Imponderables- a revivial!!
POSTED BY: MsA
UPDATED: Tuesday, November 29, 2011 05:35
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I dunno.....
I don't work there yet :)
I can't believe that Randal from Clerks can have a video store job and I can't get hired there though. 
If I get the job I'll let ya know!
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That makes for a good ponder. Where is the place you'd most like to work if you got an employee discount? I'm ruling out Amazon because that's too easy. They sell everything.
For me it would be newegg. Even though I don't buy computer parts often I still love to drool over all the new speedy stuff. If I had a customer discount I bet I'd buy way too much.
If we can't do online places then I'd go with Fry's. It's basically the store version of newegg with slightly worse prices.
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Based on the discounts alone I'd want to work at one of my favorite resturants, I have many, because I love eating and discounted resturant food makes me happy. Either that or Disneyland, because rides are fun. But that isn't in my city, so a yummy resturant like Pizza Catto or Red Robin will have to do. Food is my only money spending weakness, ... oh wait, how about working for the airport and getting discounted plain tickets? Does that count within the parameters of the question, because if it does then I might shift to that.
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If you asked me that question 3 months ago, I would have said Lowes, but I'm really hoping that most of my big purchases there are out of the way for a long while........
Plus....
I have had a few people there asking me how I get stuff so cheap there lol.....
It's funny to me that Lowes was the only place I put in an application that had the decency to tell me "NO" before even giving me an interview (I just didn't get any replies yet anywhere else).....
Yet....
I'm schooling the employees that they can use their 10% employee discount and also stack the 5% Lowes card discount on top of it if they pre-order everything online. If you try that on the store, you only get the higher discount.
You don't even have to work at Lowes to get the measly 10% discount..... Just go to the Post Office and request a change of address packet and you get one.
Plus... if you use the card in the store, they take it from you and tear it up. If you buy online, you have at least several days to use it again before they void the number. My guess is they process the used numbers every week or so....... so..... don't be so quick to rip up that card after you use it. If you wake up the next morning saying "DRAT.... I wish I bought that!", like I have often done, you don't have to run to the post office for another coupon. Chances are the one you used yesterday is still valid.
Newegg is definitely a great choice, as is any food place. I love my outdated electronics and a full belly. 
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BTW... I love my General Discussion Peeps. If you feel a strong need to judge me on RWED discussions I've had in the General Discussion, I welcome it, but I also say that they are two different worlds......
And while my core never wavers and though I may say things you don't like in the RWED, I'd never say them in General Discussions and I hope you would do the same.
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Originally posted by 6ixStringJack:
It's funny to me that Lowes was the only place I put in an application that had the decency to tell me "NO" before even giving me an interview (I just didn't get any replies yet anywhere else).....
That may be due to incompetence rather than common decency. My manager just found out this morning that our HR department didn't bother the tell the guy they didn't hire for my job that he wasn't getting the job. I've been here since the start of May and knew for about 3 weeks before that. So, that guy just had to catch the drift apparently. Though I can't imagine he wanted the job too badly if he never contacted anyone to find out what was going on.
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Most places around here don't bother to tell you if you don't get a job.
Unless they state otherwise, it's better to assume you won't hear about an unsuccessful application. Well, it's better for them, it is very frustrating for those looking to find work.
With regards to the ponder about employment based on discounts... I like the newegg idea, but if you rule out online places I can't really think of a decent bricks and mortar alternative around here. I'd have to just pick Game or somewhere like that. Get my videogames on the cheap.
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Originally posted by Zeek:Quote:
Originally posted by 6ixStringJack:
It's funny to me that Lowes was the only place I put in an application that had the decency to tell me "NO" before even giving me an interview (I just didn't get any replies yet anywhere else).....
That may be due to incompetence rather than common decency. My manager just found out this morning that our HR department didn't bother the tell the guy they didn't hire for my job that he wasn't getting the job. I've been here since the start of May and knew for about 3 weeks before that. So, that guy just had to catch the drift apparently. Though I can't imagine he wanted the job too badly if he never contacted anyone to find out what was going on.
They actually contacted me two days later to say they were looking at other candidates. I'm kind of surprised that I got any response at all since I applied online to like 20 other places and never hear anything.
"A government is a body of people, usually notably ungoverned." ~Shepherd Book
BTW... I love my General Discussion Peeps. If you feel a strong need to judge me on RWED discussions I've had in the General Discussion, I welcome it, but I also say that they are two different worlds......
And while my core never wavers and though I may say things you don't like in the RWED, I'd never say them in General Discussions and I hope you would do the same.
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Hey Jack thanks:) We just bought a new house and are about to make a Lowe's run of epic proportions so the 10% plus 5% will help a ton:) You are so full of wisdom:)
HUGS Navy...
Store where I'd like a discount... based on percentage of my income spent there Carter's or Osh Kosh B'Gosh
Based on what I want to buy... Pyramid
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It's fuzzy-minded liberal thinking like that that gets you eaten.
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Happy Chicks in Slutty Costumes Day!! I'm off to the BBQ place with hot chick waitresses for dinner. Yay! What a great holiday!
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Originally posted by MsA:
Hey Jack thanks:) We just bought a new house and are about to make a Lowe's run of epic proportions so the 10% plus 5% will help a ton:) You are so full of wisdom:)
No problem....
Just make sure you buy the stuff online if you want to stack the discounts. If you buy it in the store you'll only get 10% off.
Although.... If you don't pay your stuff off right away, you can get something like 6 interest free months using the Lowes card and still get the 10% off in the store.
"A government is a body of people, usually notably ungoverned." ~Shepherd Book
BTW... I love my General Discussion Peeps. If you feel a strong need to judge me on RWED discussions I've had in the General Discussion, I welcome it, but I also say that they are two different worlds......
And while my core never wavers and though I may say things you don't like in the RWED, I'd never say them in General Discussions and I hope you would do the same.
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