• RichardBonham@kbin.social
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    1 year ago

    IIRC there’s some urban legend on the subject of weirdest job interview questions.

    The Question: “Can you fight?”

    The employer: Waffle House

  • asteriskeverything@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    While I appreciate the spirit of the meme, the “gold” line actually represents 911 operators who are THE first responders. This and fire department I really consider to deserve special recognition when it comes to “thin colored line”

    I just really appreciate them and empathize for how shitty their job is (imagine having to talk to a racist and IT IS YOUR JOB to dispatch the police they requested, and that’s a good day where you don’t take a call because someone’s 4 year old found their gun and shot themselves) so anyway wanted to share this little factoid

    And yeah a lot of dispatchers suck. High turnover because the job also sucks.

    • Sonny@lemmy.blahaj.zoneOP
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      1 year ago

      My husband is actually a dispatcher, so I agree that it’s a very under appreciated field! It’s a hard, thankless job, so any appreciation is welcome :) My husband also got a kick out of this picture because he’s southern and misses Waffle House dearly since we moved to the West Coast.

  • AlligatorBlizzard@sh.itjust.works
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    1 year ago

    Waffle House is wild. One time I was at a rural Florida WH at 3am and ended up watching The Devil’s Rejects with the staff there on a shitty tiny CRT TV. I’m convinced it’s the best way to watch that film, not that I really remember much of it.