An enduring tradition in the job-seeker/employer world is the story of either the bizarre/bad interviewee or the bizarre/bad interviewer.
Here’s a close cousin — the bad/bizarre hire.
At RecruitingBlogs.com (you may need to be a member to see this site), KeenHire is running a Hiring Horror Story Contest. Having collected stories at recent recruiting conferences and culled stories down to 5 finalists (two of which involve scatology/bathroom humor), KeenHire is asking visitors to vote for their favorites. I believe the one below is mine:
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It’s a nice enough story, I guess, but I don’t really get the “horror” part. Sounds like it all worked out fine. Doesn’t hold a candle to the time we fired someone for not completing her work only to discover an entire BOX full of unanswered correspondence under her desk.
Now THAT’s horror.
You’re right, Shelley; that story is not really horrifying. You might find one of the other finalists more so. And I agree that your story is REALLY horrifying!