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I absolutely agree with you. But at the same time I'm really having a hard time coming up with a reasonable explanation for this from the company's point of vie

I absolutely agree with you. But at the same time I'm really having a hard time coming up with a reasonable explanation for this from the company's point of view. Unless the whole thing is an outright lie. It's a brand new Stack Exchange user. There's absolutely no legitimacy to any of the story at this point. People do this sort of thing all the time on the internet, after all. But assuming it isn't totally fabricated -- even if the guy was completely unprofessional, rude, and/or vulgar (lets say, he stormed out and told everyone to go F themselves), I still can't see it being acceptable for them to cancel his return flight home if they flew him out in the first place. But I don't think we'll ever get the other side of the story in this case because I don't think we'll ever get confirmation that this is even real.

elliekelly 8y ago
> Unless the whole thing is an outright lie. It's a brand new Stack Exchange user. My thoughts exactly. The person claims they've been stuck in the airport for 3 days and eating scraps? That seems awfully dramatic to me. Like someone looking for generous internet strangers to offer assistance via Venmo.
- DennisP 8y ago
  Mentioning that he already has a way home probably isn't the way to get donations.
  - elliekelly 8y ago
    Agree to disagree. I can't think of a fate worse than 72 hours on a greyhound bus.
    - hprotagonist 8y ago
      96 hours?
praneshp 8y ago
> But at the same time I'm really having a hard time coming up with a reasonable explanation for this from the company's point of view. It's that OP is lying. I take BART in the SF bay area about twice a month, and have ran into the same scammer a few times. He claims he has to go see his kids, has $xx money for a southwest plane and needs $yy waving around something that says southwest on it.
- cafard 8y ago
  I've run into such folks. But why should one post to Stack Exchange? To establish credibility for the next time he wants to hustle at SFO? (Man, you won't believe what that startup pulled on me!). The thing I find odd is the hanging about the airport bit--after allowing an hour or so denial/rage/bargaining I'd be finding my way to the Greyhound station.
  - Johnny555 8y ago
    why should one post to Stack Exchange Trollers just like to troll.
    - talltimtom 8y ago
      Also there are plenty of gullible friendly souls online and if even 1 person writes him “hey, I can help you out” he’s established a possible payday. Scammers just throw stuff out there and see if anyone bites. Asking “but why would he tweet it, why would he post to Reddit, why would he email me? Etc” all come down to: because it works.
  - balabaster 8y ago
    After they told me over the phone it wasn't a mistake and I was on my own I'd probably have marched myself back to the company and been like "WTF?! I came all the way out here, across the entire country for this interview and now you leave me stranded here unable to get home?! I'm going to sit here until you sort this out or until you have security throw me out. If security throw me out, you can be sure you'll be hearing from my lawyer and the press when I get home!"
breakyerself 8y ago
They may have discovered in the interview that he had lied on his resume about his work experience/ education, etc. Getting a free trip by lying would be grounds to cancel any more of the free ride in my opinion.
- izacus 8y ago
  > Getting a free trip by lying would be grounds to cancel any more of the free ride in my opinion. Why? How? On what grounds?
  - breakyerself 8y ago
    Fraud
- ryandrake 8y ago
  I can’t think of any circumstance where it would be acceptable for a company to cancel a candidate’s return flight, stranding then in the airport. The only other side of the story that would be ok is literally “OP’s whole story is made up” and the interview never happened. If the candidate misrepresented him/herself then shame on candidate AND shame on company. Otherwise, shame on company.
- seandougall 8y ago
  I dunno, it seems a lot safer to let them finish the trip and then sue to recover the full cost of airfare and hotel, rather than risk being sued just for a partial refund on a single leg of the flight.
bhandziuk 8y ago
> It's a brand new Stack Exchange user. Though often times people make new accounts to post on law.SE and workplace.SE.

elliekelly 8y ago

> Unless the whole thing is an outright lie. It's a brand new Stack Exchange user. My thoughts exactly. The person claims they've been stuck in the airport for 3 days and eating scraps? That seems awfully dramatic to me. Like someone looking for generous internet strangers to offer assistance via Venmo.

DennisP 8y ago
Mentioning that he already has a way home probably isn't the way to get donations.
- elliekelly 8y ago
  Agree to disagree. I can't think of a fate worse than 72 hours on a greyhound bus.
  - hprotagonist 8y ago
    96 hours?

praneshp 8y ago

> But at the same time I'm really having a hard time coming up with a reasonable explanation for this from the company's point of view. It's that OP is lying. I take BART in the SF bay area about twice a month, and have ran into the same scammer a few times. He claims he has to go see his kids, has $xx money for a southwest plane and needs $yy waving around something that says southwest on it.

cafard 8y ago
I've run into such folks. But why should one post to Stack Exchange? To establish credibility for the next time he wants to hustle at SFO? (Man, you won't believe what that startup pulled on me!). The thing I find odd is the hanging about the airport bit--after allowing an hour or so denial/rage/bargaining I'd be finding my way to the Greyhound station.
- Johnny555 8y ago
  why should one post to Stack Exchange Trollers just like to troll.
  - talltimtom 8y ago
    Also there are plenty of gullible friendly souls online and if even 1 person writes him “hey, I can help you out” he’s established a possible payday. Scammers just throw stuff out there and see if anyone bites. Asking “but why would he tweet it, why would he post to Reddit, why would he email me? Etc” all come down to: because it works.
- balabaster 8y ago
  After they told me over the phone it wasn't a mistake and I was on my own I'd probably have marched myself back to the company and been like "WTF?! I came all the way out here, across the entire country for this interview and now you leave me stranded here unable to get home?! I'm going to sit here until you sort this out or until you have security throw me out. If security throw me out, you can be sure you'll be hearing from my lawyer and the press when I get home!"

breakyerself 8y ago

They may have discovered in the interview that he had lied on his resume about his work experience/ education, etc. Getting a free trip by lying would be grounds to cancel any more of the free ride in my opinion.

izacus 8y ago
> Getting a free trip by lying would be grounds to cancel any more of the free ride in my opinion. Why? How? On what grounds?
- breakyerself 8y ago
  Fraud
ryandrake 8y ago
I can’t think of any circumstance where it would be acceptable for a company to cancel a candidate’s return flight, stranding then in the airport. The only other side of the story that would be ok is literally “OP’s whole story is made up” and the interview never happened. If the candidate misrepresented him/herself then shame on candidate AND shame on company. Otherwise, shame on company.
seandougall 8y ago
I dunno, it seems a lot safer to let them finish the trip and then sue to recover the full cost of airfare and hotel, rather than risk being sued just for a partial refund on a single leg of the flight.

bhandziuk 8y ago

> It's a brand new Stack Exchange user. Though often times people make new accounts to post on law.SE and workplace.SE.