This made me laugh aloud! Good grief, that scheduler was brash. What part of what you clearly said did she not understand? That's just nuts.
Shelly Wrote:
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> Well, I may have gotten myself on the naughty list
> with a company today, but I did enjoy it.
>
> I don't usually answer my cell at work, but it was
> about 11:45 and during my lunch and I am trying to
> put together a weekend route, so was hoping to
> negotiate some sort of bonus.
>
> Scheduler starts out with a shop which would be a
> 90 mile trip from my house that is a FF breakfast
> shop. I state since I work full time 30 minutes
> in the other direction that I am not interested.
> Then things get funny.
>
> Scheduler: We do have a shop closer to your house.
> (Proceeds to tell me the location)
>
> Me: When can I do it?
>
> Scheduler: You have to finish it by today at 1
> pm.
>
> Me: Sorry I work full-time 30 minutes from home
> and my lunch is over in 15 minutes. To drive
> there and do the shop would take almost 90
> minutes.
>
> Scheduler: So what kind of a bonus would it take
> to get you to finish it today.
>
> Me: I can't. I have a full time job.
>
> Scheduler: Just name your price. Remember it
> needs to be entered in our system by 1 pm today.
>
> Me: Ok (I then quote my annual salary)
>
> Scheduler: That is crazy. We can't do that.
>
> Me: And I can't risk losing a full time job to
> run out and make $10 plus a quick meal.
>
> Scheduler: Well I offered you two jobs today and
> you refused them both. We expect our shoppers to
> be flexible and help us out when we are desperate
> to get a shop done. Are you sure you can't do the
> shop today? I may need to note your refusal in
> our files.
>
>
>
> So do these tactics really work. It isn't my
> fault that the shop didn't get taken and the
> company is not desperate to have the data in the
> next hour. Regardless of having a full time job
> or not, do they really expect people to drop
> everything and run out immediately?