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I Don't Exist
13 years ago
No, really. Apparently I don't. XD
Okay, so...here's an interesting development. I got a call-back earlier this month from Kroger, a grocery store about 4 minutes from my house. They wanted to hire me as a part-time bag boy. Which....is a bit degrading, but hey, I'll take what I can get at this point. So I went in, had my interview, everything was aces. Filled out the forms for a background check, did the drug test, and waited.
...and waited...
...and waited...
...right. I called up there. They got the drug test back, and everything was good with it. Buuuut nothing on my background check. So, I go online to check my credit report. Apparently, mine and my father's were crossed over. I guess cause we have the same name? But that makes no sense, since our SS numbers are completely different. So, me and my mother, who knows more about this legal mumbo-jumbo than I do, decide to head out and find the answers.
AND SO THEIR QUEST BEGAN!!
First stop: the US Social Security office. Get there, go in, and talk to a lady. Everything checks out good. No abnormal listings, no duplicates of my card...everything's good. Okay, fine.
Next stop: the Virginia Employment Commission. Spend about an hour waiting, sitting next to some Mexican woman who apparently has no idea how to stop her kid from crying. We finally got waited on. They run a check. Everything's good. Again, nothing wrong. So me and my mother are scratching our heads.
We go home, and I call up one of the websites that you have to pay to get a background check. We pay it, and got nothing back. No data. After some time on hold (gotta love elevator music!), I get a lady on there who tells me this..
"The reason you have no background to check is because you've never owned a credit card, car, or home."
...but I have bills in my name. Power, cable/internet, a rental from a few years ago...plus I'm a registered voter!
"Those don't count, except for the voter registration. But we can't find it."
So what you're saying is, I don't exist.
"Basically."
....WONDERFUL!! Okay, new plan! I go out, kick a police officer in the shin, get arrested, and BOOM!! I have a background to check! This can't possibly fail!
But seriously, this is really annoying. I've had background checks done on me before, and nothing's gone wrong then. Why, all of a sudden, am I having issues with it? And now it's cost me a chance at something of an income.
Hey guys, here's an idea. This year, when it's time to vote between politician #1 or politician #2? Do a write-in, and write Chaos Croc. XD
Okay, so...here's an interesting development. I got a call-back earlier this month from Kroger, a grocery store about 4 minutes from my house. They wanted to hire me as a part-time bag boy. Which....is a bit degrading, but hey, I'll take what I can get at this point. So I went in, had my interview, everything was aces. Filled out the forms for a background check, did the drug test, and waited.
...and waited...
...and waited...
...right. I called up there. They got the drug test back, and everything was good with it. Buuuut nothing on my background check. So, I go online to check my credit report. Apparently, mine and my father's were crossed over. I guess cause we have the same name? But that makes no sense, since our SS numbers are completely different. So, me and my mother, who knows more about this legal mumbo-jumbo than I do, decide to head out and find the answers.
AND SO THEIR QUEST BEGAN!!
First stop: the US Social Security office. Get there, go in, and talk to a lady. Everything checks out good. No abnormal listings, no duplicates of my card...everything's good. Okay, fine.
Next stop: the Virginia Employment Commission. Spend about an hour waiting, sitting next to some Mexican woman who apparently has no idea how to stop her kid from crying. We finally got waited on. They run a check. Everything's good. Again, nothing wrong. So me and my mother are scratching our heads.
We go home, and I call up one of the websites that you have to pay to get a background check. We pay it, and got nothing back. No data. After some time on hold (gotta love elevator music!), I get a lady on there who tells me this..
"The reason you have no background to check is because you've never owned a credit card, car, or home."
...but I have bills in my name. Power, cable/internet, a rental from a few years ago...plus I'm a registered voter!
"Those don't count, except for the voter registration. But we can't find it."
So what you're saying is, I don't exist.
"Basically."
....WONDERFUL!! Okay, new plan! I go out, kick a police officer in the shin, get arrested, and BOOM!! I have a background to check! This can't possibly fail!
But seriously, this is really annoying. I've had background checks done on me before, and nothing's gone wrong then. Why, all of a sudden, am I having issues with it? And now it's cost me a chance at something of an income.
Hey guys, here's an idea. This year, when it's time to vote between politician #1 or politician #2? Do a write-in, and write Chaos Croc. XD
Good luck getting a credit card, which should fix this problem, and getting your voter registration fixed.
I'd make a Croc mind manipulation style joke, but I'm too tired -.-
I, too, have never owned a car, home, or credit card.
So I don't exist either, I guess.
Which WOULD explain why my job hunt is failing so badly. D:
Seriously though, this sounds like a load of shit to me =\ Why do you need a credit card to have a background?
...Wait...robots don't have blood...
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...........I got nothin <<;;
...Wait...robots don't have blood...
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...........I got nothin <<;;
Welcome to corporate America.
I would suggest signing up with a temp agency. I have been out of work two years, can't get any offers to go through cuz the market is saturated up here. I joined a temp agency three hours ago, and got a job offer two and a half hours ago. Even if you can't find steady, constant work, they'll set you up with weekly or daily jobs so you'll always have some income going, it's a hell of a sweet deal. Basically, while you're with them, you need not fear unemployment, and best of all if you do good in the jobs they set you up with, it looks great to other potential employers.
It wasn't until I read your post that it confirmed my suspicions that it was my not owning a home or car (I do have a credit card) that might explain it. I own a car now, but I purchased it from my parents, not on the market.