» Job Interviews

vodafone are cunts...
sorry for length :/

after leaving tesco for better money/prospects/dignity, i decided to apply for a job at a local vodafone callcentre. i applied through a recruitment agency, and proceeded to get a phonecall from said company. they asked whether or not i was comfortable doing a phone interview, where as i proceeded to tell them that you cannot judge a persons skills, personality and teamwork ability by listening to a voice at the other end of the phone - but yes, i will do the interview over the phone. he was silent for about 30 seconds, then carried on with the interview right there and then.

i didn't get the job, based on no call centre experience.

cue 6 months down the line, and i work at a 1st line technical support line for a certain cable broadband company. acquiring several certificates to say i am more than able to work in a callcentre, handle customers, type at a speed faster than the vodafone interviewer could wank and can provide exceptional information towards over-the-phone tech support, i reapplied for the vodafone job with no intention of working there.

the same guy picked up.
"have you applied for a job at vodafone before?"
"yes, i have"
"and what makes you believe that you can try for the job again?"
"well, this time i'm more qualified to do the job than you."

i proceeded to rinse out my semi-qualifications, to which after we finished the converstion. somehow after the last comment i made, i was accepted for the job, but told vodafone to shove their job up their arse for having no trust in anyone who doesn't have a pretty sheet of paper to show their skills.

fucking cunts.
(Tue 25th Jan 2005, 18:52, More)

» Mini Cabs From Hell

i didn't have enough for my fare
so i vomited in the back and ran
(Thu 27th May 2004, 1:18, More)

» Pure Ignorance

damn kangaroos
i work for blueyonder technical support. i hate the general public because of it. usually, a majority of the calls i get are from scousers and geordies, which is rather unfortunate for those who dislike their accents. a lot of them i remember quite well...

scouser - 'i was on the pc earlier when it just turned off, i think your f**king modem turned it off'
me - 'why do you think our modem turned it off?'
scouser - 'ehm, it told the pc to turn off, cos it controls the pc like'
1 minute later, his power cable was plugged in firmly into the back of the pc.

one case, a scouser family was wound up because they had spyware ont heir pc, blaming us because we didn't tell them how to use their pc. and so, the swearing starts. it's nothing personal, but anyone else from across the UK, i don't care about their language: one little slip from a northener and it's their first warning (they have a tendancy for getting wound up over something so small). then the second warning, where i tell them that after their 3rd, because it's directed at me i'll put their account through to the abuse team. so, they calm down, and in the end their pc's become so fucked up that it needs a fresh install. they still blame us, and just before they put the phone down, her husband shouts "fucking wanker" fromt he other side of the room.

i checked back on their account a week later. permanently banned from using any telewest/ntl service for life.

i love hearing stupid people.


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one mroe thing i remember now. someone phoned up asking about setting up this wireless router from PC world: the member of staff there said that she can use her laptop anywhere she wants. so she phones up:-
"why won't my router work?"
"well how far are you from it?"
"dunno like"
*pause of about 15 seconds with muttering in the background*
"about 500 miles"

/bang
(Wed 12th Jan 2005, 3:14, More)

» I just don't get it

what don't i get?
ebay, drum'n'bass, football, chavs, london buses, pop music, chavs, crazy frog, vodafone, loan companies, children's TV and chavs.

not so much i don't get them, but more i don't understand why they're so fucking shit.

did i mention chavs?
(Sun 3rd Apr 2005, 16:09, More)

» Scars with history

bang...
...went my head on the corner of the table. a metal table. to give me a 2 inch scar on the back of my head.
(Sun 6th Feb 2005, 13:57, More)