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    Yesterday, I started my first day as a secretary at a health school. A woman came in for enrollment, financial aid, and for a potential work-study job. She got accepted for the first two, but of course she didn't get the job, especially since all the office workers are female.

    She was wearing a sheer, see-through white lace top with a hot pink bra underneath. She had also brought her fussy baby in her SUV-sized stroller, regularly blocking the aisles rather than back him up into a corner. Yes, to a professional interview. I couldn't fucking believe it. I have my power skirtsuit (bought it at a thrift store!) for interviews, the hem is at the knee, I wear conservative heels and pantyhose, I put my hair up, and I put on my professional mode. Yeah, maybe she's having a hard time in life, but for me, it's unthinkable to bring a kid to an interview. Also, she could have at least worn an undershirt or camisole under that sheer blouse.

    Where has professionalism gone? I'm not hating on her, but I've taken courses on finding employment and being interviewed, and the instructors would have shat their pants if they had seen this woman.

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    Some people need attention in every part of life, and often go about getting it in the wrong way. Or they just don't know any different/better.

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    maybe she couldent find a babysitter/had noone to watch the kid and took a shot at going anyway? but yes, it is soo unprofessional =/

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    Quote Originally Posted by Lady Jade View Post
    I've seen my fair share of disasters, like the girl who came in wearing a top that was so low-cut that you could see her nipples every time she moved her arms a certain way.
    hmmm, she sounds perfect for a management postion i've got opening up.

    Quote Originally Posted by Lady Jade View Post
    Then there was the woman who came in to interview for a 100k/year HR director position wearing sweats - you know, because she just came from the gym, and didn't feel like driving all the way home to change.
    oh man, at least put some effort into it. that's ridiculous.

    how in the world does someone justify acting that way to themselves? i guess some people really do live on a different world, the planet of Me.

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    And people like that wonder why they can't find a job.

    A sheer top with a hot-pink bra underneath?? You've got to be kidding, how tacky. I can't believe people wear such things at all, much less to a job interview. WOW.

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    I don't get it either. At the club, sexy is everything. Makeup, hair, outfit, cleavage, etc.. But in a place of business.. of conservative business, I know exactly what to tone down. And I still love to flant that feminine power, but I do so with heels, and a skirt (of appropriate length). Maybe a great lipstick, but never a hot pink bra. That's very juvenile for someone interviewing for a job.

    And she could have just left the kid in the car.. I'M JOKING, NOBODY GET MAD!!

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    ^Hehe, my boyfriend made the same joke!

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    There are always going to be idiots in the world...but it does seem like idiocy is becoming more and more accepted.

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    hmmm, she sounds perfect for a management postion i've got opening up
    you are undoubtedly not the only 'employer' to react that way to a young female job applicant wearing a sheer top and a hot bra !

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    Quote Originally Posted by Melonie View Post
    you are undoubtedly not the only 'employer' to react that way to a young female job applicant wearing a sheer top and a hot bra !
    true, but i'm joking. really!

    small businesses don't have the space/budget for eye-candy. put it this way, i'm the eye-candy.


    yes, we're that poor of a company.

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    All of the workers at the school are women, so there is no need for eye candy. However, I don't think that she could get in anywhere else, even if they did want eye candy. She wasn't fat, but you could tell that she was in denial about the fact that her body was no longer what it was before she had her kid. Her bra wasn't even properly fitting, as she was spilling out of the cups. I don't think that she was too poor to afford new clothes, as she had a real Louis Vuitton purse, Gucci wallet full of 20's, Chanel sunglasses, great shoes, and that SUV-sized stroller.

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    wallet full of 20s and 'needs' financial aid? sounds like a stripper...

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    Quote Originally Posted by miabella View Post
    wallet full of 20s and 'needs' financial aid? sounds like a stripper...
    you know i'm quoting that for the signature thread, right?

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    We adore Jackass, Jerry Springer, and Court TV. You want Professionalism too! Jeez! (kidding)

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    Quote Originally Posted by miabella View Post
    wallet full of 20s and 'needs' financial aid? sounds like a stripper...
    Actually, now that I think about it, she did pay for the course up front in cash. Also, I'm never above at least trying to haggle a price.

    I actually did wonder if she was a stripper! The smart ones like us quietly assimilate into society, but I've seen a lot who get pregnant (sometimes by their controlling boyfriends "oopsing" them), and have a hard time integrating into the real world. That would explain why she dressed the way she did, as well as her other actions. I hope that she learns...

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    I think you should call the people from "what not to Wear" for her




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