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On trying to maintain ones equilibrium

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Your Text: Insert Slimies » Insert UBB Code » Close Last Tag \| All Tags UBB Help	I recently had need to visit an employment and recruitment agency and it was not a good experience. Without going through too much detail, I needed to complete a lot of forms and a few interviews to access funds and help finding more work. I have been a gardener for quite a while now. So there I am sitting in this small open plan office when my name is called out from across the room, that is, my Christian name, Gerard. Now I may well be an "old Fogey" but I object to some stranger calling me by my first name. I am not very good at masking my feelings, or perhaps I'm not very good at controlling the red mists that descend occasionally. Either way I think the interviewer picked up on my irritation because one of the next questions she asked me in my "Expectations Management" interview was along the lines of. "I'd like you to answer this next question truthfully if you can. Do you think your attitude may be preventing you from securing some employment?" I have to confess to you, my fellow Asylumites, that I lost it slightly at this juncture. "Who are you to be discussing my attitude, my personal details, in an open plan office where anyone can hear our discussion?" Closely followed by "I realise that you are trying to get me to answer questions that fit in with your pre-prepared questionnaire and tick box mentality" :eek: When I told the interviewer that I did not like being addressed by my first name in such a formal surrounding and further, I thought that it was bad practice, I was told by herself, taht I was the only person ever in her experience to complain. Which I think in their eyes further marks me out as having a "bad attitude" I'm very interested in hearing your thoughts on this. I feel that especially in a formal setting like this one should be addressed as Mr Mrs Miss or Ms. [url=http://www.ozoneasylum.com/5635] [img]http://digitao.co.uk/sigs/liquidboogie2.gif[/img] [/url] Loading...
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