# Burrbenders Sharpening Service advice for job applicants - **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [February 23, 2013, 8:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/burrbenders-sharpening-service-advice-for-job-applicants/651195 "2013-02-23T20:24:30Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 14\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![astro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/9dc877/32.png) [@astro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astro)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2013, 8:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/burrbenders-sharpening-service-advice-for-job-applicants/651195/1 "2013-02-23T20:24:30Z")
This was a facebook post by Burrbenders Sharpening Service re the job applicants that have showed up. [Burrbenders Sharpening](http://www.facebook.com/#!/burrbenders/info) > [@](#): > > Doing interviews today.. And I have some advice for any job applicants. > > 1. If you are covered in tats and hickeys.. Don’t explain them away by saying you we’re in prison. > > 2. Tongue rings are never a good idea if you have problems talking with them in. > > 3. Do not smoke meth before the interview.. Can’t stress that one enough. > > 4. If you have had problems in the past, own up to them as your problems. Do not blame your buddies for getting you in trouble. > > 5. Never ever come into my shop and grab a customers knives, don’t say things like “I bet these are worth some money.” > > Interesting day so far. ---
**Author:** ![GaryM](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/garym/32/241_2.png) [@GaryM](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GaryM)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2013, 10:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/burrbenders-sharpening-service-advice-for-job-applicants/651195/2 "2013-02-23T22:04:35Z")
They all sound like good advice to me. ---
**Author:** ![gotpasswords](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/c57346/32.png) [@gotpasswords](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gotpasswords)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2013, 11:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/burrbenders-sharpening-service-advice-for-job-applicants/651195/3 "2013-02-23T23:33:10Z")
But, we’re not in prison, so they fail my advice of not applying somewhere that can’t spell. ---
**Author:** ![Projammer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/projammer/32/559_2.png) [@Projammer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Projammer)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2013, 7:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/burrbenders-sharpening-service-advice-for-job-applicants/651195/4 "2013-02-24T07:20:31Z")
I really hope that was all directed at the same person. ---
**Author:** ![Glazer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a88e57/32.png) [@Glazer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Glazer)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2013, 7:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/burrbenders-sharpening-service-advice-for-job-applicants/651195/5 "2013-02-24T07:33:05Z")
We’re they located. I love sharpening knives. ---
**Author:** ![chappachula](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/d2c977/32.png) [@chappachula](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chappachula)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2013, 9:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/burrbenders-sharpening-service-advice-for-job-applicants/651195/6 "2013-02-24T09:49:57Z")
Is this why they say that nowadays you need a college degree just to get a retail job? ---
**Author:** ![Filbert](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/filbert/32/3433_2.png) [@Filbert](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Filbert)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2013, 1:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/burrbenders-sharpening-service-advice-for-job-applicants/651195/7 "2013-02-24T13:23:09Z")
I’ll add a few from my parent’s work- Don’t come in for an interview, then shave in the work bathroom beforehand leaving hair and shaving cream everywhere, especially when the person who’s interviewing you is also the person who cleans said bathroom. Don’t come in every single day after your interview for the next two weeks, asking ‘Can I start my job yet?’ Don’t get your big sister to phone and complain because you were offered an alternative (volunteering) job that wasn’t quite what you wanted, especially when you’re in your 40s. And one that I’ve done- don’t hand in a CV (resume) with no contact details whatsoever on it. ---
**Author:** ![Toxgoddess](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/f08c70/32.png) [@Toxgoddess](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Toxgoddess)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2013, 2:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/burrbenders-sharpening-service-advice-for-job-applicants/651195/8 "2013-02-24T14:21:13Z")
Don’t break into song in the middle of the interview. Don’t say “I don’t really want this job, I just want to get promoted. How soon before I can have your job?” Don’t wear your hoodie sweatshirt with a tie and assume you look professional. Nobody’s ever waved a knife at me, fortunately. ---
**Author:** ![Spice\_Weasel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spice_weasel/32/5435_2.png) [@Spice\_Weasel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spice_Weasel)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2013, 2:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/burrbenders-sharpening-service-advice-for-job-applicants/651195/9 "2013-02-24T14:25:14Z")
> [@Filbert](#): > > And one that I’ve done- don’t hand in a CV (resume) with no contact details whatsoever on it. In that vein, don’t hand in a cover letter with a different organization’s name on it. I did that one, and, miraculously, still got the job. ---
**Author:** ![Beware\_of\_Doug](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/278dde/32.png) [@Beware\_of\_Doug](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beware_of_Doug)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2013, 3:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/burrbenders-sharpening-service-advice-for-job-applicants/651195/10 "2013-02-24T15:55:44Z")
> [@Glazer](#): > > We’re they located. I love sharpening knives. With your spelling, you’d fit right in. ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2013, 3:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/burrbenders-sharpening-service-advice-for-job-applicants/651195/11 "2013-02-24T15:59:17Z")
> [@Toxgoddess](#): > > Don’t break into song in the middle of the interview. What if you’re auditioning for a role in a musical? ---
**Author:** ![Satchmo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/satchmo/32/4223_2.png) [@Satchmo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Satchmo)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2013, 4:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/burrbenders-sharpening-service-advice-for-job-applicants/651195/12 "2013-02-24T16:07:47Z")
> [@Little\_Nemo](#): > > What if you’re auditioning for a role in a musical? I’d say, then you enter singing and dancing. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Glazer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a88e57/32.png) [@Glazer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Glazer)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2013, 4:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/burrbenders-sharpening-service-advice-for-job-applicants/651195/13 "2013-02-24T16:11:13Z")
Hey it took my three whole minutes to think up a post we’re I could use that. :fist ---
**Author:** ![Toxgoddess](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/f08c70/32.png) [@Toxgoddess](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Toxgoddess)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2013, 6:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/burrbenders-sharpening-service-advice-for-job-applicants/651195/14 "2013-02-24T18:52:09Z")
> [@Little\_Nemo](#): > > What if you’re auditioning for a role in a musical? Well, I didn’t think of that. Maybe he mistook the posting of “lab tech” for “supporting role in local production of Les Mis.” 🙂