It’s probably time for me to look for a new job. I’m a bit bored with my current one, given that it’s been 2 years and 1 month since I’ve started. An eternity in my book.
So the other day, I apply online and have to fax some additional documents over to the recruitment office. I use the fax machine from work, which is located along the main conference room’s wall and is surrounded by cubicle offices (which house a mix of lowly employees and senior-level people).
Shortly after scanning the paperwork, the machine loudly dials the number and the scene goes like this:
Rrrring, rrring, rriing, riing… You’ve reached Janessa Brown at the ROCKVILLE RECRUITMENT CENTER. We are currently closed. Please try us again during working hours.
[Fax redials]
Rrrring, rrring, rriing, riing… You’ve reached Janessa Brown at the ROCKVILLE RECRUITMENT CENTER. We are currently closed. Please try us again during working hours.
[Fax redials]
Rrrring, rrring, rriing, riing… You’ve reached Janessa Brown at the ROCKVILLE RECRUITMENT CENTER. We are currently closed. Please try us again during working hours. [Fax redials]
Mortified, I try to cough over the sound of the fax machine at strategically-timed instances. I frantically repeatedly pound on the “cancel” and “delete” buttons, but the fax stubbornly continues to redial, redial and redial again.
I reach to the back of the machine and turn it off. Then I turn it on again so the next person can use it… And it starts redialing and the voicemail starts AGAIN!
Humiliated, I turn it off once again, put my coat on and leave the office for the day (fortunately it was almost time to go home). The next day, I come back to the office, and someone has discreetly placed the two confirmation sheets from the fax under my door.
I am 1) completely embarrassed about the situation, 2) praying that whoever slipped the pages under my door doesn’t go have a “chat” with my boss.
It’s been three days now, and I still don’t know who intercepted my fax.
So the other day, I apply online and have to fax some additional documents over to the recruitment office. I use the fax machine from work, which is located along the main conference room’s wall and is surrounded by cubicle offices (which house a mix of lowly employees and senior-level people).
Shortly after scanning the paperwork, the machine loudly dials the number and the scene goes like this:
Rrrring, rrring, rriing, riing… You’ve reached Janessa Brown at the ROCKVILLE RECRUITMENT CENTER. We are currently closed. Please try us again during working hours.
[Fax redials]
Rrrring, rrring, rriing, riing… You’ve reached Janessa Brown at the ROCKVILLE RECRUITMENT CENTER. We are currently closed. Please try us again during working hours.
[Fax redials]
Rrrring, rrring, rriing, riing… You’ve reached Janessa Brown at the ROCKVILLE RECRUITMENT CENTER. We are currently closed. Please try us again during working hours. [Fax redials]
Mortified, I try to cough over the sound of the fax machine at strategically-timed instances. I frantically repeatedly pound on the “cancel” and “delete” buttons, but the fax stubbornly continues to redial, redial and redial again.
I reach to the back of the machine and turn it off. Then I turn it on again so the next person can use it… And it starts redialing and the voicemail starts AGAIN!
Humiliated, I turn it off once again, put my coat on and leave the office for the day (fortunately it was almost time to go home). The next day, I come back to the office, and someone has discreetly placed the two confirmation sheets from the fax under my door.
I am 1) completely embarrassed about the situation, 2) praying that whoever slipped the pages under my door doesn’t go have a “chat” with my boss.
It’s been three days now, and I still don’t know who intercepted my fax.
7 comments:
What a nightmare! I hope all is okay.
Wow, that's mortifying. Kind of funny too though :)
-Ammo
I heard about this happening to a friend years ago, so I've gone out of my way to avoid using current-office resources while job hunting. Fax machines are annoying, because who (other than me) has one at home?!? Last time i needed one and didn't have one at home, I used one a friends office without asking. Sneaky of me. :-)
Good luck on the job hunt.
If someone had filmed this it would have been a hit on YouTube.
Let me know. I'll fax it for you.
I think it is quite annoying using the fax machine
I think that in some places they do not use fax machine anymore.
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