The Shoplifter

Best call of the day:

Caller: Hi, I need to speak to someone in Human Resources
Me: Ok, and what exactly is the call regarding?
Caller: I applied to job...A YEAR AGO. I haven't heard back from you guys and I wanted to talk to someone about it.
Me: Um.... ok? Well let me transfer...
Caller: I went in for interviews, they called my references and then nothing.
Me: Ok, well...
Caller: I had a shoplifting "thing" that happened in... (wait for it....wait for it...) 1985. Do you think that could be a reason I didn't get hired?
Me: um, well I don't know, let me transfer you to a recruiter...

1. WHYYYY would you still call a company a year after you first originally applied? I go 2 weeks without hearing back and assume it's a no.
2. A what what?! a shoplifting THING? Now what the heck does that mean? Did you get arrested? Were you in jail?
3. Why would you just give up that information to a receptionist?!

Lindsay (get it, cause she's a shoplifter??) called me back later to tell me that she got a voice mail and demanded to speak with a LIVEEE PERSONNN YA'LL.

Sorry Winona, just leave a message. I'm sure we'll call ya back in a year.

Haha, the sign below apparently is telling the truth. It will haunt you for the rest of your life. Don't shoplift blovers, 26 years later you might not get a job.