Today's POTD represents my current emotion (not to be confused with being emo). Today I am feeling like "hard times", as written about in this book which I have not read.
So today it became crystal clear that our fine city is not only experiencing a blistering cold spell, but in addition to this, a "hiring freeze" has stunted my goals of finding a job. With the exception of "wide-eyes Lenny" from a coffee shop downtown, who informed me that he was not hiring at the moment, but he would be next week. So I promptly filled out an application.. I jumped at the opportunity to work with him. I wondered if choosing $14/hour was a reasonable request for starting pay when asked.. could this hurt my chances?
Perhaps the most notable downfall of the day was the moment when I was filling out the application paperwork for MEC, and part way through decided that I was not fit to work there, because when asked how often I participated in "trail-running" or "skate skiing" the only applicable boxes to check where "extensively" and "often". At this point I abandoned my application form and split for the doorway. On my way out, as I passed a sales clerk trying to sell a tent to potential customers, I knew that they would be able to see right through me had I claimed that "I used that tent on my skate skiing exploration trip last February, and it was spectacular!" Who knew cashiers had to be so adventurous, or that trail-running was popular enough to be included on this permanent document.
Tomorrow is a new day, full of limited opportunities. But let's all hope that I remember to staple my stack of resumes.. so I can avoid shamefully requesting a stapler on site.
B
My sides hurt, this is priceless
ReplyDelete-A resident of a city worse than your own