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I haven't suggested any such thing. Why don't you simply tell us what this company distributes?

I followed your thread where you got fired for "over-performance" and I don't know what you did there either. I have never heard of anybody getting fired for over-performance.

You come on here and talk about your personal life, well, we are listening. Tell us what kind of job this is, quit being so secretive.

 

No I'm not, but you told us you might have to travel, and that these folks like to party. That makes me curious as to what kind of business this is.

 

Calm down boy. :laugh: I'm just saying it's unusual for folks to go to an interview and just start volunteering that much information and not condemning someone just because they say there will be trips and people will be drinking.

It's corporate America. It's a given if there is a trip or a get together and you're not Chick-fil-a, there will be some people drinking.

May I ask how old you are? Have you interviewed much? I only ask because back when you mentioned your job search before, I remember thinking that you said some things that made me think you might need to brush up on what to say and not say during an interview.

Did they ask you if you would drink on the trips with everyone, or did you just feel the need to let them know that you wouldn't condem them or get drunk but would drink Mike's hard lemonade. People just don't say things like that during an interview unless they are specificaly asked.

But that's the thing, You can be personable without telling every intimate detail of your personal belief system.

They say there will be trips and people will drink? Shake your head , say okay and keep the conversation moving unless they specifically ask.

Usually the case.

 

http://www.forbes.com/sites/rogerdooley/2012/07/30/alcohol-dumb/

 

Most of them don't even know they can't until it's too late.

 

You can never go wrong with water or sweet tea down here in the South.:thumbsup:

 

I followed his last thread where he got fired for over-performance. I don't know what he did there either. Over-performance doing what?

I have not been in that many job interviews because I tend to work for employers for many years. I have been at my current job 8 years, before that I was with a company 15 years. The only reason I left there was because they closed down. Before that I worked at the same company 10 years, I left there when I moved from Florida to New England.

But from what I remember, we talked about the job I was applying for and skills and experience that would apply toward that job. I don't think I ever once spoke to anyone about drinking, or religion.

I dunno, I just never had a potential employer tell me there would be a lot of cussing on the job. Never came up.

 

THAT is pretty normal.

I just don't see it happening unless you're dealing with a small mom and pop run small endeavor.

 

I kinda figured it was from what you've said. :laugh: A lot of times they will get a little bit more personal with you because they are a small shop and everyone works so closely together. And they often will tell you about themselves and what they do and offer it up as a segueway to hear if you're okay with it.

But they didn't ask you about condemning anyone or if you drank unless you left that out. In the future, I'd say don't go there with them unless they ask.:thumbs:

 

I have a lot more experience in the work force than you!

I have been working almost continuously since I was 10 years old and had a paper route. All through school I mowed lawns, worked as a dishwasher in a restaurant, worked in construction, I even had my own business building surfboards. I had money all the time.

I have worked continuously since graduating High School, I went to college and held a full time job at the same time. In all these years of work (nearly 50) I might have been out of work a grand total of 2 months. I moved once back in the 70s and it took me a few weeks to find a new job, and my company shut down 8 years ago, took me a month to find a job. Other than that, I have been continuously employed for almost 50 years.

I have a lot more experience in the work force than you. And I know better than to go to a job interview and tell folks I only drink Mike's Hard Lemonade.

 

I got to admit it is just an odd thing to do. So evangelist, no more talking to interviewers about your drinking habits. Especially no mention of Mikes Hard Lemonade.