Today, I walked into Starbucks for a job application. I asked the manager if they were hiring, as I really need a job. He looked me up and down and replied, "NO!" There was a 'Now hiring' sign in the window. FML
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Fall
Dead leaves, the first cold of the season and an umbrella flipped inside out: fall, the season of grace.
Today, after being recently laid off at work due to "cutbacks", I went job searching around town. During my drive, I cruised past my old workplace and saw a "now hiring" sign in their window. FML
Today, I went to a job interview. I really needed the job to keep my apartment. As I was being interviewed, the manager looked past me and stared off into space. There goes the job and my apartment. FML
Today, while going around trying to find a job, a manager came up to ask me, "Are you looking to work here?" I nodded happily, hoping this would be the end of my search. She looked me up and down, saw I had a jacket on to hide my tattoos and said, "Sorry, I can't hire heroin addicts." FML
Today, I applied for a job at a local store. As I walked out the door, I heard the manager read it out loud and everybody else laugh. FML
Today, desperate for work, I went into a shop and asked the owner if he had any spare jobs to fill. He looked me up and down and sneered, "Yes, but not for people like... you." FML
Today, I had a job interview. The moment I walked into the room, the interviewer said, "OK, I will interview you, but there is no way I'm hiring you." FML
Today, I was desperately handing out resumes. I came to my local grocery store and asked for a job application, the customer service rep told me all she needed was my resume. I smiled and gave it to her only to see her read it, laugh and put it straight in the garbage as I walked out. FML
Today, I went to Starbucks to get coffee. The employees told me that there was no more coffee. I started cursing at them and told them that I am in a really big hurry, and that I need coffee every day. They had been yelling back the whole time. Little did I realize, they were saying April Fool's. FML
Today, I got fired after three days at my new job. They told me it was because of downsizing. They were still interviewing people and had a help wanted sign in the window. FML
Today, I went to an interview for a job at a company I've applied for numerous times this year. When I showed up at the interview room, I found it was a vacant office. I called and confirmed the address. I guess this was my hint to stop applying. FML
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sonofskam 0
WHAT A DICK. You should go back, ask for a drink and throw it at him.
BJacobs 0
#4 - re-read the fml verrry carefully alot of places have those up and just never take them down even when they don't need people.... like the kfc near my place that has the rusted, crooked sign near the drive through.
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marris 0
If your too stupid to read the sign that says we're hiring, I'd tell you "no" to. Who'd want to hand an application to someone who needed to ask "are you hiring?" when there is a "now hiring?" sign in the window. You should have been smart enough to add 1 plus 1 and realize they were hiring, and ask for an application.
saintice23 0
Wow all of us on this blog should get together at Starbucks just to have some coffee and make fun of random people that come in the place. Or go to Dunkin Donuts to make fun of the fatties.
ajscott 0
If you're not actively hiring the correct reponse is, "We're currently fully staffed but we always accept applications."
shenanigans36 0
i work at a starbucks. they have to keep those signs up there and yes they will always accept an application and keep it on file for about 3 months. as for them not hiring you, starbucks recently closed down 600 stores in the US and they are looking to close down more. starbucks is pretty much in a hiring freeze. as bad as that is that it happened, it wasn't because of you
nekohwhut 0
i really cant choose either. just know that starbucks is wack
l33tm0nk3y 0
Think about it this way: do you really want to work at a place run by such a shallow prick?
Tenma_Hakase 0
Well you're not supposed to ask a question you already know the answer too
myrrh 0
To be fair, as far as I'm aware, all Starbucks locations, at least in my area, have now hiring signs, my own store included. The sign says "Starbucks is now hiring. Ask a manager for an application." or something along those lines. Starbucks may be hiring somewhere. Just not in our store nor in many stores around here since a lot of spaces are filled with baristas from closing stores who don't need to be trained. At least they didn't waste your time if they're not going to hire you, eh?
Sammara 0
I used to work for Starbucks, as well as at other retail places. If you are dressed unprofessionally, most places will say "Nope!" We once had two teenage girls walk into my Sbux wearing halter tops and shorts to turn in their applications and we left a note on them saying "Dressed like they were going to a club. Do not hire." You always need to think of your appearance. I don't know how you were dressed so I'm not assuming anything, but keep that in mind. Also, NEVER ask if they are hiring. Anywhere. Just ask for an application. I've had managers tell me they don't hire people who ask that because it sounds like they're saying, "Are you hiring, because if you aren't, the application isn't worth my time." Just ask for an application, because it says, "I'm confident you will hire me even if there aren't positions open."
Sammara 0
Oh, and no, you can't sue like many other are suggesting. You can't even prove you went there, let alone that this happened, unless you had a hidden camera on you. And, Starbucks is in a hiring freeze so the manager was actually 100% accurate in saying "No," to the question.