'Funniest interview I ever conducted': Boss laughs job-seeker out of interview after his hilariously over-the-top request

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Remy Millisky • Writer and Editor
Mar 22, 2023 11:00 AM EDT

Minimum wage? No thanks. This teen is ready for a 6-figure job!

A boss at one shop shared their experience while hiring for an entry-level position, which ended in hilarity after this teen's highfalutin request. They wrote to r/EntitledPeople to share their tale. The OP was only looking for a teen to clean up around their mechanic shop, adding that teens don't usually stick around for long. It seems like it's a starter job for most teens – but then the OP interviewed this dude, who didn't take rejection very well. 

I wonder if an adult in this teen's life told him to ask for a high salary, so that he could then negotiate with his employer. That used to be a thing decades ago… Unfortunately for today's kids, the job market doesn't work like that, especially not in entry level roles. Employers can just pick the next person who will work for minimum wage! 

In the comments, some people wondered if this teen was in fact trying to get out of finding a job. Maybe his parents told him to get a job, and he decided to blow the interview just to make sure he wouldn't have to work. With the way he ruined this interview, that's a plausible theory.  

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    Human body - r/Entitled People Posted by u/Jaderian Entitled teen thinks he should get a 6 figure salary to sweep floors.
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    Font - So I could write a never ending string of posts on all of the teenagers we have hired to assist around the shop. Most of them just end up cleaning the floors as they end up being useless but there are are a few gems among the rubbish. Than you find the turds.
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    Font - a round of interviews I just did with a bunch of teens and I couldn't believe what this kid said. He told me that he required a salary of $150,000 plus hazard pay if he has to go under a truck.
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    Font - This is the first time I ever laughed during an interview as I can usually hold it in till the applicant leaves. He was shocked that I laughed and even more shocked when I said and I quote "Sorry you won't be a good fit for this job. I wish you a good one and have a nice day," and ended the interview. He than proceeded to call me a greedy business owner and a slave driver. I didn't respond. This was the funniest interview I ever conducted.
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    Font - Excellent_Ad1132 Someone who hasn't figured out that TV is not reality, and you don't walk into a job and become CEO automatically.
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    Font - BonesJustice What was the actual role he thought he was applying for? You said most of the teenagers you hire "end up" sweeping the floors, insinuating it's because you don't trust them to do other things. Presumably he was not interviewing for a "floor sweep" position, so what was it?
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    Font - Jaderian OP He was applying for the mechanic helper position. Basically a glorified term for the guy that cleans the shop, runs for parts and assists the mechanics when needed. Many of those I hire we let go because we don't need a floor sweeper we need someone to learn and who wants to be an apprentice.
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    Font - BonesJustice If you want an apprentice, put out a listing for an apprentice. The applicants who actually want to be an apprentice probably aren't going to apply to be a "helper" since that sounds like a comparatively dead-end position.
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    Human body - JustanOldBaby Boomer Oh this kid is in for a world of REALITY CHECKS!!!!
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    Rectangle - HedgehogAlarmed8853 I like when some kids think that they should be where their parents are financially.
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    Font - SlanceA420 What was the job? 47 Jaderian OP Reply Share : A helper mechanic. basically a glorified term for the guys that clean the shop, run for parts and assist the mechanics when needed.
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    Font - ailweni I saw a resume once where the applicant claimed it was illegal to pay someone with a Master's degree under $50k (2004 money).
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    Rectangle - Pretty_Winter_4693 As a young adult who wants livable wages, this is f king ridiculous. I this is why people s on my generation. They think we want this when all I want to do is have a place to live and not starve
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    Human body - mynamesaretaken1 When your parents force you to look for a job but you don't want one.
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    Font - Havanesemom43 Entitled parents raising Entitled lazy all about me children. Buh Bye evil spawn.
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    Font - bonafidebob Kid just needs to wait about 50 years. By then an inflation adjusted minimum wage ($15/hour in CA) will be $75/hour or $150K/year full time. (Of course by then we'll have a 30 hour work week and five weeks holiday so it'll only be 1400 hours a year instead of 2000 for full time... so maybe give it 60 years. Oops, they'll have already retired!
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