'I've never worked there, lady': Harris Teeter manager, Christie, calls a job applicant months after she declined the job offer to yell at her for not showing up to a shift

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  • Manager called to check if I was coming for my shift... I've never worked there, lady

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  • When I was in my early 20s, I filled a job application at a local Harris Teeter and was later called for an interview.
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  • I got there and the manager (let's call her Christie) asks me to follow her to what I thought was gonna be her office.
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  • Turns out it wasn't; it was the employees' break room. Okay, a bit unorthodox but hey, maybe the office wasn't available at that moment for whatever reason.
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  • We sat at a huge table and Christie started the interview, but between questions, employees from every department would come in and start asking her questions, or plop down on chairs next to us and start casual non-work related conversations with her, or ask me who I was, lol.
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  • Man in a denim jacket smiles while talking on a phone on a city sidewalk near glass buildings.
  • It took me all of five minutes to realize that Harris Teeter was chaos central, and as I pondered how much I actually wanted that paycheck, this huge a guy built like a fridge literally slams the door open. and yells from across the room "YOOOOO, CHRISTIEEE!!!!" and (still mid-interview) Christie. yells back "YO0000, [guy's name]" and they have a brief yet loud friendly exchange from opposite sides of the room.
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  • Yeah, I don't think I want that minimum wage paycheck this bad, Christie. Thank you for your time, see you never.
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  • A few days later I was offered the job, but I politely declined and never signed a contract.
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  • Fast forward a few months. It was Thanksgiving morning and I receive a call from an unknown number.
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  • I pick up and the lady on the other end, sounding mighty ped, goes "Hey [my name], are you going to come to work for your shift today?" Confused, I ask who's calling, and she replies "Harris Teeter's manager, Tracy" (same store, different manager).
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  • It all clicks into place, I chuckle, she huffs in annoyance on the other end of the line, and before she loses it and fires me on the spot from a job I never had because how dare I, I tell her "oh, I'd love to, Tracy, but I don't work there.
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  • Edit to add: Harris Teeter is a supermarket chain based on the US East Coast
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  • I never have." And I hope she guessed the unspoken "and believe me, I never will." Boy did I dodge a bullet declining that job offer, lol.
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