Mavis is a Volunteer Coordinator in a hospital and is
interviewing for volunteers. Tracey is called in for an interview. Tracey is
21.
Mavis: Well thank you for coming in to see us
Tracey: Thanks for giving me the time
Mavis: You are rather young aren’t you?
Tracey: Er…please don’t hold that against me (Nervous giggle)
Mavis: No it’s just that most of our ladies are retired. So
what are you doing at the moment?
Tracey: I’m currently in between jobs
Mavis: Well that could be a problem
Tracey: Why’s that?
Mavis: Well, we find that the young ones only stay for a
short time and then leave when they get a job
Tracey: The young ones?
Mavis: That’s right. So you can imagine the frustration for
us as the young ones are hard to rely on
Tracey: Ok..so you don’t take on young people?
Mavis: I am not saying that. We just need people we can rely
on. So what is your motivation for volunteering?
Tracey: Well, to be honest I am finding it hard to break
into the workforce at the moment and I thought volunteering would be a good way
to keep up my skills, to use my time creatively and to give back to the
community at the same time!
Mavis: Well we can’t offer you a paid job
Tracey: I wasn’t asking.
Mavis: And how long could you commit to the role?
Tracey: Well obviously finding employment is a priority but
I would like to find time to do some volunteering even when employed
Mavis: I see. I’m not too sure that you would like our role
Tracey: Well I saw the role on your website and it sounded
interesting.
Mavis: Well, our ladies are great at talking with the
patients. As most of our patients are elderly I don’t think you would have anything
to talk about with them
Tracey: I beg to differ
Mavis: Look, I think we are after volunteers with more life
experience
Tracey: Why don’t you come straight out with it?
Mavis: What?
Tracey: You are not recruiting young people
Mavis: That’s our prerogative
Tracey: Isn’t that discriminatory?
Mavis: Now listen here young lady. Its that type of attitude
from young people that gets you nowhere. I am sorry but this interview is over
Tracey: Well, I shall be contacting your management about
this
Mavis: Go right ahead. I’ve being coordinating our ladies
for 10 years now and they will back me up!
Tracey: We shall see
Mavis: I suggest you get some manners and then you might get
a job!
Tracey: Bye Mavis
Lol, it's that volunteer coordinator who needs to get with the program. He's awful! How in the world did he get that position and how did he manage to stay in it for 10 years??? Unless .... hmmm ... it's a very unhealthy organization. Then he did that young lady a favor.
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