CampKohler
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Message Posted: Mar 3, 2012 1:36:56 PM
Obviously Smiley is frustrated, but GasBuddy is not the vehicle to help him. He also needs to improve his writing ability a bit; training for this is usually available locally for free.
There will always be racism about, but as society advances, it will decrease. Go elsewhere is my advice; there are plenty of places where racism is a matter of the individual and not embedded in the group. Even if what you say is true and you did manage to work there, how on earth could you be satisfied with it? Then there is always the possibility that it is you that is the problem and not others. We are too far away from you to know one way or the other.
Good luck.
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WR-INC
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Message Posted: Mar 3, 2012 6:29:34 AM
His second of two messages would have given me reason not to hire him.
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bytebug
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Message Posted: Mar 3, 2012 4:22:06 AM
>> Near as I can tell, smiley2012SC was just as likely to have been rejected due to poor language
>> skills.
... Or lack of common sense, demonstrated here by choosing the most inappropriate category to post in?
[Edited by: bytebug at 3/3/2012 4:22:43 AM EST]
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kwzh
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Message Posted: Mar 2, 2012 11:39:59 PM
Gas_Buddy: I pretty much agree, but didn't want to go into all that, myself. Near as I can tell, smiley2012SC was just as likely to have been rejected due to poor language skills.
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Gas_Buddy
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Message Posted: Mar 2, 2012 12:09:02 PM
smiley2012SC:
First, I'm not sure what this has to do with Talk Back To us.
Second, I can't see how anyone really has an "in store experience", let alone an experience that would lead me to recommending a gas station to others.
Third, how could I make recommendations about a specific gas station's equal opportunity policies, let alone have suggestions how to make the gas station a better equal opportunity employer other than suggesting that the gas station hire any and all applicants regardless of ability, skills, trustworthiness, and/or physical limitations to do the job safely and successfully.
Whether I had a good or bad in store experience probably isn't going to make a difference to most people across the United States and Canada, as I don't think they're going to drive out of their way to use the station even if I had a great experience.
However, your second is what bothers me. You wrote:
"my experience at the Duncan Stop and Shop Gas Station for employment was degrading and unfair. this gas statin is always hiring and 5 out 10 i filled out an application for employment. but what i didn't know was that they are a racist company and will not hire any black people. and this information came from an employee. i thought we are living in 2012 and not back in the 20's or when ever racist started. i don't see this company being an equal opporunity employer if they are discriminating against race."
First, I have no idea where the Duncan Stop and Shop Gas Station is, nor do I know if I have a need to know if I'm not in the area.
Second, you haven't said what was degrading or unfair. Are you saying that you were humiliated in front of others applying for the job, or in front of complete strangers or in front of people you knew? Are you saying, for example, that you had to stand in a line-up of sorts and quizzed in front of other applicants and people laughed at your responses or comments about you? You haven't said what was unfair, if you were asked to meet higher standards than others, or you were asked about things you didn't expect.
Third, if "this gas statin is always hiring and 5 out 10 i filled out an application for employment", that means they have a high turn-over rate. I'm not sure how large the gas station is or how many employees they have at any given time, but most gas stations aren't always hiring. I have no idea what you mean by "5 out 10 i filled out an applicant..." Does that mean you filled out between 5 and 10 job applications at that particular gas station?
Maybe it happened, I don't know, but why would an employee tell you that the company will not hire any black people. I don't know what position you applied for but if the gas station is always hiring, that means they always need employees; I can't see why - or at least you haven't said why - they wouldn't hire someone who was qualified just because of skin pigmentation.
But, and one of the things that bothers me, is your saying "i thought we are living in 2012 and not back in the 20's or when ever racist started. i don't see this company being an equal opporunity employer if they are discriminating against race."
It sounds like you're yelling that someone is racist but you don't have any understanding about racism, or at least the the history of racism if you're saying "back in the 20's or when ever racist started", other than you, apparently weren't hired for reasons either you don't know, or you're not telling us. From the way you presented your "case", it doesn't sound like racism as much as something else. At least it doesn't sound like racism to me, not based on what you've written.
Personally I think this topic should be moved to a more appropriate category or removed.
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bytebug
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Message Posted: Mar 2, 2012 7:02:43 AM
What do I think? I think new users should be prevented from starting new topics in inappropriate places.
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kwzh
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Message Posted: Mar 2, 2012 5:37:19 AM
The only "bad experience" I can think of offhand is when I was making notes for the MSL, and the attendant told me to leave if I didn't have papers for doing an inspection.
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CelticHeart
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Message Posted: Mar 1, 2012 3:16:52 PM
You asked for feedback about the gas station and then you gave an example about an employment situation. My advice would be that you return to school.
Also, how is anyone other than you supposed to know where this station is located??
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ziyulu
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Message Posted: Mar 1, 2012 11:20:39 AM
If a gas station doesn't provide good service, I won't go back even if their gas was $1 per gallon.
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scoutmaster
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Message Posted: Mar 1, 2012 9:19:24 AM
Wrong category. Reported to the mods to move.
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smiley2012SC
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Message Posted: Mar 1, 2012 8:53:45 AM
my experience at the Duncan Stop and Shop Gas Station for employment was degrading and unfair. this gas statin is always hiring and 5 out 10 i filled out an application for employment. but what i didn't know was that they are a racist company and will not hire any black people. and this information came from an employee. i thought we are living in 2012 and not back in the 20's or when ever racist started. i don't see this company being an equal opporunity employer if they are discriminating against race.
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