I’ve been applying tirelessly to a bunch of random jobs so I can support myself a bit more as I finish university. I got called in for an interview at an auto/home department store, but the manager made a weird joke and I want others opinion on it.
He asked me what pay I was expecting, and I told him minimum wage as that’s the going rate for these type of jobs (in hindsight I should have said something else). The manager says, “great! That’s 14$.” I know that’s incorrect, so I say “uh no actually it’s 16.55.” He says something like, “oh I’m just teasing you! I wanted to see what you’d say. We recently hired another girl and I told her the same thing, but she didn’t realize I was joking. So she things we’re paying her above minimum wage.” And he started laughing. Part of me felt weirded out and uncomfortable by this… I don’t find it funny to joke about pay. And I don’t think it’s funny that he made the other new hire believe she’s being paid above minimum wage…
Am I overreacting by thinking this was a weird, maybe inappropriate joke?