(07-23-2021, 08:53 PM)Jags Wrote: It’s super bad when you have a no call, no show and the whole crew is [BLEEP] this guy out since your understaffed and working another 11 hours on a Friday and you get relief that said guy calls in the evening and his alibi is that he was in jail.  That is bad to begin with.  I used to have nothing but good hardworking guys fresh from HS looking to earn money before they went on to do better things.  It has gotten to that point we now have a guy or two forced to work for probationary reasons.  Once the crew and I found out this guy was in jail, we all felt relieved.  That’s [BLEEP] sad.  And funny as well I suppose.  I mean, our job does get that wrap.  We’ll support this man the best we can, but I’ve been. More lenient with him than anyone else in the last 15.  I hope he gets his act together for himself, his family and well, I need him. I’ve got another prospect that seems really promising and “normal” with experience looking for extra money on his off days.  Works at a very reputable company nearby.  Therefore, should be drug/alcohol free.  Also sounded like the most normal person I’ve talked to in a while including family and high end clients. Hopefully he’ll pan out too and we can gain some sanity. I really don’t know how much of this I can handle, me or the other guys. I don’t want to be another one of those guys that sells because of the help aspect vs work load.

That's funny that you felt relieved that he was in jail.  

That reminds me of the time I had an opening for a clerical job and we interviewed a dozen people, and finally settled on one candidate and hired her.  This was on a Friday.  So on Monday, she's supposed to show up, and her father called and said she had been in an auto accident and was in the hospital.  Then 20 minutes later he called back and said he had lied, but his conscience had gotten the better of him and he had to tell the truth, that she was actually in jail on a drug charge, and she was a repeat offender, with multiple drug charges.  

Why hadn't we done a background check?  Well, all I can say is, when you build a business from the ground up, learning as you go, you have no mentor to tell you what you ought to be doing, so you learn from experience.  That was a good one.

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