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03-29-2010, 10:57 PM | #1 |
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So for everyone that read my "anyone ever work at TRU" thread before, you may have known this was comming.
I warn you, this is the complete truth with little to no exaggeration. My head is still spinning and yours may be too after reading this. And we begin... I had filled out an online application for "Assest Prevention Associate" about a week ago and was called for an interview at 9 PM 2 nights ago. I thought the time was weird, but then again I know NOTHING about retail..so I went ahead with it. I get there today and there are 3 people there for the "group interview". We are asked to wait at the baby registy and we'll be called soon. Soon enough, we are called back from a young woman who asks us to follow her. When we get into the back room there are 3 other individuals who look absolutely miserable. I looked around and here "You'll see name tags in front of the each seat, find your name and take a seat" I also see a big box of Legos at each table. I am already thinking to myself "This is not for me." Now the store manager comes back there -lets call him "Cary" because thats his name--- and gives this incredibly retarded "hello" speech. This man is the closest thing you will ever see to a real life Simpson's "Comic Book Guy" Embryonic stages of a full blown Anxiety Attack are starting to kick in. Here are the players. Myself dressed in a Polo shirt, jeans and black boots. A white version of Carlton from Fresh Prince. Complete with ridiculous sweater and loafers. A woman named Shamika. She sounded like Dave Chappelle doing his Nelson Mandella impersonation...with marbels in his mouth. A 20-something year old Hispanic fellow that was in a dress suit complete with tie. A woman whose name I cannot pronounce and I swear it was Mr. Mxyzptlk... And a Skater high school student that actually seemed on point. Cary excuses himself and then returns with a roll of toilet paper. A motherf'ing roll of toilet paper. We were asked to take some and then pass it around. After we had all taken some, we were told to count each piece...that was how many facts about ourself we have to say. I'm begining to sweat...getting angry. Ok I gave basics "Hi, I go to Gold's gym behind here, vol firefighter and EMT, musician, grew up here and live here" Skater kid was similar. The Latino gentleman opened his speech with "I am extremely accident prone" Mxyzptlk said she was a mother and spoke incessantly about her child. Shamika said something...but she sounded like Mer-Man in his Deathknell...picture Mer-Man gargling on his own blood trying to call 911...that was Shamika's speech. White Carlton took the cake. "Hi my name is Mike, freshman at local community college, blah blah blah...I am active in my parish and live only to serve our lord Jesus Christ. ". I havent had a cigarette in 8 yrs and found myself patting down my pockets for a lighter. Next we are to form teams and "make a toy out of Legos then sell it to me. Why is it a toy that kids should play with?" I was seriously ready to leave. I actually shop there enough that I thought, if I storm out of here now, it might be really akward if I see the Manager in here again...and I have seen him in there before. So I calmed myself and went through with it. I was teamed up with Mer-Man and got to work. Basically letting her do nothing. I made a car. It was long, like a Funny Car...I put eye balls for lights on it and gave him some figures, plus put some propellers on the ass. I said "How does Freddy The Funny Car" sound...all I heard was "Mmmuuuurrrrggggrrrppphhhhhuulllll" K cool. So after I came up with the fact that it could double as a "pool toy" by being able to float with a batter operated prop..we were called up front. Shamika in all her Mer-Man-phonics actually got out some English. "Dis is Freddy The Phoney Car!" Phoney?..What the f--...FUNNY CAR YOU F'ING DOLT!!!..FREDDY THE F'ING FUNNY CAR, NOT "PHONEY CAR"...SONUVABITCH! You LOSER!!.,...Now we're gonna lose to White Carlton!!! We needed all the help we could get and you blew it Mer-Man! You blew it... I talked over her and got my point across...Why I got so competitive over the Legos I dont know, I just hate losing. I am a jock-a--hole. I will spare you what everyone else made unless you ask, I can tell you they were all equally bad. Next we are kept in our teams and I am still figuring out how to murder Mer-Man and borrow Shadowcat's mutant power and walk through the walls out to my car. I had the JOY of trying to sell Cary a baby registry with Shamika, while Mr. Mxypl.. had to sell him on a bicycle warranty...her pitch was this: "I'm sayin..like this, if the mans at best buy axed me for a warranty? My lil man broke like 6 dvd players..so you know..you could buy one". For a split second I felt pity for the manager. Now comes individual interviews. Each person was called outside, while the rest of us watched a movie about cust service called "STAR"...that "hey now your a rockstar" song just looped and looped and looped...then it looped some more while Satan laughed hysterically at my short comming in life. I was last. Dead last. So Cary said we could do it in there, since...I was last. I was asked "Why TRU"...then he reviewed my application. Ok, you gotta understand that I own my own business, this job is just till shit picks up and for side cash...but I NEVER put that down on applications because it scares employers away..they KNOW I'm gonna leave and go back to work for myself. Now because I have done it so long for myself...I dont have many jobs that are relevant to too much except my own thing...so I lie and make crap up. Cary reads me back make believe jobs with make believe pay and I tell him my make believe reason for leaving. Anyway, "I dont have asset prevention available now..but that could change, you are looking for FT work right?" Right. "Ok well what I do have is about 15-20 hrs a week at a solid $8.50 an hr, hey you prove yourself and we can get you a good 30 hrs a week..how does that fit into your world" "Cary it doesnt. I came here for what I said I came here for on the application. 40 hrs a wk for loss prevention and stock room maintenance. You said you were hiring for that. You actually wasted 2 whole hrs of my time and basically cost me a half hr of what you would pay me in gas. This was ridiculous" As I got up and opened the door her just said "Thank you sir" I left. I learned today that if you are absolutely the dumbest person alive, and can build a toy out of legos, you can be a "Star at TRU". I wanted this job for extra money, for toys, comics, work out supplements...know what? I dont "need" any of it right now Keep it. I commend myself for being mature and keeping my composure and not choking out every person in the room. I'm also slightly pissed that I couldve spent that time getting to know my neighboor and trying to dry hump her today as planned. Lesson learned: TRU great place to shop...but there is no way in hell I would EVER consider a job there again. Last edited by Troynos; 03-29-2010 at 11:21 PM.. Reason: cleaned it up alot |
03-29-2010, 11:08 PM | #2 |
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Ha I told you in your previous thread to beware of the group interview. Awkward and annoying. I had to, with crayon, draw my name on a piece of paper. Find a toy in the store which represented "me" to present to the group. And lastly, in front of the group, create a commercial and act it out with a toy selected by someone else in the group. I was looking for every opportunity to run out of there. It was very humiliating.
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03-29-2010, 11:08 PM | #3 |
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Sounds similar to my experince. and now I see a pattern with TRU when I went it was for a full time back rom supervisor position. I was also told they only had 20 hours aweek available. I said no thanks Im a school teacher and only wanted this job for the summer for extra cash,. and walked out.
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03-29-2010, 11:10 PM | #4 |
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Thanks for this! Made my night.
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03-29-2010, 11:15 PM | #5 |
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I had a similar experience at Media Play a couple of years ago, sans the individual interviews. It was round-robin one-upmanship for a good hour and a half, when I could have been at a movie with my friends :\
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03-29-2010, 11:18 PM | #6 |
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Great story! Funny yet sad at the same time!
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03-29-2010, 11:21 PM | #7 |
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I'm glad you're all enjoying my humilation..and its nice to know some of you had a similar experience!! lol
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03-29-2010, 11:24 PM | #8 |
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Weird. I've had the old bait and switch pulled on me, too. Advertised in the local paper was a HS PE teaching position...I go on the interview and the position wasn't at the high school at all. It was off-site and not with the regular school population (behavior, disability, different age group, etc). There were 8 people on the interview committee and they blindsided me with the info at the start of the interview. They then ask "are you still interested?" What was I supposed to say? No and walk out? Ridiculous...
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03-29-2010, 11:28 PM | #9 |
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I worked at TRU for a year in college. I didn't have to endure a group interview, and got the job on the first question they asked me: Why do you want to work at TRU?
with a straight face, I sat straight up in my chair, looked them both over, and said "I guess I don't want to grow up, I'm a TRU kid." I didn't break my face or my stare even as they laughed. I hated that job. got written up numerous times for pulling Star Wars figures from the back for collectors. quitting was one of the happiest days of my life, and they were more than happy to pay me out on the spot and call us even on the courtesy of two weeks. |
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03-29-2010, 11:30 PM | #10 |
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This is the funniest goddamn thing i've read all day man! lmao Mer-man FTW!
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