Comments on: L.A. Job Scam FAIL

By: Joe K.

Joe K. — Fri, 12 Feb 2010 06:15:09 +0000

You should find the package, write down the return address and then send “Just Because” cards once a week. But then one random week out of the year send a picture of yourself pumping up a bicycle tire in galoshes.

By: Claudia

Claudia — Thu, 11 Feb 2010 18:35:19 +0000

I ran into a similar CL scam last year when I applied for a bartending job. The “club owner” emailed me that he needed me to pick up the liquor for the club that was about to open. Said he would send me a check in my name and I should cash it and then pay the liquor wholesaler (though he would give me no info on who the wholesaler was). I asked for him not to send a check and instead to send the details and the location of the club, and the club manager’s name and contact info. Of course he never sent any of that and just kept saying that I’d be doing him this huge favor and he really was relying on me to get this done. Blah blah blah. I told him I thought he was a scam and to never contact me again. Then he sent a package anyway! I never opened it, but it came registered mail and one of my roommates must have signed for it. It’s still sitting in a box somewhere. I wonder if there is really a check in there?…

By: Joe K.

Joe K. — Thu, 11 Feb 2010 05:57:33 +0000

There’s definitely been a formula to each job incident. I haven’t made up any of the stories I’ve told you so far, but I’d say with my experience in shitty jobs, I could definitely conjure 8 more jobs from hell.

By: BrevityTV

BrevityTV — Wed, 10 Feb 2010 14:06:12 +0000

Hmmm… If Joe could humorously fail at securing gainful employment seven or eight more times, we definitely could have a series there.

By: Barry P.

Barry P. — Wed, 10 Feb 2010 09:27:40 +0000

It is important that no one catches on to this blog, Joe. If you make one post each week, you need to pay only $25 to fundderon@globotron.corp

MAKE THE PAY QUICKLY!

(I love your job-hunting stories. They are a reality series.)