So, The Big Interview.
Oct. 7th, 2003 11:26 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
gridloreI was going to post this yesterday, but got involved with setting up Yahoo stuff and registering for eBay, that I ran out of time.
My interview was at El Paseo Limousine, which is tucked into an odd little corner of Campbell. After a few false turns, I walked in.. and I was home. Drivers standing around chatting, The smells of a garages and wash floor... Notices to drivers taped up all over the place... its amazing how things like that can get into your blood.
I went into the office, asked for Mr. Brown and was told that he was away handling an emergency. Since I was traveling by bus, I wouldn't mind waiting. From what I could grok, they had a huge group at SJC for their big tour bus. The assigned driver never showed up for work. There was one other driver who had the proper license for the vehicle, and he was an hour away. No my interviewer was out playing peacemaker while they got the driver in, and out the door.
After an hour or so, I went back for the interview, and I can honestly say this is one of the few non-police interviews I have ever enjoyed. I wasn't asked to fill out an application, No BS like "what is your worst feature", just a professional dispatcher manager interviewing potential dispatcher about his experiences and abilities. He asked me how I would handle a call from a customer who wanted a limo inside an hour. Having dealt with hotels wanting vans in minutes, I calmly gave the "locate, contact, status, assign, advise" system that I used.
Locate a vehicle near the new work
Contact the driver, determine his/her
Status If the vehicle can the work
Assign it to the driver, then
Advise the customer that a vehicle is coming, and the expected ETA.
Mr. Brown laughed and said that some people whined about needing three hours to do it right, and I replied, yeah, and I wanted the Giants to beat the Marlins.. you can't always get what you want!"
I'll know by early next week. Vibes, people, vibes!
The one problem is going to be the shifts he wants me to work..
Tue-Wed: 0630 - 1430 (or 1530)
Thu-Fri: 1600 - 2400
Sat: 0800 - 1600
Sun-Mon: Off
There is no way I can get to those first two days on the bus. Kiri's at work, and I can't have the bike repaired until cash comes in. I may ask my mom or![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
murphymom if they could possibly haul my bod over until I get the bike fixed up. I see many, many miles of roadwork in my future as I build up those muscles.
Starting pay is $10-12 an hour. Benefits, after 80 days, include Kaiser. I know, but keeping me onkshandra's plan at SuperShuttle triples her premiums. When the time comes, we'll sit down and actually look at the costs and benefits.
Hangs head And yes, they have the Forty-Foot Hummer
My interview was at El Paseo Limousine, which is tucked into an odd little corner of Campbell. After a few false turns, I walked in.. and I was home. Drivers standing around chatting, The smells of a garages and wash floor... Notices to drivers taped up all over the place... its amazing how things like that can get into your blood.
I went into the office, asked for Mr. Brown and was told that he was away handling an emergency. Since I was traveling by bus, I wouldn't mind waiting. From what I could grok, they had a huge group at SJC for their big tour bus. The assigned driver never showed up for work. There was one other driver who had the proper license for the vehicle, and he was an hour away. No my interviewer was out playing peacemaker while they got the driver in, and out the door.
After an hour or so, I went back for the interview, and I can honestly say this is one of the few non-police interviews I have ever enjoyed. I wasn't asked to fill out an application, No BS like "what is your worst feature", just a professional dispatcher manager interviewing potential dispatcher about his experiences and abilities. He asked me how I would handle a call from a customer who wanted a limo inside an hour. Having dealt with hotels wanting vans in minutes, I calmly gave the "locate, contact, status, assign, advise" system that I used.
Locate a vehicle near the new work
Contact the driver, determine his/her
Status If the vehicle can the work
Assign it to the driver, then
Advise the customer that a vehicle is coming, and the expected ETA.
Mr. Brown laughed and said that some people whined about needing three hours to do it right, and I replied, yeah, and I wanted the Giants to beat the Marlins.. you can't always get what you want!"
I'll know by early next week. Vibes, people, vibes!
The one problem is going to be the shifts he wants me to work..
Tue-Wed: 0630 - 1430 (or 1530)
Thu-Fri: 1600 - 2400
Sat: 0800 - 1600
Sun-Mon: Off
There is no way I can get to those first two days on the bus. Kiri's at work, and I can't have the bike repaired until cash comes in. I may ask my mom or
murphymom if they could possibly haul my bod over until I get the bike fixed up. I see many, many miles of roadwork in my future as I build up those muscles.Starting pay is $10-12 an hour. Benefits, after 80 days, include Kaiser. I know, but keeping me on
kshandra's plan at SuperShuttle triples her premiums. When the time comes, we'll sit down and actually look at the costs and benefits.Hangs head And yes, they have the Forty-Foot Hummer
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Date: 7 Oct 2003 11:30 (UTC)no subject
Date: 7 Oct 2003 19:02 (UTC)Oh, you might be amused by this, a local column on the alleged curses following the BoSox and Cubbies.
http://www.bayarea.com/mld/mercurynews/sports/6951894.htm
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Date: 8 Oct 2003 01:27 (UTC)::vibe-ifies::
Date: 7 Oct 2003 11:34 (UTC)Z
P.S.: ...but I wish you hadn't told me about the Hummer.
Good Luck!!!
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Date: 7 Oct 2003 18:56 (UTC)I think the entire idea of a civilian HMMWV (which soldiers call a HUM-V) is stupid, and because one man, our soon to be (maybe) Governor Ah-nold wanted. So GMC made one for him. Then everyone wanted one.
And now he wants to say he's an environmentalist? Then ditch the Hummer and show up in a Honda Hybrid, you prick!
Sorry.
I do roll my eyes a bit, but I need a job, yesterday. And I can do this thing. And I won't be driving this thing!
Huge vibes coming your way!!
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Date: 7 Oct 2003 12:38 (UTC)What???
Date: 7 Oct 2003 12:46 (UTC)Oh yeah, and all the vibes from the east coast.
Re: What???
Date: 7 Oct 2003 18:49 (UTC)Oh, Tequila!
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Date: 7 Oct 2003 13:28 (UTC)Good luck!
They'd be stupid not to hire you right away!!!
Date: 7 Oct 2003 13:37 (UTC)Re: They'd be stupid not to hire you right away!!!
Date: 7 Oct 2003 18:41 (UTC)So I just have to hope there isn't another San Jose native who spent 6.5 years in the same field with more experience applying for the gig.
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Date: 10 Oct 2003 06:14 (UTC)And, they may have the forty foot Hummer, but do they have Stretch PT Cruiser (http://myschyf.flambe.org/PT_Limo.jpg). *grin*
Gessi
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Date: 10 Oct 2003 07:21 (UTC)But they should. That's one interesting limo.