Quick job application question

[mazeroth]

I worked for HH Gregg (like Best Buy) about 7 years ago. My job application asks "Reason for leaving". When I applied and interviewed I was told I would be put into car audio. I was not. I was put up front to sell crappy boomboxes and didn't make shit for commission. I put up with it for 3 months then walked out one day, which was the day after Thanksgiving because I didn't make squat.

How would you word that on an application? I don't want to sound like a baby like "They lied to me. They didn't do what they said they'd do."

This is for a very good job that pays extremely well. I've since held my current job for almost 7 years so I doubt there's much focus on the old job but I still want to fill this application out in its entirety.

EDIT: Also, when they're asking for my old boss' names, will the first name suffice or should I try to contact the company to get their last names? I have three jobs from 7-13 years ago that I don't remember any last names.

 

[Ika]

Was not satisfied with working environment?

 

[AreaCode707]

"Seeking advancement"

Totally truthful reason, omits the circumstances (that you should not have created) that indicate you're a poor employee.

Don't do anything that shafts your employer like that again. You never know what will come back to bite you in the ass.

 

[ShawnD1]

"Seeking advancement"

Totally truthful reason, omits the circumstances (that you should not have created) that indicate you're a poor employee.

I like this.

I dont think places care about references from shit jobs 5+ years ago. Do places like Best Buy and McDonalds even have the same managers or same staff after 5 years? My friend is the top manager at a McDonalds, and he has worked in at least 4 different McDonalds locations in the past 5 years. It would be nearly impossible to get a reference out of him when his number and location change so often. Chains like Best Buy are also known to swap people between stores.

 

[Mike Gayner]

WTF why would you even put that job on your application?

I don't want to sound like a baby like "They lied to me. They didn't do what they said they'd do."

But just to be clear, it was because you were a cry-baby, right?