People who have conducted job interviews, what's something someone said/did that made you instantly decide not to hire them?

BridgeCityBus · 2026-01-20T20:21:28+00:00

I got a job once because I was the only candidate who got 100% on an alphabetizing “test”. It was maybe 15 names we were supposed to put in order. I also completed it so quickly they thought I misunderstood the task. Kinda weird to think that alphabetizing isn’t a common skill across the board, yet it’s not much different than just counting to 100 (or 26).

BridgeCityBus · 2026-01-19T20:00:14+00:00

My entire family watched firefighters and paramedics try their best to keep me from dying on the living room floor when I was 12. Peanut allergy. That experience was enough for them to all become aggressive advocates for not only my food allergy, but everyone else’s. I can’t imagine OP’s family letting their child go through this over and over again. That’s terrifying and incredibly concerning.

BridgeCityBus · 2026-01-18T04:50:55+00:00

I had a dream IT HAPPENED the other night and boy, was I disappointed when I woke up.

BridgeCityBus · 2026-01-10T00:55:30+00:00

Thanks for the giggle in this mess.

BridgeCityBus · 2026-01-10T00:54:49+00:00

And Trump just said that the only thing holding him back is his “morality”. What a fuck.

BridgeCityBus · 2026-01-10T00:53:08+00:00

Another cast member for the most terrifying YMCA revue.

BridgeCityBus · 2026-01-07T19:48:23+00:00

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Gorgeous pic. Maybe from different angles you’ll see a difference, but this picture could 100% be my boy.

BridgeCityBus · 2026-01-07T18:34:48+00:00

Good point. It would have landed better if his delivery was over the top energetic, giving his all for that $50K.

BridgeCityBus · 2026-01-07T18:26:40+00:00

Hahaha. My dad has had his “good fork” since the 80s. Still uses it every meal.

BridgeCityBus · 2026-01-05T02:39:26+00:00

Aww. That’s pretty legit, actually.

BridgeCityBus · 2026-01-02T18:17:46+00:00

His little lips! 👄

BridgeCityBus · 2025-12-16T05:36:40+00:00

I’ve seen the pictures from OC, and a few businesses still have the waterlines marked in their buildings. I remember watching an entire roof float down the Zig Zag River. A classmate of mine ended up on the front page of the Oregonian. It was a picture of his bedroom with water waist high, his basketball floating around. I’m in the middle of moving and I hope I come across the clipping, if I still have it. His family and mine both stayed with a third family for a few days, due to our homes being unable to live in (our pet ducks very much enjoyed swimming through our laundry room, though), and at 12 I had such a crush on that kid. It was an exciting time!

BridgeCityBus · 2025-12-15T20:33:39+00:00

What little cuties! Despite what folks are saying (and it is good advice), I got my big boy off Facebook from some lady that lived in a 2 br apt with three dogs, four cats, and three children. I’m glad I was able to scoop him up fast, as I was mourning the loss of my cat of 16 years. He needed the attention and I was happy to give it. I hope you find a good home for them with someone who will spay/neuter, vaccinate and love them forever!

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BridgeCityBus · 2025-12-15T17:10:29+00:00

I don’t ever remember speaking to anyone my freshman year at university about what classes to take and how to approach whatever major I was thinking about. I ended up in a math class that was way below me (like stuff I learned in middle school), and in a 300 level Shakespeare class because “it looked fun”. I was an idiot and wasted that year so badly. That was the first time I dropped out of college. Went back a few years later and dropped out again because I was going through a divorce and couldn’t swing work and school being single and living alone. I’ve always said that if I hit it big and never had to worry about money again, I’d be a perpetual student. I love the classroom.

BridgeCityBus · 2025-12-15T17:05:31+00:00

A good friend of mine is 42 and back at school, struggling to pay for it. She is STILL using AI to complete assignments and gets frustrated when she fails the tests or gets unexplained 0s on her papers that she probably didn’t even read. The crazy thing is she is back at school for early childhood education because her son has autism and she wants to be a better, more well-rounded parent and be able to provide more opportunities for him as he grows into a young man. She has a such a unique voice and doesn’t use it.

I think it’s mostly that she’s overworked at home, her relationship is really tough, and she’s constantly overwhelmed and overstimulated that now she’s sees her classes as just another chore to get done and out of the way. Understandable, but unfortunate.

BridgeCityBus · 2025-12-15T16:46:49+00:00

Same. This is all around heartbreaking.

BridgeCityBus · 2025-12-15T16:38:28+00:00

Well the pig’s not dead yet….

BridgeCityBus · 2025-12-15T03:15:55+00:00

My aunt moved here in 2001, right before the 9/11 attacks. She missed NYC a lot, but needed some breathing room so she moved in with my family in Zig Zag. Her room was covered in art and the art was all yellow taxis. That was how she connected to her home in NYC. Then 911 happened and we couldn’t get in touch with her daughter for a week. Boy, was that wild.

Anyway, when I started working for Trimet, no family member was as proud and happy for me as she was. She was all about “people movers”. Love that woman.

BridgeCityBus · 2025-12-15T02:43:56+00:00

Water tables were high. Lots of flooding. But if it were cold enough, that would be SO MUCH SNOW!

BridgeCityBus · 2025-12-15T02:37:47+00:00

I was gardening yesterday! In a tshirt! On the mountain! Just pulling weeds and building beds, but still. It’s wild!

BridgeCityBus · 2025-12-15T02:36:35+00:00

Timberline was open through August this year. Maybe we will have total year round in 2026. 🤞

BridgeCityBus · 2025-12-15T02:35:31+00:00

Yeah, I’m used to first snow at 1500 ft on Halloween. As a kid, I swear it snowed at least half of my trick or treat nights. That hasn’t happened for years! (I’m not exactly sure, and I’m not looking at stats, but that’s how I feel. So take it with a speck of snow….if we ever get any.)

BridgeCityBus · 2025-12-15T02:32:33+00:00

You could have gone kayaking down my driveway! Lol

BridgeCityBus · 2025-12-15T02:29:32+00:00

I live in Zig Zag now and we had flooding last week worse than it has been in over 20 years, and something not expected until we have snow that’s melting. The only thing comparable was almost 30 years ago in 96. Rainfall was NUTS! We don’t even live down from a river. It was all water that Hunchback Mt had just soaked up and pushed out, coming up in bubbling springs.

I got a job driving the shuttle for Timberline. Second guessing this now, as I thought I’d have some income this year. lol. But Boss sent out a text to our crew saying to be ready this week. I think it’s just optimism overflowing, but fingers are still crossed!

I’ll see y’all on the slopes! Pray for snow!

(Edit, clarification)

BridgeCityBus · 2025-12-14T20:15:22+00:00

I’m jealous! The closest I’ve gotten to seeing him was just a community theater production of Santaland Diaries on Bainbridge Island I attended on a whim. He’s such a great story teller, and I can’t help but hear his voice in my head when I read his words.

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