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Jasp Got An interview!

11/18/2013

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OMG! OMG!

Jasp got a call for an interview from Hollister!


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The Eaton Centre

11/12/2013

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A mission was accomplished today. We handed out resumes at over twenty stores in the Eaton Centre Shopping Mall - where all the teenagers of Toronto convene to socialize. We did not socialize (well, a little bit). We were on a mission!

Here are the highlights:


Jewelry Stores - People are really attentive at jewelry stores. Morro thinks it's because they thought we were going to steal something because pretty much every jewelry store they did not take their eyes off of us especially at a certain store that sells very famous crystal things. But Jasp thinks it's because they were just basking in our joint love of the sparkle.

Victoria's Secret - They ask you a lot, A LOT of questions when you want to apply for a job here so if you are Jasp and have for some reason thought about your love for bras in depth then it's great. If you are Morro and are somewhat shy about such topics, not the place for you.

Hot Topic - They were really nice to us and we totally dug the store. You can get My Little Pony shirts and Superman underwears. However, laaaaater we found out that they called security to check up on us. How rude!

Security (in three parts)-                                          Security sighting number one: They tell us we cannot film. We stop filming and they go on their way.               Security sighting number two: New security guards stop us because they had a certain store call to report us. They ask us what we are soliciting. We are not soliciting anything so we say "nothing". They ask us what we are promoting. We say "nothing". They ask is why we are here. We tell them "to apply for jobs" Then we show them our resumes. For some reason they laugh really hard and then tell us we are not doing anything wrong. Obviously! So they say if anyone is rude to us just let them know about it.  Wahoo!                                                     
Security sighting number three: We see the same security guards as sighting number two. They give us high fives and chat with us like we are old-time friends (which we now are) and we all carry on our way.                                                                            


Sephora - This store is huge and they were painting the mannequins with really awesome body art, just sayin'. Not only did we get application forms here but also they showed us that their special totem or touchstone or holy grail (what they actually call it, we are not sure) is a clown nose in a special glass box. BECAUSE they said that they all need a reminder not to take themselves too seriously. WOW! First of all it was not a real clown nose, only a sponge one which is good because it would be really clown cruelty to have a real someone's nose in a box. But also, what a good mantra to live by.

Hollister - We were strangely surprised by how awesome this place was. Morro was so skeptical because it seems kinda stuck-up from the outside so she totally thought they were going to kick us out. But the guy who worked there was so so so nice and even flirted with Jasp just a little (but still kept it professional). He explained all their positions, how their training works, how their interview process works, filled out applications with us and took them to be filed. It was Awesome!!!! AND they have really fun colourful socks. maybe we got some because they were 50% off. 

Disney - It's really happy there. Like, really happy. Like REALLY happy. And apparently you have to apply online. Actually that happened at a lot of places, they said we could only apply online. But Morro thinks it was just a nice way of saying no to us.

The others - In general there were kind of three different types of reactions. People who really liked us and genuinely took their time to talk to us. People who discriminated against us but knew they shouldn't so they smiled with that kinda fakey smile and took our resume but we could tell that we would never hear from them. And people who hated us (basically that was only one which there is another post about). All in all handing out resumes is a lot of work...we are pooped!
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The Store that Rhymes with Waldo

11/10/2013

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We entered this store as we entered all other stores. With smiles, anticipation, and our resumes in hand.

Morro was distracted immediately by the really sweet super awesome red high-tops with gold detailing that were displayed on the back wall. She made like a b-line and headed straight for them, therefore missing much of the interaction that was about to occur.

Jasp had her eye on the prize and asked an employee to see the manager. "I am the manager", he stated, "Great!", Jasp responded. "We are applying for jobs and wondering if you happen to be hiring", she continued. She handed him her resume and continued to introduce herself. At first the manager was smiling, seemed to be joking around, and then things got weird. He started to get really serious. Like, really legit serious. Then he started saying things like "Your dress is a bit extreme for our image". Jasp, looking at the other employee, pointed out that he was wearing a camo shirt. "You can't get much more extreme than army gear, am I right?" Morro joined back in at this point (by the way). The manager then went on a tirade again clowns saying that we were "being disrespectful to him and his store and their brand", that no one will hire us the way that we are.

So we did what any dejected clowns would do, said "sorry you feel that way and that we certainly wouldn't be buying those really awesome red high-tops", and left.

We certainly will not be going back to the store with a name that rhymes with Waldo!

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Dave The Sandwich Guy

11/7/2013

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While we were handing out resumes we stopped at a little food establishment to replenish energies. It was Dave's Davisville Cafe to be more specific. As we got deciding what to eat and talking to the people that worked there we learned that they were indeed hiring. Score! Jasp got totally excited to work there and learn all about the food, because apparently not only do they make everything by hand, including bake the cakes and cookies. But they also smoke the chicken themselves! Can you believe it? In a real actual smoker. Dave said that the smoker fits sixteen birds and then made a joke about "less if they have their feathers on still", which Morro did not appreciate feeling for the birds, but Jasp was so into it. Dave taught us all about how to make good sandwiches, complete with love, and how much bread to order and how to serve pickles on a special paper (Morro got a whole serving of extra pickles with her sandwich).  It was grand!

Oh, and we got sandwiches which were really good.

That's Dave in the picture with us. He is really a stand up food citizen of the world. And that is us eating his sandwiches. Jasp is making that face because she said it was the best sandwich that she ever had in her life.



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Morro's Resume

11/6/2013

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Jasp's Resume

11/6/2013

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Resumes and First Jobs

11/5/2013

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It took a really long time to decide what to put on our resumes. Like, going through your whole life in point form and deciding what is the more important thing... or not even more important... more like what is more important in the eye balls of the particular person that is going to be looking at it and deciding, based on it and the bits and bobs that you have selected, if you are worthy. So then it's not even what's more important but what do I think that they will think is the most important... AND you have to do that for each person that you are going to give it to. WHO HAS TIME FOR THAT?!

So we did our bestest but some things that are not even on our resumes are like, the very first jobs that we had...

Morro's first job was cleaning the neighbours driveways. They were really old ladies, and sisters too so she had this strange connection where she felt bad for them and kept imagining them getting buried in ten feet of snow and not being able to shovel themselves out because they were too old. She didn't even ask to be paid but the first time, after she shovelled all the snow off, they invited her in for tea and then gave her a whole twenty buckaroos.  

Jasp's first job was trying to babysit...Trying because she didn't get very far. They had a guinea pig and her eyes puffed up like leaky balloons and she had to call Morro to come and finish the job while she sat on the front porch yelling directions to her so that she wouldn't mess it up.  She can't remember the guinea pig's name but she's pretty sure it was "Nemesis."

NEITHER of those are on our resumes so really how accurate of a portrait of a person/clown can a resume really truly be?

Anyways, we managed to get them down to a page each (Jasp's was originally five pages but it was also written in prose) and Morro packed her Superman briefcase and off we went.  Off to apply for jobs...





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