How desperate can you get?

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Join the military Tim. And its disrespectful to downplay the hardships the older people have gone through to get where they have gotten. It wasn't a walk in the park im sure. Kthx.

 

Your stuck at zero because of you, how will you beat those other five people with no skills at all. You should be in school now at least learning some skills and working towards a degree. You can do federal work study and even work for the school while you attend, plus internships paid or volunteer could gain you valuable work experience and connections. In the real world everyone is responsible for themselves and the choices they make, the risks they take or don't take. There is no playing the victim and always having an excuse or justifying inaction or ineptitude. It all boils down to responsibility and taking it. If you sit around waiting doing nothing that's exactly where your going to end up and with nothing.
There are people in worst situations then you are, that make it work everyday and end up with an education and good career. So what is it that these people have that you don't? Perhaps it's their attitude and will to take action and then take responsibility for those actions. To listen to advice and accept it with gratitude. Most college grads can find employment easily it's the ones who major in useless and overcrowded fields that end up unemployed. And if your prospects are as dim as you make them out to be join the military, there's nothing like being forced to grow up to make someone actually grow up.

 

I'm actually surprised he found someone dumb enough to take a money order for an item sold on eBay, knowing how easy it is to counterfeit money orders these days.

 

So Teletrade, Great Collections, Heritage Auctions, etc are dumb? They ALL take money orders.

 

I wouldn't know what they accept for payment as I do not purchase from them.

And I'm sure if those LARGELY REPUTABLE auction houses accept money orders, there are restrictions and conditions on that acceptance.

And we are talking about eBay.

 

I'm not going to wade through this whole thread, but maybe.....just maybe.....the sellers have some sort of software that automatically sends out notices when payment isn't immediately initiated through Pay-Pal?

 

The oil fields in North Dakota need personal, no experience needed. Average wage is $20/hr+. But I doubt you'd make it 2 weeks out there. Most of them include your room also.

 

Really? That long? He didn't last three days at UPS. Can you imagine him as a roughneck on some oil drilling rig out in the cold windswept plains of North Dakota?

 

Not in my wildest dreams.

Tim doesn't want to work, he just wants a pay check.

 

That's a bit beyond my control, and now that you brought that up, allow me to explain...

When I was hired on, this was not a day of working, but to learn the ropes, I went home and was looking online. I get emails from this place when someone in my area is hiring. Well guess what? UPS posted for the same job I had.

Day 1 of working, the supervisor said I did a good job, and here on out is "sink or swim". The way he worded his conversation kind of threw up a red-flag, like he had rehearsed what he was going to say. I worked 1 hour that day.

Day 2, I go to work, and the Supervisor basically left me. (From other ups workers I talked to, your supposed to get at least 3 days of training). I had exactly 1 hour..

Break time rolls around, and he walks up to me, and again, this all sounds rehearsed, he says "you need to pick up the pace, or I'm letting you go".

Now wait a minute, I've been here exactly 3 hours, and the supervisor is threatening me with termination? Most places give you about a week to get used to your job. In fact everywhere I worked at gave you a week to have everything down pat...

The next thing, the supervisor was not even in the same area, and there are no cameras. How can he said I need to work faster, when he NEVER saw me work?

Mind you, I busted my rear, it was about 28F in the unloading area. I was in a shirt and shorts, and was soaked from sweat.

When my shift ended, he walked up to me, (again, like this has been rehearsed) and said "I don't think your cut out for this work, we appreciate you for trying though".

Again, except for threatening to fire me during break, he never once saw me.

Let's see, trained me for an hour, when he was required to train me for 3 days. Threatened to fire me, when he never saw my work performance, fired me, after not seeing my work performance that day.

Also (the big one), they posted a job for another package handler, the SAME DAY I was hired on.

From the evidence I gathered, I figured that a relative or friend of someone who worked at UPS, needed a job. Since I was a new-hire, they canned me, so the supervisor's buddy or brother could have the job in my place.

You just don't threaten to fire someone for being slow, after they walked up to you, after only being there for 3 hours, completely soaked in sweat.

 

"From the evidence you gathered"? One of the many conspiracies against you, I am sure.

Tim, if you can figure out a way to successfully market ridiculous excuses, you would make a fortune. Detecto... the Bill Gates of BS.

 

I bet you learned not to pay with a money order anymore. BTW, why would you pay with a MO it really doesn't save that much in fees, besides why are you concerned with saving the seller money?

 

It probably was. Most companies have manuals or other training for their supervisors. Just curious what "evidence" you have as to the nepotism theory.

Sorry, as I read this article:

http://www.foxnews.com/opinion/2013...neration-deluded-narcissists/?test=latestnews

I couldn't help but think of this (and a couple of other) thread.

 

Detecto, you just DON'T get it. You act like everybody on Cointalk, eBay, UPS and the world in general are out to get you. Grow up and find the person who is really at fault - go to your bathroomand look in the mirror and you might see him.

 

So two years ago at my DOD contract job, I got laid off. Two weeks later I'm employed (first delay was hiring manager was out and secondly I wanted to make sure it was right job out of the many I scoped out and interviewed for) and I basically picked the place I wanted to work and I'm still there. Some people can literally walk out and get a job, you just don't think it's true because you're likely doing it wrong to get the job in the first place. Your own posts here tells everyone here why you can't A) find a job and B) keep a job if you actually get one. The problem isn't that there aren't any jobs, the problem is you. Change yourself and you'll get a job if you really want one.

 

Yup, been there. These people have high turnover rates so it was likely all a test.

Oh well, don't listen to other UPS workers, everyone and every new hire is treated differently.

How do you know he wasn't watching or were you spending all of your time looking out for him? This job wasn't all your other jobs, just because your use to something doesn't mean it's some golden rule every where else.

Supervisors are busy people in most cases, he can't hold your hand every minute of the day.

That means nothing.

Which he was probably right.

Again, how do you know? I keep an eye on my little minion at work when he thinks no one is looking or watching while I know exactly everything he's doing and what he's not suppose to be doing.

Boo hoo, UPS broke their own rule about their training schedule, get over it. And yes, he saw what he needed to see likely in the first hour. It was a test and you failed miserably.

Which is normal and means nothing. I've applied for jobs and never hear back, then 9 months later I get a response from them wanting to setup an interview, I tell them they're 9 months too late and I already have a job.

What evidence? From the job posting alone? I'd hardly call that evidence. Unless they allowed you to hang around to find out who they hired after you, that's just a little dream conspiracy that fell out of your brain.

Ummm, yeah you do if you're being slow. I've known guys that worked at UPS, it's fast paced and they want their loaders to stay consistent their whole shift. Sweat doesn't make you a good potential employee. If sweat paid, I'd be a billionaire.

I worked at a billboard company long ago and the owner did much worse than this, it was all for show and for test to see how well the potential employees dealt with him, under pressure and so on. Some of the things the owner would say in just the first hour for some can't be posted on this forum, heck, I wouldn't even say them to people.

You failed the test at UPS and you wouldn't have been a good fit there. They likely need someone to hit the ground running, you didn't and they didn't want to spend the time holding your hand for the next month or longer.

 

I explained this to you on your thread when you told us you were let go from UPS, and I will try and explain it again, hopefully you'll get it this time.

UPS, much like the USPS, has extremely high expectations of their employees for a reason. You're dealing with addressed items, and sorting has to be close to lightening speed.

Only a small percentage of the population has the ability to glance at an address for a mere second and place it in the correct bin when sorting.

The exam for being a USPS employee is designed to weed out people who don't have that ability. I know, as I've taken that exam.

UPS, is fast paced. Those trucks, and cargo bins, have to be loaded quickly as UPS has deadlines which must be met. That's how they've maintained the rating they have in package delivery. It's not about how much sweat you pour that makes you a good worker.

It's kind of like the Marine Corps. They only want the best. Those who aren't of the caliber the Corps wants, are weeded out, and wind up in the Army or Navy. The Corps is the toughest for a reason. How much sweat a recruit pours does not make them a Marine.

 

We have a few who served in the service on our forum, RickieB comes to mind. They don't call them the few and the proud for nothing. When the SHTF you send in the Marines - Semper Fidelis!

 

The Marines go in first, get the job done, and leave the clean-up to the Army!