Insane Interviewer Insists on Interviewing Over Text, Offended By "Unprofessional Response"

If you're conducting an interview via text messaging and want to complain about something being unprofessional, oh boy, do you have a rude wake-up call ahead of you.

When u/Coconut_Groove posted their details to an online recruitment service, they were contacted by this hiring manager who was looking to recruit for a position. The position was offering to pay $9.95 an hour in Montana, which has a lower than $10 minimum wage.

u/Coconut_Groove knew they weren't going to be interested in the position for that rate but decided to have a look and see what happened anyways.

The interview was to be conducted over text message, which sounds absolutely absurd. Honestly, it's hard to say for certain if I have ever heard of that before. It just comes across as wildly unprofessional especially given the fact that they didn't even give u/Coconut_Groove the heads up that they were going to be commencing an interview first.

Maybe this hiring manager is just ahead of the times after all as one commenter responded:

Joerugger

"My company recently rolled out 'text to interview' for recruiters. It's wildly popular. I never thought it would work."

I can see where, in a legitimate organized interview, this might be helpful for both parties. It's extremely common for interviewers to just hire the most charismatic person who "Interviewed the best." which doesn't necessarily make them a good fit for the role. This way could allow people who don't present or communicate as well verbally to have a better chance of presenting their skills.

But I digress. Wherever the future might be headed... This interviewer needs to snap back to reality. 

Boyfriend Steals $14K Cash, Gets Arrested

This gal was keeping a box full of cash, representing her literal and metaphorical aspirations to attend medical school. She's in her last semester and has worked for 5 ½ years to get to this point. She keeps savings from her various service jobs in this box and cashes the contents once she has reached enough for tuition. Gotta say, it's a questionable decision for storing savings, but that's beside the point. 

She posted her experience to r/AITA (Am I the A-Hole), a Reddit sub where people post stories about disagreements in their own lives to see if they were in the wrong. The original poster (OP), 
u/Personal-Muddy, shared her story to see if she was in the wrong for reporting her boyfriend to the police for the theft of the cash, which ultimately led to his arrest. 

As commenters have pointed out here… He is not being arrested because she reported him to the police; he is being arrested because he stole $14k in cash. His actions have landed him in this situation, and he needs to be prepared to deal with the consequences. 

"DO NOT DROP THE CHARGES," one commenter, Bruiscear, warned. "14k is a HUGE amount of money. 

"His family are lying. They are not going to pay you back. Your BF's first response was to lie: he only admitted the theft afterwards. They will take off and run, and you'll never see him or any of them ever again."

"Why would you drop the charges?? He STOLE from you. He deserves to go to prison. Also, If you do drop the charges, it's possible that any insurance you have will be nullified."

"You might be able to borrow money from somewhere - but they would need to see evidence of your ability to save money - you'll need the police report number as part of this application."

"If his family are banging on about paying the money back, tell them that they can sell one of their cars ASAP and pay you back, as courts usually charge interest on money judgements."

"NTA."

Hungry Karen Orders Pizza From A Craft Store

Need I say more? 

No, this isn't a punchline for a "Bar joke" but rather the crux of a story that was shared to Reddit's r/IDontWorkHereLady subreddit, where such a thing happens regularly… With hordes of confused Karens calling unsuspecting phone number-havers, giving them the what-for and demanding food orders.

The thread was shared to the small subreddit by Redditor u/yupitsanalt, who shared the story of their experience when this confused Karen accidentally called his mother's store to place an order for a pizza. The poster explains that this happened regularly at the family business, as the number for the local Dominos was only one (easily confused) digit from theirs. It's hard enough to deal with a Karen like this when you're actually employed by the business, but it's another thing entirely to try and explain to them that you don't work there. 

Readers voiced their enjoyment of the story and reminisced on the nostalgic qualities of the post. 

"Man, I miss those days of answering machines with removable media like that," said ITrCool. "You could keep old cassette tapes to archive and listen to years later to reminisce, even if just silly petty stuff. I dunno, I'm just nostalgic and guess." 

Read on for the story and comments. For something similar, check out this Karen who tried to make a random dude collect a store's carts.