fuck this job.com

I swear to god these must be the majority of job ads out there. Both industries are very stuffy and don't hire you unless you are practically a superhero. I interviewed for First Premier BankCard (customer service position) the other day and it sucked. For those who don't know, First Premier issues credit cards to people who for some reason can't or don't pay their credit card bills. Bad news is, when you open an account with them, they charge you $100 or so in fees on a credit line of $200 - 300. What a money laundering outfit. Anyways, I go in and they have me fill out their application online (no I did not give my SSN to them, no way in hell) and then they took me to sit on the phones with some gal to 'get a feel' for the job. This gal had maybe 6 teeth and an IQ of 50 since her callers were getting mad at her not answering their questions right.

"What is my credit card balance?"
Gal: "The account is in good standing and blah blah blah...."
"YOu didn't answer my question. What's my balance?"

From the looks of the cubicle she must have slept with some guy that worked at the Gas Stop since her boyfriend's picture (or maybe brother?) looks like someone who works the stickup shift, and yes she stuck pictures of her hellspawn all over her cubicle. The whole office looked like crap and I wouldn't be surprised if half of the workforce literally shit their pants in their cubicles given the looks on some of her coworker's faces. I had to sit there and rot for a half hour before one of the HR people finally took me into a back office for their 'walk-in' interview. She and who I assume was the company VP or whatever were interviewing me. I think they have multiple people interviewing you to see if they can intimidate you. Yeah fuck you too, you won't capsize this bitch easily. The VP was your typical baby boomer executive type (looks like an evil Vince McMahon clone) with the flagpole up the butt. The one HR gal was nice, I can't give her hell, but the VP was kind of an ass. He wasn't openly confrontational but his tone and body language made me think he didn't want me there at all. He tried to say I only worked at my previous employer for 6 months when it was more like 10 months. Not only is the VP an asshole, but he is the VP of a credit card company who can't do basic math. The interview was over in ten minutes and I left the place. Of course, a week later I get the BS letter from them saying that they hired someone with more qualifications than me and yadda yadda. The CEO of this operation needs to hire someone who understands basic math so don't any of you yuppie fuckers go on about how I don't have qualifications, especially given the weirdos you have screwing around in your call center.

I wouldn't be surprised if they stick buttcams in your cubicle too....

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