Was I set up?

[dolo amber]

I went in for my first day of work today. (Yes, dolo's unemployment saga fans, I got a part time job :D) The girl I'm the assistant to tells me "I haven't had a lunch break in 3 years, because I've never trusted any of my assts to handle things while I'm gone." (she told me the same thing a few months ago in the interview.) So I'm there an hour, she shows me what it is I'm to be doing, then observes for a while...then says "Y'know what? You're doing great! I'm gonna go to lunch!"

She and the chiropractor from upstairs aren't a second out the door when who calls but the big boss. "Diane, I need for you to take these orders, call about these parts blah blah blah...oh, and get a quote on so-and-so part...here's the model # " etc. So I go..."Ok", hang up the phone, call the vendors and lo and behold...there IS no part for said model #. I guess the person who's run the business for 20 yrs is allowed to make a mistake, right? ;)

I asked them what they had for similar models, what the price was, did they carry it both new AND refurbished, etc. Dude calls back and is like...silent for a sec, then he's all..."Ok".

I smell a conspiracy. :D :tinfoilhat:

[Magrittes Pipe]

1. You'll be voting repuke within the year.

:eyes:

[DS1]

2. Who's the dude that called back? The boss or the vendor?

[dolo amber]

3. Boss dude

Who, incidentially, looks exactly like Stephen Baldwin. :D

[livinginphotographs]

4. That girl was a Karl Rove plant.

Not only did he cause the tsunami, he wants to get you fired! He'll stop at nothing!!!!!! :crazy:

[BelleCarolinaPeridot]

5. Just for that I hope you take her job .

It sounds like you were set up to me .

[dolo amber]

6. I dunno, they seem pretty cool

I think they've either been really unlucky or unwise in their past hiring choices. ;)