EMPLOYERS AND THE UN-EMPLOYED.

Evening Post, Volume LXXVI, Issue 142, 15 December 1908, Page 4

EMPLOYERS AND THE UNEMPLOYED.

— i TO TUB EDITQE. Sir, — Disappointment seems to be the lot of the genuine looker for work. For example, there appeared in The Evening 1 Post of last Saturday an advertisement, wanting a gardener. I saw it at 4.50 p.m., and at 5 p.m. was interviewing the advertiser. Everything seemed satisfactory, and I was told to call to-day (Monday) at 10 a.m. for final instructions, wages, etc., being arranged. At a quarter to 10 this morning I was at the gentleman's office. At 11 he turned up and quietly informed me he had engaged a man, asked mo how long I had waited, and dismissed me with a mere "I am sorry." Well, sir, an ounce of practical sympathy is worth a bushel of "sorrys." Another advertisement I answered, which a reared in The Post a week ago — "Wanted, a Man." Well, I walked some three miles after that situation, was there at 6.30 a.m., and waited till tho iamates were up, to be told "it was a 'boy' " that was required. "I made a mistake," said the lady, in a suave tone of voioe — a sorry mistake for the forty odd who looked after the job. In this case the early bird did not catch the worm. A poor Christmas, forsooth, is the outlook for many anxious seekers for work. — I am, etc., WANDERER. Wellington, 14th December, 1908.