Anyone buy Triplett products?

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They probably got a look at you and said just ignore him and maybe he will
just leave.
"Zinfer" <rmassman@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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> Stopped in at Triplett yesterday in Bluffton, Ohio. Ad in the paper
> said they were looking for Electronic Component assemblers. So I
> dropped everything, drove 15 miles to drop off a resume, being that
> was right up my alley, and I wanted to tell 'em so.
> Got to an old run-down brick building. The ceiling inside is
> practically falling down around them with pieces of crust hanging
> down.
> There are two paned windows, of which 3 people walked by, not so much
> as one of them even looked at me. I looked down at the window and
> there were some applications. Well I guess I should just fill one
> out. So about 15 minutes later I'm finished. Wait a bit. Look
> around. Sign says 'Welcome'- like yea I really feel welcome here.
>
> I spot a little plastic shelf that has a sticker on it that says put
> applications here. Ok so I put it there.
> After driving 15 miles and gas at 3.00 a gallon I was really hoping I
> could do more than to have put something in the mail.
> Ah-a phone. I look over the numbers. Human Resources. I dial and I
> can hear it ringing at the other end with my other ear. For crying
> out loud. No answer. Stop, look around, think of what to do next.
> Look up another number. Administration - someone on the other end
> picks up the phone and hangs it up after about 7 rings.
> This is probably the first time I've ever just gotten so steamed as to
> shred an application. But it took the fourth guy to just walk by the
> window without so much as a glance. I ripped up my app and threw it
> in their shelf.
> Jerks. I don't have to work for them to see how they treat people.
> I've made up my mind Triplett is not the brand I'll be even
> considering. These people are absolute jerks!
> A company that can't afford to hire a receptionist and has no time
> to talk or even look at the public has no business even BEING in
> business.
> Anyone else had experiences like this?