I had a guy turn in a job application and the address section said "homeless" and his previous work skills said "gardener/botonist/poet." one of his personal references was "the waitress" at the cafe down the street

I mean, the answers were kind of humorous but odd ("the waitress") but at the same time it's sad. At least he is pursuing employment.

FYI: I'm not in a position to hire.

What would you guys do though if running a retail store? Hire or ignore?

 

put him in the stock room, make sure he doesnt stink.

 

Times are tough, even homeless people need jobs lol...You could pay him under the table, since he'd probably wouldn't be able to cash a check haha. I've heard of homeless in Santa Cruz using the homeless shelter as a "home" address, and references aren't that hard to come by. If he tried harder, I might hire the guy.

 

Sounds odd, but everybody deserves a chance, interview him and see if he has a drive to be working and successful

 

Surfer has some good points.

 

****ing simon lol

 

100%!

 

after an interview determining if he was mentally fit to work, I think hygiene would really be my only major concern

Like I said though, I'm not the one that does the hiring.

 

dude, you can have the job...but you cant have any keys, sorry just a liability issue.

at the end of each night, the nightshift worker will throw the keys in the middle of that fountain. There will be some bodywash on the edge of the fountain so you might as well take a bath while youre in there. Congratulations Sarge, smell y...i mean...see you in the morning

 

Just goes to show how ****ed our society is.

"You need to get a job to be a productive member of society"

"OK, well will you give me a job?"

"**** NO!! You are a goddamned stinky homeless hippy!!"

 

Yeah its a tough call hiring someone that is homeless. I would think if he came in and was showing he had a clean appearance and was was capable of the job and you guys were hiring then why not give someone a chance to get back on their feet.

 

They shouldn't be looking in retail, they should be looking for lever pulling button pushing jobs. Repetitive ones nobody wants to do.

My friends crazy neighbor down the street folds cardboard boxes for a living lol. he stinks too. pretty nice dentures tho

 

so true. so sad

 

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Poor guy at leats he`s doing an effort. A lot of these guys won`t get hired due to drug abuse problems.