Thread: Процедура from hell

ok, i need some more opinions on this one...
in short two of my gf's friends (male and female) have been accepted to work at ofitsanki in a restaurant and for this they needed to have a medical. i thought this would be a rough check up but seems i was wong.
they had blood tests and full examination and by full im talkin' internal. things going places, all possable places you could think of testing

all this probing and sampling to work in as a fricking ofisant! does anyone else seem to find this strange? they sure didnt, claiming it was in the restaurants interest to have healthy workers that wouldn't infect the customers

so, what do you guys think?

Well in Russia you have to have so called medical book (медицинская книжка) - it's a little dark-blue book with some pages where all your dates are noted - that nessesery vaccines were done, all analisyses are good and so on. It's a usual custom if you are going to work with food.
There is not enough just to collect all medical stamped papers - you must have medical book.

And actually yes - they have to bring a piece of their sh*t and urine for analisys on dysentery and other things.

Or you prefer your meal would be cooked and served by anyone who has dysentery or anything worse?

yes it was for the 'medical book', dont think ill be entering the food business anytime soon

You're main concern was the fingers up the arse wasn't it?

Are these prospective employees Russians or foreigners?

In any case, that's no surprise to me -- all the официантки I dealt with acted like they had something up their arse. Anal, anal, anal people. Actually, the good ones were just horribly impersonal. The bad ones were downright rude.

To get back to your question, I don't know. Yeah, it does seem weird to me -- this is typically an entry-level service position that they hire any schmuck for in the US. As long as you can carry a tray and don't have blood gushing out of your eye-sockets, you're a go. With that being said, I also understand why they'd want people who weren't going to spread the plague or whatever too.

Originally Posted by Barmaley

Are these prospective employees Russians or foreigners?

In any case, that's no surprise to me -- all the официантки I dealt with acted like they had something up their arse. Anal, anal, anal people. Actually, the good ones were just horribly impersonal. The bad ones were downright rude.

Well, then I think it is time to start washing your hair, most of the официантки I met were down right cute and nice!

Originally Posted by kalinka_vinnie

Originally Posted by Barmaley

Are these prospective employees Russians or foreigners?

In any case, that's no surprise to me -- all the официантки I dealt with acted like they had something up their arse. Anal, anal, anal people. Actually, the good ones were just horribly impersonal. The bad ones were downright rude.

Well, then I think it is time to start washing your hair, most of the официантки I met were down right cute and nice!

Then our entire group of 20-something students had bad hair -- the nearest cafe had great food, but they were horrid people. They were just surly at first, but then devised a strategy of declaring every table in the place, except 2 of them "reserved for business lunch." Which was odd, b/c it constantly stayed dead. Nevertheless we kept going there -- until they declared the ENTIRE cafe reserved for "business lunch." This wasn't a periodic occurence -- it was a perpetual state!

Well, I guess they didn't like you lot Noisy Americans! lol!

Originally Posted by Barmaley

Originally Posted by kalinka_vinnie

Originally Posted by Barmaley

Are these prospective employees Russians or foreigners?

In any case, that's no surprise to me -- all the официантки I dealt with acted like they had something up their arse. Anal, anal, anal people. Actually, the good ones were just horribly impersonal. The bad ones were downright rude.

Well, then I think it is time to start washing your hair, most of the официантки I met were down right cute and nice!

Then our entire group of 20-something students had bad hair -- the nearest cafe had great food, but they were horrid people. They were just surly at first, but then devised a strategy of declaring every table in the place, except 2 of them "reserved for business lunch." Which was odd, b/c it constantly stayed dead. Nevertheless we kept going there -- until they declared the ENTIRE cafe reserved for "business lunch." This wasn't a periodic occurence -- it was a perpetual state!

Sounds like typical service in Australian restaraunts

they're russians. peronally i thought it was crazy considering the job, but hey без стакана не разобраться!

Originally Posted by Barmaley

This wasn't a periodic occurence -- it was a perpetual state!

Usually people get the idea that they are not wanted fairly quickly.

девочка, которая умеет бухать и курить, значит есть о чем поговорить!

what does it mean? :))

Originally Posted by adoc

Originally Posted by Barmaley

This wasn't a periodic occurence -- it was a perpetual state!

Usually people get the idea that they are not wanted fairly quickly.

But the soup was SOOOO good!

something like a girl who can booze and smoke is one to talk to. in english the rythm is lost tho

To fill it with sense, you must add "Если" in the beginning and cross out "которая".

Originally Posted by Lt. Columbo

something like a girl who can booze and smoke is one to talk to. in english the rythm is lost tho

It's must be: Если девочка умеет бухать и курить, значит (с ней) есть о чём поговорить =)

I don't agree. The girl will booze and smoke and no time will be left for a lame talk.

Originally Posted by Rtyom

I don't agree. The girl will booze and smoke and no time will be left for a lame talk.

No. The reason she won't be able to talk isn't time, but the fact that in a few years she'll have throat cancer and her voicebox will be destroyed...

Originally Posted by Barmaley

Originally Posted by Rtyom

I don't agree. The girl will booze and smoke and no time will be left for a lame talk.

No. The reason she won't be able to talk isn't time, but the fact that in a few years she'll have throat cancer and her voicebox will be destroyed...

It sounds optimistic...

Originally Posted by Rtyom

I don't agree. The girl will booze and smoke and no time will be left for a lame talk.

Clearly, you are having the girl smoke the wrong substance!


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