My guess is they’re worried about getting their asses sued by someone who almost got the job or something.
I’m actually curious who puts a negative reference on their resume to begin with…
Oh man, you have no idea. So many people don’t even get told they are a reference. From there, I’ve called people who couldn’t even remember the person I was calling about, people who burst out laughing at the idea of being a reference, people who were acquaintances at best, people who told me flat out not to hire the person.
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People are lazy. They don’t want to vet or prep their references and they assume that in a lot of cases they won’t get checked. Just sometimes their bluff gets called.
I think a lot of companies don’t check references. The reality is getting a couple former co-workers or bosses to say nice things about you for 5 minutes on the phone is mind-numbingly easy for anybody with half a decent job history. I guess that is a decent reason for checking, but only if you are hiring at a level where you would be okay hiring someone without being sure they could accomplish something mind-numbingly easy.
I feel like someone has to have posted these already, but here’s a few:
- People who don’t use turn signals when turning or parking or pulling over
- People who break first, and then turn their signals on, so you have to break too without realizing what the hell is happening
- On the same note, people who turn their blinkers on when they are already turning or after they’ve already changed lanes or pulled over
- People who don’t use signals at intersections so you have no fing idea where they’ll go until the end
- People who use hazard lights to park
Number 2 especially drives me nuts because it makes you realize that some people don’t have a clue what blinkers even are for.
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penguins.
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Ouch. That must have hit perfectly wrong.
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Annual threads about how much people hate January at the gym.
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Having a flu.
When people are sick they should genuinely distance themselves away from other people and be considerate of other humans at better health. That’s what I always do, I always let other people know I am sick. Last week, I greeted a friend and shook his hand then he told me he had been throwing up and feeling sick asf and he said I think it’s the early signs of the flu.
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I’m the complete opposite … I lick door knobs when I have the plague
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This becomes more difficult when you have responsibilities like jobs and kids.
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Been there. I feel your anger.
A fun trick is to rub parts of yourself on the phone when you go visit a hotel, then call up the room and just laugh when the new resident picks up.
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Side note, you don’t need to be sick for this to be fun:
Hello, does the phone smell funny?
I stayed in the hotel last night and I farted into the mouthpiece, have a nice stay
The joke is funnier now that it’s been explained, haha.
said no one, ever.
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It’s 1 degree and I’m not in the mood for that.
In a related piss-off, I’m not able to park all day in the parking lot across from my office because I’ve gotten three notices/threats now. So I park and walk, then later go back and get the car and move it to the near lot. That’s been fine, the short walks have been good for me, but now it’s really cold and I don’t wanna.
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Just when I thought our property management couldn’t get worse:
Our hot water had randomly been shutting off. Turns out, the fuckers were DELIBERATELY turning it off in retaliation for tenants not paying the exorbitant (undeserved) fees 
Also, they cut the bonuses for the (AMAZING) guards and receptionists 1 WEEK BEFORE Chinese New Years 
Could they get any worse?!!!
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