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Yall wanna pitch in to help TC buy some office clothes?

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Veggeta_MAX posted...

Yall wanna pitch in to help TC buy some office clothes?

He has some
He just refuses to wear them

Should also note for context that was missed, after I apologized, I bought a better shirt, dug out the best pants I have, and showed up as close to dress code as I could. Whole day like that, not a word mentioned. I don't think this was because of the dress code. If I had to guess, they're probably letting go temps because they realised they overhired(we're literally waiting 10+ minutes between calls right now).

Would also explain why my badge and computer login still work after getting fired >.>;

Edit: I'm also on the schedule again to work up front, so apparently they expect me to work the full day. Sucks to be them.

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So basically you had the fucking right fucking shit but just refused to wear it because you assumed they'd be relaxed like at a precious job

This is 100% your fault

Fired for reading during downtime. She literally expected me to sit and do nothing in the 10-20 minutes between calls

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Have you ever worked in a fucking store

nothanks1 posted...

Have you ever worked in a fucking store

It's not a store.

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Never said it was

Was it a book or phone

Someone remind me why I unblocked brutal lol

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nothanks1 posted...

Never said it was

Was it a book or phone

newhorrorguy posted...

SrRd_RacinG posted...

What did you wear?

I had shorts and a life is good shirt. It's a split job, and I thought I'd be just in the back doing call center work but they had me up front. Nothing at all offensive about it.

I guess life isn't good.
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Fishstick posted...

I don't know why you even bother responding to him

Because he wants everyone to try to say he's not at fault

Eh, if you are customer-facing and depending on how bad you were dressed I could see it. You're a temp and probably had expectations placed upon you from the start.

You're not an actual employee there so it's not like they have an investment in you.

Edit: WHO THE FUCK WEARS SHORTS AND SHIRT ON THEIR FIRST DAY TO A JOB?!?. Bro, i dont care if you're applying at a fucking McDonalds. On your first day you come in a suit. If you dont have a suit its dress shirt and tie with dress pants. Then you see the companies dress code and adjust to that. This is 100% your fault. I've been broke before with -200 bucks in the bank and i've still had these clothes available to me. This isnt the first time you've worn clothes. There's no excuse.

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He said it was front desk.

newhorrorguy posted...

Fired for reading during downtime. She literally expected me to sit and do nothing in the 10-20 minutes between calls

That seems like a dumb reason.

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nothanks1 posted...

He said it was front desk.

I think he was pulled to front desk that one day.

Hes referencing calls now so I think hes back in the office.

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nothanks1 posted...

He said it was front desk.

Is being on the wrong side of every topic just your schtick or what.

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nothanks1 posted...

He has some
He just refuses to wear them

Wait what?

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eggcorn posted...

Is being on the wrong side of every topic just your schtick or what.

Objective fact

Disengaged posted...

Wait what?

He said he said he had some in this topic

BakonBitz posted...

That seems like a dumb reason.

It absolutely is. I dodged a bullet with this shitty boss.

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Tbh if I'm at the unemployment office I'm probably not gonna want to see the words "life is good" at that moment in my life.

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You gotta realize being a temp means you can get chewed and spit out at any given time. This one temp service in 2012 made me drive an hour north to some Battery Factory then next day said my assignment was over with. They can fuck with your paychecks too if you piss the Temp Service off.

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nothanks1 posted...

Like I can wear shorts and a fucking comic shirt and nobody cares but I also checked with the principal of I was allowed to

Ive worked for almost 10 principals in 16 years, all with various opinions of dress code. Not a single one of them would have allowed anyone other than a PE teacher to wear shorts to school unless it was a teacher work day. They certainly dont allow casual printed t-shirts on anything other than a spirit day, or a casual Friday (and even then, many principals only allow t-shirts if it has the school logo).

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Conception616 posted...

Ive worked for almost 10 principals in 16 years, all with various opinions of dress code. Not a single one of them would have allowed anyone other than a PE teacher to wear shorts to school unless it was a teacher work day. They certainly dont allow casual printed t-shirts on anything other than a spirit day, or a casual Friday (and even then, many principals only allow t-shirts if it has the school logo).

That's my point.
Top 20 school in Ireland. Is fine with me regularly referring to parents as stupid fucks. But I still know to ask if I'm going to do anything that wouldn't fly at a regular customer device job

__aCEr__ posted...

Tbh if I'm at the unemployment office I'm probably not gonna want to see the words "life is good" at that moment in my life.

That's a fair point lol.

Music_Rock_Cat posted...

You gotta realize being a temp means you can get chewed and spit out at any given time. This one temp service in 2012 made me drive an hour north to some Battery Factory then next day said my assignment was over with. They can fuck with your paychecks too if you piss the Temp Service off.

Yup. Part of the reason I didn't have clothes is they'd fucked up my direct deposit so I was waiting for a check in the mail.

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I'm not trying to be rude, but how are temp services even getting people right now? I don't live in a large area, but there are SO many manufacturing plants around that are hiring for $14-18/hour with benefits right at the start that require no experience at all. My company has a few slots open for $14/hour with four weeks vacation, five paid sick days, two floating holidays, and health/dental/vision insurance up front (they don't pay for all of it, but it's available) and we cannot fill them.

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newhorrorguy posted...

I have some, but I thought it'd be fine in the meantime.

I have two, one nearly maxed put because I've been paying rent with credit.

This says otherwise

nothanks1 posted...

That's my point.
Top 20 school in Ireland. Is fine with me regularly referring to parents as stupid fucks. But I still know to ask if I'm going to do anything that wouldn't fly at a regular customer device job

For some reason I forgot you live there. Dress codes are probably different there than in the US.

*edit* I guess you are saying its this one specific principal

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From my limited experience, when a temp agency tells you that you're no longer needed at a particular job, that usually means that job contacted the temp agency and said you're no longer needed. Usually that's a bad thing. It's basically the jobs way of firing you, but since you don't work for the company, they just contact the temp agency you work for instead.

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Rida_Go_To_Bed posted...

I'm not trying to be rude, but how are temp services even getting people right now? I don't live in a large area, but there are SO many manufacturing plants around that are hiring for $14-18/hour with benefits right at the start that require no experience at all. My company has a few slots open for $14/hour with four weeks vacation, five paid sick days, two floating holidays, and health/dental/vision insurance up front (they don't pay for all of it, but it's available) and we cannot fill them.

I went for this job because it paid better than most offers and was call center work focused on helping people, and very local

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Conception616 posted...

For some reason I forgot you live there. Dress codes are probably different there than in the US.

It depends on the school.
Principal is fine with shorts since its very humid here and the teachers can dress like that if they want. All graphic shirt wouldn't fly unless it's in Friday or all non-uniform day for the kids where the staff dress down completely.

I've had teachers who did work in other school surprised at how casual it is

Poor brutal throwing a tantrum or something because I blocked him

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newhorrorguy posted...

Poor brutal throwing a tantrum or something because I blocked him

I didn't get blocked?

Rida_Go_To_Bed posted...

I'm not trying to be rude, but how are temp services even getting people right now? I don't live in a large area, but there are SO many manufacturing plants around that are hiring for $14-18/hour with benefits right at the start that require no experience at all. My company has a few slots open for $14/hour with four weeks vacation, five paid sick days, two floating holidays, and health/dental/vision insurance up front (they don't pay for all of it, but it's available) and we cannot fill them.

Because no one wants to work at manufacturing plants after the horror stories about Amazon.

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Sorry, TC, that sucks. I hope you find something new soon.

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MysteryMan923 posted...

A call center is an office. You don't wear shorts and a t shirt to an office job. You were 100% wrong. All you can do is learn from this but it seems like that isn't happening.

i wore shorts and tshirt at my office job even when i got out of the call center and no one ever gave a shit. Your work culture is fucked up is all

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Fired for reading in between calls eh? That's dumb. I was working debt collection a while back and read comic books while on the phone with people. and no one cared. And in debt collection you call out, so theres no "down time between calls", and I read through Batman Knightfall in like 3 days while still doing my job and no one batted an eye.

That's a dumb reason.

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newhorrorguy posted...

I got hired for a call center job. My clothes are absolutely fine for that. What I didn't realize is that I'd be working up front and interacting with customers. I wasn't supposed to be, but they pulled me from.my group to fill a slot for a callout.

Did no one ever tell you to dress better than expected the first day and then go down from there?

It sounds like you had clothes that were but choose not to wear them so thats on you.

For anyone that ever needs clothes though there are thrift stores to pick up something decent in a pinch.
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Wearing shorts and a t-shirt and reading during office time... yeah I can see why they let you go. There is no such thing as downtime when you are on the clock. You have to realize there is no shortage of hiring right now so even as a temp you need to stand out in a positive way because if not there are 20 other people in line waiting for your position.

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Cuticrusader09 posted...

Did no one ever tell you to dress better than expected the first day and then go down from there?

It sounds like you had clothes that were but choose not to wear them so thats on you.

For anyone that ever needs clothes though there are thrift stores to pick up something decent in a pinch.

I mean a pair of slacks and a polo shirt at Walmart is like $25 total. Id be really worried if TC couldn't afford that.

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newhorrorguy posted...

I had shorts and a life is good shirt. It's a split job, and I thought I'd be just in the back doing call center work but they had me up front. Nothing at all offensive about it.

Dude

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Fishstick posted...

Some people live paycheck to paycheck and don't have extra cash. And it's very common.
I have a couple friends like that and have had to borrow them money till they got paid.

He was able to afford a wedding a few weeks ago and even posted pictures

Jiggy101011 posted...

Wearing shorts and a t-shirt and reading during office time... yeah I can see why they let you go. There is no such thing as downtime when you are on the clock. You have to realize there is no shortage of hiring right now so even as a temp you need to stand out in a positive way because if not there are 20 other people in line waiting for your position.

I personally don't agree with this. Lots of jobs have down time. But as soon as a call or customer comes in, you have to drop everything and make them the priority. Don't finish the page you're on in the book or the song you're listening to.

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He still won't say if it was a book or phone
99% chance it was a phone and he was on ce

nothanks1 posted...

He still won't say if it was a book or phone
99% chance it was a phone and he was on ce

Hate to say it, but this could be true. I don't know about TC's job, but call centers I've worked at do not allow you to use your phone. Especially jobs where personal information like credit card numbers, Social Security numbers and such are given out regularly.

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pojr posted...

I personally don't agree with this. Lots of jobs have down time. But as soon as a call or customer comes in, you have to drop everything and make them the priority. Don't finish the page you're on in the book or the song you're listening to.

i agree but he is just out of training essentially his first day. He came in unprofessionally and seemingly not focused on his job. That was his first impression.

If it was a few months then i'd be on his side but he is easily in the wrong here.

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