how odd!

Well, these are hard times!

He was displaying the kind of go-getter, independent, outside the box thinking that management is always harping about.

he's from the smart side of the family

Well, he obviously needs a job. And he can multi-task!

I saw this happen! I remember because I was going to Taco Bell, to pay for my meal with a two dollar bill...

Y'know, it's illegal not to give someone an application if they ask for one...

I'm hoping for a counter-suit follow up.

Sure, give him the application, interview him, hire him, and take what he stole out of his first couple of paychecks. Then write him up.

I worked at a retail chain (Brookstone) in downtown Cleveland for a while. This was a store in a beautiful but dying mall that attracts many seedy individuals (homeless etc.)

Anywho, I had a guy come in, kinda dirty and smelly, ask for an application. I give him one, and he stays at the counter to fill it out. I leave him alone for a minute. When I look back at him, I notice him writing with his right hand and covertly skipping small "pick-me-up" impulse buy items into his coat with his left hand.

So I confront him and he puts the two items in his hand at the moment back (but not the other stuff I believe he has in his coat). The application has no pertinent incriminating info on it. I have him leave and he says, "so you'll call me about that application, right?"

/cool story bro
//better than the guy who came in and asked "Y'all successful and attractive African Americans [not filter pwned obviously] hiring?". I'm white.

Better than trying to pay with a $2 bill

skinink: I saw this happen! I remember because I was going to Taco Bell, to pay for my meal with a two dollar bill...

ARGH! You beat me to it :)

Someone robs the place and wants a piece of paper to right their name and contact information on it.....and the manager is like.... no thank you. The manager is an idiot for not giving him an application.

Epicfarker: Someone robs the place and wants a piece of paper to right their name and contact information on it.....and the manager is like.... no thank you. The manager is an idiot for not giving him an application.

Seconded. My favorite story was the couple who came in and each asked me for applications. They walked up front and handed them to me, then went back to the table, ran up a large bill, then jetted without paying. I really didn't expect the applications to have their real info on it, but amazingly it did. The cops brought them back in to pay later. Sadly, I didn't hire them.

Well, he sounds like a pretty motivated, self-starting type. Someone who can think outside the box.

Nogale: Well, he sounds like a pretty motivated, self-starting type. Someone who can think outside the box.

Well, he sure wasn't thinking while he was IN the box...

Epicfarker: Someone robs the place and wants a piece of paper to right their name and contact information on it.....and the manager is like.... no thank you. The manager is an idiot for not giving him an application.

Epicfarker Johnson is write!

Epicfarker: The manager is an idiot for not giving him an application.

didn't read TFA did you?

I had a guy do that at my hotel except he asked for the application BEFORE he held us up. He sat in a corner and filled it out while waiting for the perfect time to hold us up. Not a bad idea, actually. He waited until shift change, acted quickly and got out with a few hundred bucks in a matter of seconds. To bad he left the application right there on the table with his name and address on it. He showed up back at his house with a new cell phone and a bunch of coke. The cops were already there. He's been in jail now for 16 months (this was not his first time). The judge called a mistrial the first time around, the second was delayed. If they convict on everything he's facing about 20 years for just over $300.

/Everybody who was involved is still working here.
/They can wait as long as they want, we'll be there to testify
/I have the best staff ever.

Wodan11: didn't read TFA did you?

Maybe he rote it.

King Sticky: Approves

Came here for Onion movie reference. Leaving satisfied.

I used to work retail and we were hiring a new Front End Supervisor. A lady came in for an interview, and while she was waiting for it to start, another employee caught her shoplifting. Needless to say, she didn't get the job.

Was his name Warren Batey?

I vote to re-name Taco Bell,,,,, Colon Blow.

approves

I think the problem here is that the guy's moral compass is pointing so far away from true north that he doesn't realize what he did (robbery) was wrong. A complete moral/ethical breakdown, or lack from the beginning, if you will.

If you think of it from that angle, then it's not too odd for him to ask for an application while he's there.

Hyppy: I think the problem here is that the guy's moral compass is pointing so far away from true north that he doesn't realize what he did (robbery) was wrong. A complete moral/ethical breakdown, or lack from the beginning, if you will.

If you think of it from that angle, then it's not too odd for him to ask for an application while he's there.

Or, it was "Take your gun to work" day, and he was hoping to fit in?

King Sticky: Approves

I was pleased to see someone beat me to it. If you haven't seen the Onion movie, run out and buy it. And some herb.

Kimpak: Was his name Warren Batey?

His name was Juan Pablo Montoya.

/you insulted my ethnicity. prepare to be suspended for a game.

dweezil101: Epicfarker: Someone robs the place and wants a piece of paper to right their name and contact information on it.....and the manager is like.... no thank you. The manager is an idiot for not giving him an application.

Seconded. My favorite story was the couple who came in and each asked me for applications. They walked up front and handed them to me, then went back to the table, ran up a large bill, then jetted without paying. I really didn't expect the applications to have their real info on it, but amazingly it did. The cops brought them back in to pay later. Sadly, I didn't hire them.

Came in for this observation; good eye, there.

I have a similar story. Lady comes into the Dairy Queen at 11am to fill out a job application, and sits down at a table to do so. Since the place is dead until at least 11:45, no customers were around. Once me and the other counter girl get distracted with prep, she grabs a box of dilly bars out of the freezer and runs for the door, leaving the application half-finished on the table.

Don't know if the info was real - we weren't about to hire her, and it's not worth it to bother the authorities over $9 of ice cream.

/Yes, she was fat.

God, the stupidity hurts my eyes.

Damn, at least my wife waited until after she was hired at Taco Bell before she robbed them.

/yeah, I know, cool story bro