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glitter_sniffer

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New Post! Worst interview ever!
October 26, 2011 @ 09:33:26 pm
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So, today I had an interview at a Boots store. I was told to arrive at the store at 2pm. I arrived about 1:55 and had no idea where I was supposed to be going, so I asked one of the employees running around the shop floor. They said they knew who was supposed to be interviewing me, that they would go get them and I had to stay put. So there I am standing in the middle of Boots and I see no sign of the interviewer or the girl who went to get her. I waited and waited for 10 mins, until I eventually asked someone else. They said they would shout for her over the store tannoy, and I had to wait there. So they shout for this woman and I wait and wait for another 10 mins. Still no interviewer. Then another member of staff came up and said that the interviewer was in an important meeting and that she'd take me up to wait in the staff room. So there I am waiting in the staff room, staring at white walls while members of staff are awkwardly eating their lunch in silence around me. EVENTUALLY at 2:25pm the interviewer pops her head into the staff room and tells me she'll be with me in a few minutes. Another 5 minutes later she tells me to go and wait in her office. I wait another 5 minutes. She comes in and says "Right, Donna, you're here for the christmas temp, right?" Um. NO. I explain I'm not Donna and that it's for a managerial position. She looks puzzled, then says "OH RIGHT, so you are. Right, give me 5 minutes to read over your CV, since I read Donna's instead."
By this point I was a bit annoyed. Eventually she stops reading and explains that she'll be asking me some questions regarding my experience and then she'll take me on the shop floor to continue the interview.
She starts the questions, which consisted of her reading directly off a sheet of paper, while making no eye contact. I would answer her and she would just write everything I said, word for word, on the sheet of paper. And she would do that slow reading out loud that people do when they're copying things down. VERY ANNOYING!
5 minutes of questions that had nothing to do with a managerial job, they were all basic customer service questions, and still no eye contact.
After the questions which lasted about 5-10 minutes she says "Oh, actually you're not going on the shop floor today, that's another interview. Right that's you done. I'll take you back down."

GRRRRRR. I feel like it was totally unorganised, I have no idea how the interview even went because I got absolutely nothing off this woman. She never looked at me, she never even asked anything about me, or why I wanted the job. NOTHING aside from the usual "Why is it important to be polite to customers" rubbish!

Anyway, rant over. I just felt like an idiot, preparing all this research into the company, and sales techniques, and team management skills, to be confused with someone else, told the wrong interview, asked pointless questions about "why should you smile at customers?" that only lasted 10 minutes, when I had been waiting for well over 45 minutes! GRRRRRR
Why do I even bother?!?

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glitter_sniffer

Om nom nom

New Post! Bleugh...
October 12, 2011 @ 10:49:04 pm
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I drank too much hot chocolate, now I feel yucky. Curse you warm milk!

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firefly46

New Post! Beautiful Birds
February 20, 2010 @ 05:22:09 pm
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I saw this and just had to share it, not only is it a beautiful Bird it is a fantastic Photograph....love it, love it, love it!!!

Not sure what the bird is though, any body have any idea?

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firefly46

New Post! Far Away
October 28, 2009 @ 11:57:50 pm
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firefly46

New Post! Photo Journal
September 10, 2009 @ 05:20:57 pm
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I am enjoying my photography so much that I thought I would share with those that are interested in this Journal.

Keep coming back to check for the latest pictures

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firefly46

New Post! Feelings of Hurt
August 21, 2009 @ 12:56:50 pm
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That feeling of hurt that comes from inside
If only it goes like when you swallow your pride,
If only you could pick it up and leave it behind,
For someone to pick up or someone to find.

Where ever you go, where ever you hide, it seems to find you and seems to follow
You can touch it, you can feel it when you see something you borrowed.
Your chest seems so heavy from carrying the weight.
It seem like it will be with you til you reach that pearly gate.

You live for that day for when it subsides
It looks a long way a way when you open your eyes,
It teases you, taunts you, when your defences are down,
It pinches you, punches you, when you are down on the ground.

The people around you, are helping you now,
It

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firefly46

New Post! A great public display
August 12, 2009 @ 08:33:17 am
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The pyrotechnics were in Plymouth last night, what a superb public display!!

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firefly46

New Post! Tiredness
August 07, 2009 @ 09:26:31 pm
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Tiredness is a funny thing, It makes me sad sometimes and emotional, other times I am just grumpy. I don't have a problem with sleeping but I just think its such a waste of time, I try to avoid sitting on the sofa cos I know I will fall asleep...........I really must sleep more.

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firefly46

New Post! Business as usual
July 08, 2009 @ 07:11:21 am
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So I am back from my trip from Africa. What an amazing adventure, I would highly recommend it to anybody. I must just say that I did miss you guys

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