Do you respond to help wanted ads that request "smiling faces"?

[graywarrior]

Grrrrrr. Those ads are a red flag to me coz they usually mean We Abuse While You Smile at $7.00 Per Hour. I can't believe there are still retail stores offering $7 per hour!!!!!

[nomorenomore08]

1. "Smiling faces, smiling faces, sometiiimes, they don't tell the truth..."

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5vAf8LwMuYQ

[Heidi]

2. My fee is much higher when I'm required to feign a smile.

So, I guess my answer is "Nope." :hi:

[graywarrior]

5. Seriously....it's not enough to show up to a crap job?

[Heidi]

6. If it represented the different between

cat food for Ginger and no cat food for Ginger, I'd probably grin, hate it and turn away prospective customers in droves simply by the hateful glint in my eye, but I'd do it. We've all got a price, my sweet, and mine is the ability to buy cat food. CMW and his opposable can fend for themselves. I love 'em both, but I am not jokin' here.

[graywarrior]

9. Same here.

But I can't do the mountain and smile. By that I mean, working a ski mountain.

[Heidi]

12. Oh, honey. That's a whole other thing.

I was managing editor of a business journal in a very conservative ski resort town, where swallowing with a smile was a priority. I'd do it again, I'd guess, but only for Ginger. And ONLY for Ginger.

[graywarrior]

13. I'd do it for a night with Alan

[mix]

3. no

sounds like workplace fascism

[JitterbugPerfume]

4. Gawd NO

I am suspicious of people who smile to much . I always think they are up to no good.

[leeroysphitz]

7. .

:)

[sammythecat]

8. I like

"enjoy working in a fast paced environment". That means be prepared to be taken a half step beyond your physical and emotional limit.

[graywarrior]

10. And get yelled at

[alarimer]

17. "fast-paced" means short-handed

and too busy for lunch.

[Lil Missy]

11. No. I'm a curmudgeon and can't fake it in person. Maybe over the phone. Otherwise,

BITE ME!

[FloridaJudy]

14. Better than "hiring smiles"

I'll just send my teeth, while the rest of me stays here and surfs the web, okay?

Unfortunately, my dentist disagrees. God knows I've tried to talk her into it.

[BuelahWitch]

15. Then there's "Must be a team player"

which means "Don't expect the boss' friend/relative/kneepad girl/boytoy to have to follow the same rules as everyone else."

[graywarrior]

18. In addition to "when other employees skip work, you fill in."

[Ivan Sputnik]

19. Must to avoid:

must be "energetic" team player AND self-starter AND "thrive" in a "fast-paced environment". Welcome to the sweat shop...

[Kat45]

21. ALL the ads say that now.

Yikes!

[CTyankee]

24. My daughter in California has noticed "college attitude" popping up in ads.

Also, some studio want ads are turning regular jobs into "paid internships."

Both say the same thing: we want young workers, right out of college, who will work long hours and don't need too many benefits and probably either live at home or have several roommates and no pesky kids that get sick...well you get the picture.

[arcadian]

28. They want me to smoke doobies and go on beer runs?

No prob.

[graywarrior]

29. B double E double R UN

[underpants]

16. What, no flair?

:shrug:

[BarenakedLady]

20. Hey I make seven fiddie

I'm not cheap!

:P

[graywarrior]

22. Fo a BJ?

[Inchworm]

23. Where do I sign?

ut oh.. I may be killed.

:rofl:



:yoiks:

[graywarrior]

25. I'd sign you up, but I have a feeling I'd be castrated and I don't even have cajones

[Inchworm]

26. There is probably some "catch" anyhow

$7 + a kazillion dollars shipping and handling and handling.

Ok, I'm like 12 years old.. "handling" just cracked me the hell up :D

:rofl:

[graywarrior]

27. Mailed separately

Handled once.

[Wapsie B]

30. If they pay 7 bucks an hour they should give you a slice of the shelving fees they get from vendors.