How unprofessional can you be?
By 911Ricki
@911Ricki (13588)
Canada
December 28, 2012 6:24pm CST
I am sitting here and my parents line rings 6 times. The first is a text message to landline, it says the number, then says if you want me to take your shift tomorrow.
A few minutes later the phone rings, then a hang up = in the answering machine. Again, it calls and leaves a message for my brother saying this.
The number then calls again, 3 more times and hang up. I finally picked it up and hung up right away.
I mean call once and leave a message, and wait for them to call back. Don't text, nor call and hang up. I mean I tell everyone clearly leave a message and say who you are calling for seeing as there are 5 of us in the house.
We all standing there going who is it for, and I go it's clear it's for my brother since they don't understand the concept of being professional, not yo umm I was wondering if I can take your shift tomorrow.
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6 responses
@SomeCowgirl (32191)
• United States
29 Dec 12
Wait, your brother has a job again?
Not only that but some people don't have the text to landline thing and I think it charges. You can text a landline down here but not sure if they will get it if they don't have the ability on their phone.
Sounds like whoever it is is just desperate but needs to learn to be respectful and leave a message, then, MAYBE, call back like three hours later.
Not only that but some people don't have the text to landline thing and I think it charges. You can text a landline down here but not sure if they will get it if they don't have the ability on their phone.
Sounds like whoever it is is just desperate but needs to learn to be respectful and leave a message, then, MAYBE, call back like three hours later.1 person likes this
@911Ricki (13588)
• Canada
29 Dec 12
He got a job at a different clothing store, but he never gets shifts. They tend to hire a bunch of them, then schedule them once ina blue moon. He has only worked 2 whole shifts in the few months he has worked there.
It does charge extra on my parents phone bill, and they had no ideo who it was. It;s like someone I work with calling, and me going who is that. I don;t know the numbers off by heart and I work with them weekly.
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@SomeCowgirl (32191)
• United States
29 Dec 12
Oh that is kind of what where I work has done to some of the teenagers, only scheduling them ever so often.
I would have been mad, and back when I was using the house phone here if a friend or anyone I knew did that I'd be expected to ask them to pay for the charges they made...
It is disrespectful.
Also, when someone calls or texts my phone from work they always say who they are.
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@Blondie2222 (28611)
• United States
29 Dec 12
That's good he was able to get another job though so he's not being around the house and lazy and not earning money. But I wouldn't give up my shift if I'm not getting any shifts myself. And yes that is rude that they would call and text that many times and not leave a message or number to call back with. Guess they didn't want him that desperately.
@911Ricki (13588)
• Canada
29 Dec 12
He usually works 1 shift a month 4 hours, so he isnt making any money. He drives 45 minutes to the job, and another back (now that's if he was paying for gas and a car). My brother hymmed about it, and my parents told he wasnt giving up his shifts. But the fact they are calling repeatedly, and I assume this other guy isn't getting many hours either.
@rogue13xmen13 (14403)
• United States
29 Dec 12
Okay, if you all have cell phones or smart phones, and you all have texting on your phones, then there is no excuse for that.
Just about everyone I know has a cell phone or a smart phone, and we all know how to reach each other. Also, if one of us has lost a phone, or doesn't have a cell, we let the others know via Facebook. There are ways of letting people know what is going on.
@Hatley (163781)
• Garden Grove, California
4 Jan 13
HI Ricki yes thats really unprofessional and why not s ay who uyou are and who you are calling to then give t he messagea and shut the heck up.Why all that folderol? sounds as disorganized as your brother appears to be. and as you say how can any of you know if the message does not s ay who they are and who they are calling?
so they finally did say that or make it evident whom they wanted. ugh.
@wilsongoddard (7291)
• United States
29 Dec 12
I hadn't even realized that your brother had a job. I knew that he had been "looking."
Yes, that is quite unprofessional. Obviously, you leave a message in one form and be clear as to the intended recipient of that message. Then, if you don't hear anything back from that person within a few hours, you try a different method of attempting to contact the person; after all, as anyone who has ever lived with nasty housemates knows, messages do *ahem* "accidentally" get erased or not delivered to the intended recipient sometimes.
@bao10560 (21)
• China
29 Dec 12
I think this kind of behivour did contain a little bit of disrespection.And what they had done did bothered the person who had to suffer it.Since it had happend,I suggested looking for ways to solve the problem.If it happened to me,I would go to the place where I work to ask the head clearly and request him whether he could adopt another clear mean of conveying information next time.Try your best to perform your idea as politely as possible.Then this problem would get done.
