# You want my address from when? The hell? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [July 13, 2006, 1:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-want-my-address-from-when-the-hell/364272 "2006-07-13T01:31:31Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Otto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Otto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Otto)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2006, 5:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-want-my-address-from-when-the-hell/364272/21 "2006-07-13T17:35:18Z")
Well, this would be extra income so if it gets to be too horrifying then I can quit and not look back. So I called the guy back and yeah, they want to run a background check in every state where I’ve ever lived. Which, if that’s the goal they didn’t do a very good job with the initial data collection method because I have two other states in my non-checkered past that they missed. I told him I didn’t remember the addresses from way back then. The guy said he’d start the check based on what they had and hoped it was enough, but he sounded kind of dubious. I’m not exactly expecting to hear back. For a part-time job at a gas station. ---
**Author:** ![Rodd\_Hill](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/3ab097/32.png) [@Rodd\_Hill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rodd_Hill)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2006, 5:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-want-my-address-from-when-the-hell/364272/22 "2006-07-13T17:49:51Z")
I say call his bluff, **Otto**. Say “5920 Grand River Detroit,” and “1060 West Addison, Chicago.” ---
**Author:** ![shizaru](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9d8465/32.png) [@shizaru](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/shizaru)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2006, 5:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-want-my-address-from-when-the-hell/364272/23 "2006-07-13T17:59:45Z")
[QUOTE=Sublight] Sure, all you bleeding hearts are whining and griping about the Big Bad Background Checks, but I’d like to see the looks on your faces when you wake up one morning and realize that the terrorists have taken control of our precious automotive fluids! [/QUOTE] Who is whining? We all admit they are a pain in the ass, but I don’t see any whining really. And there is a fine line between being ridiculous and being thorough. asking me the name of a person I knew when I was fuckin’ 18 and only worked part time for delivering pizzas is ridiculous. ---
**Author:** ![vetbridge](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/b5e925/32.png) [@vetbridge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vetbridge)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2006, 6:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-want-my-address-from-when-the-hell/364272/24 "2006-07-13T18:01:20Z")
[QUOTE=Otto] I always kinda wanted to work in a gas station and it’s a block from my house. [/QUOTE] I worked in a self service gas station a few decades ago. I was getting gas, asked the person in the booth if they were hiring. Turns out she was the manager. She asked when I could start and gave me my first two weeks schedule. Took _maybe_ 15 minutes, including pumping and paying. Times have sure changed! ---
**Author:** ![August\_West](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/august_west/32/18069_2.png) [@August\_West](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/August_West)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2006, 6:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-want-my-address-from-when-the-hell/364272/25 "2006-07-13T18:14:50Z")
Otto I worked at a gas station for a summer back around 1996 and the hiring process was unbelievable! They wanted the same ridiculous amount of background information, wanted me to take a 5 page “personality” test, it was more work than getting my Secret clearance in the Navy! ---
**Author:** ![Ethilrist](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ethilrist/32/4604_2.png) [@Ethilrist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ethilrist)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2006, 6:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-want-my-address-from-when-the-hell/364272/26 "2006-07-13T18:18:17Z")
[QUOTE=Jonathan Chance] Yeah, my security clearance asked for addresses going back 20 years. I was, I think, 24 at the time. I had to ask my mom for some of them. And as for giving contact info for people who knew me there? Oofah! [/QUOTE] Ah, but then you had the opportunity for entries like: “Suzie Derkins. Stole my lunch money in 1st grade.” “Willie Walker. Sat next to him in band in 7th grade. He could burp the _entire alphabet._” ---
**Author:** ![little\_bit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/258eb7/32.png) [@little\_bit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/little_bit)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2006, 7:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-want-my-address-from-when-the-hell/364272/27 "2006-07-13T19:15:18Z")
[QUOTE=Rodd Hill] I say call his bluff, **Otto**. Say “5920 Grand River Detroit” [/QUOTE] Olympia stadium was demolished, but the U.S. National Guard’s Olympia Armory was built on the old site. If you can’t trust a soldier to guard gas, who can you trust? 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Angel\_of\_the\_Lord](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/angel_of_the_lord/32/2949_2.png) [@Angel\_of\_the\_Lord](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Angel_of_the_Lord)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2006, 8:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-want-my-address-from-when-the-hell/364272/28 "2006-07-13T20:47:49Z")
[QUOTE=Jonathan Chance] Yeah, my security clearance asked for addresses going back 20 years. I was, I think, 24 at the time. I had to ask my mom for some of them. And as for giving contact info for people who knew me there? Oofah! [/QUOTE] Heh. I had to do something similar (though not as in-depth) for my NASD certification. They wanted my past ten years of employment and education. Since I was only 21 at the the time, the list included the elementary school that I went to. I got a kick out of that. Of course, I made the rest of the office feel old, but that’s all in good fun. ---
**Author:** ![saoirse](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/5daacb/32.png) [@saoirse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/saoirse)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2006, 9:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-want-my-address-from-when-the-hell/364272/29 "2006-07-13T21:39:05Z")
[QUOTE=ASAKMOTSD] I have trouble remembering where I parked my car, let alone where I lived 10 years ago! [/QUOTE] I can remember some of the places I parked my car ten years ago, but not all of them. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-want-my-address-from-when-the-hell/364272.md?page=1)