Recently the Boston Celtics shooting guard Delonte West, took matters of the NBA lockout into his own hands when he applied for a job at Home Depot. One problem: The second stringer's hopeful future employer couldn't make out his hand writing.
"Don't get me wrong, I wasn't expecting him to have great penmanship," floor manager Tony Wodsful explains, "but I also didn't expect HR (human resources) to have to read every other word to me, either."
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West chose Home Depot only after first
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Red flags should have gone up with management once they saw his attached resume was hand written. Not to mention, the only work history that was noted happened to be his playing days in both high school and college. In fact, the only thing the home improvement supply chain could be certain of, is that no one other than Mr. West could've compiled that information."No doubt in my mind he filled it out himself." Head of customer service, Nancy Flawn said while going over returned merchandise. "He treated it like a test, too. Yeah, even asked if he got points for his name like the SAT's." Her reassurance to me was convincing once it was guaranteed that she hadn't been "shittin'". Also, if special credit would have been given, because Delonte chose to use his signature, Home Depot wasn't ready to assume that the spelling was correct.
What's most saddening about this situation is that the Celtic's two-guard, according to store General Manager Harvey Keters, probably isn't even qualified to greet people at Wal-mart. Mr. Keters went out by saying "Come on, there's so many more people deserving of a minimum wage position."
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