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The original was posted on /r/antiwork by /u/R0meosd1stress on 2023-08-11 15:59:30.

So I applied at a bakery 10 minutes from my house. I’ve been unemployed since April and have been applying to dozens of places daily. I lost count at 90 something, and these are your typical food service jobs.

The manager asks why I hadn’t applied to “X” place since I said I loved it so much and there were so many in the area and I told him I had and that it still didn’t pan out. He goes “they turned you down, even with experience? Huh” and he was fucking flabbergasted. He then asks how I’ve been supporting myself since I don’t have a job, and why haven’t I had once since April, and I told him I was applying constantly to many places with no luck. He couldn’t believe I hadn’t had a single grab. It was almost like he couldn’t believe me.

One of the last things he says to me is “did someone give you a ride here?” and I mentioned that my car was in the shop and that yes someone had but that transportation wouldn’t be an issue in the future but he seemed visibly annoyed by this for some reason.

I left that interview feeling like such shit about myself. The guy seemed like he didn’t live on the same planet as me, and borderline insulted me. Over the phone when setting up the interview, he hadn’t even bothered to look at my resume and was asking about my job history and seemed very confused about my experience. He’d said that same thing over the phone about “how come you haven’t worked since april” and I’m so exasperated at this point, having been rejected 10+ times after so many interviews, that I accept a sit down interview anyway that ended up feeling like a waste of time, despite me giving the best answers that I could and showing interest in the job.

I don’t know how some people can be so delusional about the state of the job market right now.

Just needed to get this off my chest, I’m very annoyed.