A teenager in the UK was brutally mocked by a prospective employer literally moments after being rejected for the job.
Megan Dixon, 18, tweeted a screenshot of the exchange with an employee from steakhouse chain Miller & Carter, which has obviously since gone viral.
“Imagine going for a job interview and the woman says she will email u in a few days but then waits 1 minute after u leave to text u this,” she wrote.
The woman had texted “It’s a no x”, and when Megan asked for feedback, replied called her basic, not engaging, and mocked her use of the word ‘like’. If there’s a more humiliating way to be rejected for a gig then we have yet to hear it.
Imagine going for a job interview and the woman says she will email u in a few days but then waits 1 minute after u leave to text u this ?? pic.twitter.com/8hOY899wNZ
— Meg (@megrdixon) February 7, 2017
In a serious of follow up tweets, Megan said the woman – who is the assistant manager of the chain – was “unprepared” and “unprofessional”, and whose phone was going off “throughout the interview”.
She elaborated further to The Sun:
“[The interviewer] didn’t even shake my hand, didn’t have my CV out and was just sat drinking a coffee. Maybe because I’m 18 she thinks it’s OK not to be professional with me? I don’t know.”
After The Sun picked up the story, outraged citizens began to tweet angrily at the Miller & Carter Twitter account, which says it’s now looking into it.
@mr_aly Hi Aly, we sincerely apologise to Megan. The texts were sent in error. We do expect our team to act professionally and are 1/2
— Miller & Carter (@MillerandCarter) February 9, 2017
@mr_aly 2/2 investigating to ensure this doesn’t happen again.
— Miller & Carter (@MillerandCarter) February 9, 2017
As the saying goes, she who gets the viral tweet gets the laugh last… or something. In all likelihood though she’s probably already gotten a job offer out of this and the assistant manager has been utterly fired.
Photo: Megan Dixon / Instagram.
