in a goofy mood because of extreme fatigue (nope, no drinkin'), and we had a blast at work, and we kicked solid butt in production. Happy folks work damn hard. An overly serious, mundane environment makes for mundane working habits. I know the guy who invented the ASRS system. He made working at his place so much fun that people couldn't wait to get to work. That's a guy who invented this stuff by playing with train sets. Good fun makes good stuff.
  • doomsknight62doomsknight62 Member Posts: 239 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Hey, if the McDonalds thing fell through, he could always take up writing or comedy.

    " God is in His Heaven, All is Right in the World. "
  • allen griggsallen griggs Member Posts: 35,696 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    I'd snatch that earring out of his nose. Then I'd pin him and cut off that purple and green hair with the sheep shears. Then I'd slap him and kick his * out the door. I would not hire him.
  • IconoclastIconoclast Member Posts: 10,515 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    I'd for sure interview him. If he was a wise guy, no hire. If merely someone with little truck with bureaucratic horse patootie, absolutely. 'Course, likes attract . . . .
  • nordnord Member Posts: 6,106
    edited November -1
    Not only would this get him hired, I'd sort of expect above average performance... And above average goofing-off when things were slack.

    And none of the above is a bad thing!

    Nord
  • interstatepawnllcinterstatepawnllc Member Posts: 9,390
    edited November -1
    Would I hire him? NO! Would I spank him? In a heartbeat!
  • HighballHighball Member Posts: 15,755
    edited November -1
    This was the strongest country in the world for a couple hundred years...and people were hired for what they were capable of doing....not for filling out sheets of paper for pin striped suits to 'study'...as if they knew what they were doing.
    And,if you run a small shop...can't you tell in 5 minutes of discussion what a man is capable of ?

    God,Guts,& GunsHave we lost all 3 ??
  • ndbillyndbilly Member Posts: 1,573 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    The company pays the minimum amount necessary in order to get a worker to perform the desired task. No company pays more than is necessary. The company's function is to realize the maximum amount of return on the investment in labor by keeping those labor costs to the absolute minimum. We applaud that attitude.

    However, when the worker tries to employ the same philosophy, minimum investment (labor) for maximum return (paycheck), he or she is a lazy, unproductive lout and probably a communist as well. Just so we're clear.
  • allen griggsallen griggs Member Posts: 35,696 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    If I were hiring someone to work in an advertising agency, or a commercial artist, I would hire this guy. But in most jobs being a smart * and a rebel and wearing these characteristics on your sleeve won't work out. A kid with an attitude like this one would not work out at McDonalds.
  • axlerfanaxlerfan Member Posts: 713 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    I think he works for our company....him and about 11 of his brothers....
  • cbxjeffcbxjeff Member Posts: 17,640 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Lee,

    Your hurtin' me here buddy!

    cbxjeffIt's too late for me, save yourself.
    It's too late for me, save yourself.
  • TheguncounterkidTheguncounterkid Member Posts: 224 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Hell ya I'd hire him for a fast food job. He speaks english!!
    -Kid
  • XracerXracer Member Posts: 1,990
    edited November -1
    I might not hire him, but I'd sure as hell give him an interview!

    Then again, I just might hire him!
  • wundudneewundudnee Member Posts: 6,108 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Nope, I always thought you should either ride for the brand or slap leather.

    Their ball, their bat, their game.

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    AD ASTRA PER ASPERA

    To the stars through difficulties
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