I had some misgivings about hiring her but her previous place of employment and other references were fantastic so I gave it a shot. Her first day she was 31 minutes late. Thirty-one minutes on your first day?? It sounds like she doesn't really want to be there! She then proceeded to bad mouth one employee (who happened to be her trainer) to another employee. And to frost her little cake of do-not-do-at-work-things, she argued policy with a lady trying to train her... in front of a customer! I was concerned but really wanted to try to make it work- until this morning when I discovered she had been 19 minutes late and was not meshing well at all with the other ladies.
So the deed had to be done. I kept it short and sweet, tried to be diplomatic but blunt and just cited the reality that she had been working for us for two days and had been late both days. Since we need people who are dependable it was clear this was not going to work out.
So here is the part that shocked me: she was stunned by this! How on earth can a person think it is at all okay to show up at a new job, argue with coworkers, talk when they should be working, and most of all- show up late??!
Regardless I was real sad to have to do it. I hated that look in her eyes when she realized what I was doing. Crap happens in life but it sure isn't fun to be the one to deliver said crap.
