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<blockquote data-quote="susiestar" data-source="post: 302065" data-attributes="member: 1233"><p>Those questions are so STUPID. I actually was NOT hired for several jobs in my early twenties because I was too honest. Several HR people said that while they believed me they could not hire me because corporate said that the only people who said they ahve never shoplifted, stolen or used illegal drugs (and beer/whiskey before age 21 did not count) are lying. The idea was to only hire those people who admitted to what they had done. These were retail chains with hundreds to thousands of stores across the country.</p><p></p><p>I was so angry. I just couldn't figure out WHY they thought that honesty was a bad thing. In two of the stores they asked me to fill out an app because I had done things like gone back when a cashier gave me too much change or I discovered that they hadn't charged for one or more items I purchased (intended to purchase). One was a grocery where I had taken Wiz with me. He was hungry and I KNEW he would pitch a fit if I didn't feed him. He wanted a banana in that way that only an autistic spectrum child can want a specific thing only. I took two bananas up to the register and paid for them and had the cashier initial the receipt and the skins of the bananas so that the managers would KNOW we were not stealing them. </p><p></p><p>They thought that was so strange and wonderful. Most people apparently eat fruit they don't pay for all through the store. Or feed it to their kids. If the needed snack is packaged (like carrots in a bag for a set price, not a by the pound price, then I just open the container and let the cashier know we opened it and ate some.</p><p></p><p>But since I wouldn't lie and say I stole or used drugs or whatever none of these chains could hire me. I KNOW employees at each of these places had records. Partly because I talk to people. Partly because two managers told me if I had a record they could hire me as long as I was up front about it. My one citation for a collision on a greasy hill in a parking lot didn't count. Neither did my one speeding ticket way back when. </p><p></p><p>Who makes these policies and stupid questions? Who would be dumb enough to answer that tehy steal or use drugs? It just does NOT make sense.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="susiestar, post: 302065, member: 1233"] Those questions are so STUPID. I actually was NOT hired for several jobs in my early twenties because I was too honest. Several HR people said that while they believed me they could not hire me because corporate said that the only people who said they ahve never shoplifted, stolen or used illegal drugs (and beer/whiskey before age 21 did not count) are lying. The idea was to only hire those people who admitted to what they had done. These were retail chains with hundreds to thousands of stores across the country. I was so angry. I just couldn't figure out WHY they thought that honesty was a bad thing. In two of the stores they asked me to fill out an app because I had done things like gone back when a cashier gave me too much change or I discovered that they hadn't charged for one or more items I purchased (intended to purchase). One was a grocery where I had taken Wiz with me. He was hungry and I KNEW he would pitch a fit if I didn't feed him. He wanted a banana in that way that only an autistic spectrum child can want a specific thing only. I took two bananas up to the register and paid for them and had the cashier initial the receipt and the skins of the bananas so that the managers would KNOW we were not stealing them. They thought that was so strange and wonderful. Most people apparently eat fruit they don't pay for all through the store. Or feed it to their kids. If the needed snack is packaged (like carrots in a bag for a set price, not a by the pound price, then I just open the container and let the cashier know we opened it and ate some. But since I wouldn't lie and say I stole or used drugs or whatever none of these chains could hire me. I KNOW employees at each of these places had records. Partly because I talk to people. Partly because two managers told me if I had a record they could hire me as long as I was up front about it. My one citation for a collision on a greasy hill in a parking lot didn't count. Neither did my one speeding ticket way back when. Who makes these policies and stupid questions? Who would be dumb enough to answer that tehy steal or use drugs? It just does NOT make sense. [/QUOTE]
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