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I knew I shouldn't have done this.
I work for a large transport company and we use a labour hire firm for our casuals that come in each day.
My shift is afternoon and before I go in I ring them and book the required amount of guys needed.This works well and if the guys are not up to scratch then it's basically my decision on whether they come back the next day.
(Out of the 15 or so involved,five are about to be made permanent and I will have a major influence on the makeup).
The office next to mine has a group of ladies that do data entry and various clerical duties that require them only for a four hour per day time frame (same firm) and most of them are friendly and there's not much drama as they all are ongoing and have second jobs.
I know all of them on a first name basis and interact each day.We all get on and laughs are at a premium.
Except for one.
This Woman has been there for ages and has always avoided eye contact and has never even said hello to me.
Nothing,zippo,zilch.
Ever.
In other words,she wouldn't give me the air out of her arse to cool my coffee.
Until yesterday.
I'm sitting at my pc minding my own business when she leans over the partition and says with the sweetest little voice.
Hello how are you today?
Great blah blah blah.
I was wondering if you could help me out as my husband is working in a job that brings him home exhausted each night due to the high amount of physical labour involved and he has signed up with (said firm).
Ummm,do you think that you could get him a start out on the dock with your guys as he is a good worker and he won't let you down.Yadda yadda yadda.
Hey sure,I'll see what I can do.
To cut a long story short,he started today.
He bundled up to me at the start of the shift and thrusted his handshake upon me and nearly crushed my hand.
The guy is 6' tall and 2' wide.
He is built like a brick shithouse.
I'm not being cruel here but lets just say that when he finally spoke I could put him into the category of "he's not very bright,but he can lift heavy things".
Man this guy can lift a pallet in each arm and throw the fucker twenty feet in front of him.(They weigh 40 kg each).
I took the time to run him through what we do and how we do it but it became obvious that he was only going to be an "arms and legs" type person that cannot grasp the concept of learning.
The guy is not up to it and I seriously need switched on people that can think for themselves and be mindfull of the safety issues involved when working in this environment.
It all went in one ear and out the other.
The business needs to function and I am at a loss as to why my instincts failed me.
I am more at a loss however with the concept of compassion Vrs fitting the guy in as he just goes hard all the time.
The clincher was when I walked past "Her Magesty" tonight and it was back to normal.
She didn't even smile or say hello.
I'm fucked if I know what to do here and am struggling to think rationally.
Am I too harsh?
What to do?
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