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May 31, 2007 12:03 AM
Broken: Melt Gelato online employee application
This a screenshot of an online application for a job at Melt Gelato.
I found it very odd that they would even want people who don't even know their own age to apply for a job with them.
There's an "Address" line but no "city, state, etc." ... This might make sense if they have only one location (though even then I'd find it suspect), but this is a franchise.
Gross.
That's an example of poor survey coding. Some others I've seen:
"What is your gender?"
_Male _Female
(the problem is, the boxes are check boxes instead of radio buttons)
"What is your ethnicity?"
_Hispanic_Not Hispanic
"What is your race?"
_African-American
_Asian
_Native American
...
_White
And also great are the one-question polls with "don't know" as an answer. If the person doesn't know, why are they answering the poll?
Please tell us your name:
First:_____________________
Middle inital:_
Last:______________________
_Not sure
Please tell us where you live:
Country: America^
State: New York^
City: New York^
_Not sure
HAHAHA
This reminded me of a mistake Microsoft did on their survey. One question was something like how many days a week you work, and one of the choice was 8 to 10 days a week.
Defiantly broken if it offer options that shouldn't be used. I mean I could submit my 6 year old cat, select unsure, and let them figure out when they have a cat sitting in their office for an interview.
great i forgot my age, oh well at least they have a not sure button on there. lol
whoever made that page/section of code should be shot
Maxaxle: "Hmm, how old am I again? Hmmmm.."
*later*
Maxaxle: "Am I a guy or a girl? *looks in pants* Um.....Well, there's a rod made of flesh in here. Um..."
*even later*
Employer: "Well, Mr.[CENSORED], I guess you have the job."
Maxaxle: "I'm a 'Mr.'!???"
Employer: *sigh*
Maybe they have used a standard form template script, that e-mails them the answers of the questions, and then they didn't care about changing the answers, only the questions.
Perhaps the template was supposed to be used in surveys and not in job application.
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*checks his birth certificate*
How old am I again? I'm just not sure...
Posted by: ashleyriot_vs at May 31, 2007 12:48 AM