It's that time of the year again....

Things I love about the fall:
Good horror movies
Bad horror movies
Pumpkin pie
Crisp nights wrapped in flannel sheets
The changing leaves raining down on you while you're driving on the Schuykill
A hot cup of tea that's been sitting for about 7 minutes

Things I hate about this same time of the year:
Stupid people
Stupid people applying to work at my store
Stupid people that I interview...

Now those who've never had to deal with retail probably think that anyone can get a job working the sales floor. You're right. Any idiot can find a job working the sales floor, but these are not the people you want to hire. In order to make a lasting, positive impression you want to hire quality people that take pride in their work, have a work ethic and are hopefully literate. You would be surprised at how hard it is to find ONE of those qualities, let alone all three. Case in point, I interviewed a young lady yesterday, she was peppy, and she kept up with me while I walked, so she passed the first 2 tests....yes I start weeding 'em out early on. If you can't walk as fast as an overweight, 30+ Polish girl with knee and ankle issues, then YOU ARE A LAZY BASTARD SO GET OUT OF MY FACE!!!!!

We sat down and I asked her to tell me about herself. Now, anyone who's been on an interview that this is the time to establish yourself to your potential employer, the proverbial official first impression. This is what I got:
"Well, I don't like to be treated like I'm not as good as everyone else. I've had issues with people not treating me as equal" "Um, ok." Let me translate: I want you to be really nice to me 'cuz I don't deserve to be reprimanded. It did not get any better after that.


"I see you started working at (store name). How do you like it?" "Wow, it's a lot more work than I expected. I mean a lot more! They even had me cleaning the vents!" 'No shit. What did you expect?'
"What accomplishments are you most proud of?" "All of them." "Can you give me an example of one accomplishment?" "The more accomplishments the better, I'm always looking for more accomplishments." 'Not in my store, sweetie'
"Tell me about a time you missed a deadline." "Well, SEPTA wasn't running, so I got there late." "Got where late?" "Work." 'Riiiiiiiiiiiiight'

Needless to say, no call back for YOU!

Anyhoo... back to other scary shit....

Rewatching the original Halloween. Jamie Lee Curtis, great heroine, you can learn a few good tricks from her and her mistakes.
1) Never drop the knife, even if you think your psychotic, sociopathic brother is dead
2) Wire hangers are very useful for poking people's eyes out.
3) Always make sure the kids are safe