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Tea & Strumpets
When I was in my teens I took on some temping work to keep me going
until I found a proper job.
The recruiting agency hired me as a receptionist for a factory that
made air fresheners. I was warned that they had been a ‘difficult
client’ and not many temps had managed to stay there long.
The boss was an overweight middle aged bitch with an upper class
English accent who was obviously used to having servants. On the
first day, I sat in her office taking notes about the list of tasks
she expected me to do. Within ten minutes of leaving I was called
back and chewed out because I’d left my pencil on her desk and ‘how
dare I clutter her office’.
On the second day, I brought her a cup of tea in her bone China cup
while she was on the phone. I was called back in again and screamed
at because I had placed the cup of coffee too far away from her hand
and the handle was pointing in the wrong direction, which was a
problem because she had to reach over her desk to pick it up and
(gasp!) turn the cup around.
On the third I was told off because I’d obviously ‘squeezed’ the tea
bag instead of letting it brew.
I managed to keep my head down and not react to anything for 3 weeks
despite her foul and ridiculous rants. They offered me a full time
position which I declined. One day a new candidate was sitting in
reception waiting and asked me how it was to work there. I rolled my
eyes and said I wouldn’t be there for that long.
Unfortunately the candidate relayed this ad verbatim to the boss and
minutes later security arrived to escort me off the premises.
I hope that candidate got the job, it would have served her right to
have to work with that cow!
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Did it occur to you to ask the temp agency in what way the client was “difficult”? At least you could have gone in knowing what to expect. But you should have known better than to bad mouth your boss on the premises to a total stranger, that was a bonehead move.
“I brought her a cup of tea in her bone China cup
while she was on the phone. I was called back in again and screamed
at because I had placed the cup of coffee too far away”
You can’t even get your fiction straight. Pretty sad.
Ok, so first of all, thought it sounds like you had a hard time, just because she’s British, doesn’t mean she had/has servants. Also, was it tea or coffee you served her? You say tea first then you claim it was coffee. Finally, if a candidate for a full-time position asks what it’s like to work there, it’s not the wisest choice to roll your eyes and say you’re not going to be there long; it comes off as not only rude, but also the candidate had a right to report that to the boss, since it would make her look good.
I think you mean “crumpets”. A strumpet is a prostitute.
I’m willing to bet you would’ve done the same thing on your first day were you in her position so don’t insult her because you didn’t have balls enough to tell the boss to piss off or stand up for yourself.
‘Unfortunately the candidate relayed this ad verbatim” Umm, what?
Oh, and the whole things sounds like a bad rip off of something you saw on late night TV on BBCAmerica…
Gotta love how the upper levels of employment think that because of their rank, they have the right to treat their lower levels like servants rather than respectable human beings.
Ha! English people make me laugh!
I’m still not sure why you were even there for 3 weeks, especially since you felt the job wasn’t your “cup of tea”.
Did you see what I did there? Did you see what I did with the “cup of tea” thing? Well, I thought it was funny…
So wait… did you get her a cup of tea or a cup of coffee?
I call bullshit.
Lets sum it up you told a possible new employee it sucked to work there and they fired you for it did I miss anything?
Why the hell did you agree to work with a difficult client in the first place?