Kids these days

[Monoriu]

Colleague of mine has been taking lots of half day offs recently, all in the morning.  So we asked him about it.  He said he needed to accompany his son to his exam venue until he settled down. 

His son is 17 years old.  I am not really sure how a father can help his son to "settle down" in an exam venue.  The father has to leave as soon as the exam starts, and I doubt he can enter the actual venue anyway.  He can get to the door at most. 

And recently, I've seen newspaper reports about parents "accompanying" their university graduate children to...job interviews.  Gosh.  I hope they at least have the sense not to let the interviewers know this. 

[Josquius]

I smell cheating.

[Ed Anger]

Colleague of mine has been taking lots of half day offs recently, all in the morning.  So we asked him about it.  He said he needed to accompany his son to his exam venue until he settled down. 

His son is 17 years old.  I am not really sure how a father can help his son to "settle down" in an exam venue.  The father has to leave as soon as the exam starts, and I doubt he can enter the actual venue anyway.  He can get to the door at most. 

And recently, I've seen newspaper reports about parents "accompanying" their university graduate children to...job interviews.  Gosh.  I hope they at least have the sense not to let the interviewers know this.

It's called helicopter parenting.

[The Brain]

Colleague of mine has been taking lots of half day offs recently, all in the morning.  So we asked him about it.  He said he needed to accompany his son to his exam venue until he settled down. 

His son is 17 years old.  I am not really sure how a father can help his son to "settle down" in an exam venue.  The father has to leave as soon as the exam starts, and I doubt he can enter the actual venue anyway.  He can get to the door at most. 

And recently, I've seen newspaper reports about parents "accompanying" their university graduate children to...job interviews.  Gosh.  I hope they at least have the sense not to let the interviewers know this.

Report him.

[Caliga]

And recently, I've seen newspaper reports about parents "accompanying" their university graduate children to...job interviews.  Gosh.  I hope they at least have the sense not to let the interviewers know this.

I've actually never seen this happen, but if I ever did the person would never get hired by me under any circumstance, regardless of qualifications.... unless maybe the kid's parent also happened to be the CEO or something

[CountDeMoney]

I am not really sure how a father can help his son to "settle down" in an exam venue.  The father has to leave as soon as the exam starts, and I doubt he can enter the actual venue anyway.  He can get to the door at most. 

His first Gunny can take care of that issue in short order.

[Josquius]

And recently, I've seen newspaper reports about parents "accompanying" their university graduate children to...job interviews.  Gosh.  I hope they at least have the sense not to let the interviewers know this.

I've actually never seen this happen, but if I ever did the person would never get hired by me under any circumstance, regardless of qualifications.... unless maybe the kid's parent also happened to be the CEO or something

What if he lived pretty far away and didn't yet have a car of his own?

[Caliga]

What if he lived pretty far away and didn't yet have a car of his own?

Mom can wait in the fucking lobby then.

[Ed Anger]

That doesn't sound like reliable transportation to me. I'd find another person with a car and able to do gopher work for me.

[Palisadoes]

Sounds like a load of crap to me. He's just trying to get out of work.

[Josquius]

That doesn't sound like reliable transportation to me. I'd find another person with a car and able to do gopher work for me.

Aren't such things organised when you know you're getting the job though?
I don't need a car as a unemployed slob living at home. If I got a job in a nearby place though I would get one (2 hours on the bus is fine for a interview but as a daily thing...no)
If the job was further afield I'd make plans to move there.

[DisturbedPervert]

Sounds like a load of crap to me. He's just trying to get out of work.

Probably hung over

[Monoriu]

Sounds like a load of crap to me. He's just trying to get out of work.

Nah, he works in a different department than mine.  He is more a friend than a colleague.  No need to lie to me. 

[Ed Anger]

That doesn't sound like reliable transportation to me. I'd find another person with a car and able to do gopher work for me.

Aren't such things organised when you know you're getting the job though?
I don't need a car as a unemployed slob living at home. If I got a job in a nearby place though I would get one (2 hours on the bus is fine for a interview but as a daily thing...no)
If the job was further afield I'd make plans to move there.

If the job calls for having reliable transportation or a license, and somebody shows up for an interview on the vague promise that they are getting a car or license, I'm moving on to the next person. They wasted my time.


It isn't like there is a shortage of workers anymore.

[Josquius]

If the job calls for having reliable transportation or a license, and somebody shows up for an interview on the vague promise that they are getting a car or license, I'm moving on to the next person. They wasted my time.

It isn't like there is a shortage of workers anymore.

Obviously such a person wouldn't be applying for a job as a taxi driver.
For most jobs though such concerns are for after they know they've got a job somewhere.