Hi again!
Right here's the conclusion to my events of late......
At the weekend I went round my good mate http://daisyday.vox.com/ house. I never like to give the impression I go round JUST to get my hair cut, it just happens that everytime we do get together it always is time for me to get my dome cut. No matter HOW many times I plead innocence he doesn't believe me and I reckon secretly he does think I only ssee him for the haircutting service he provides well allow me to say this..... IT ISN'T TRUE I COME OVER BECAUSE I LOVE SEEING YOU!!!!!!
Hopefully that clears that up, anyway after coming back we had to go round my parents for dinner and a chat, somthing I try and do every week, it's not that they live far off, in fact it's only round the corner but that shouldn't be any excuse to not speak. Anyway that went fine and Monday arrived, the day when I "was" due to start my new job..... Here we go.... yep I got cold feet, you see, this was my 2nd choice of job after my other one and to be honest I didn't really like it when I went for the interview in the first place. I feel sheer desperation forced me to go for both jobs without really sitting down and thinking do I really want to do these jobs for a living..... If I'm honest it was desperation. So another phonecall, another stroppy agant later and I go home and hit the internet looking up por....I mean jobs! I find another that is for electric meter reading near where I live, it would be a total new career direction as I'd be out in the open all day, in the car banging on people's doors. I phone the place and they tell me I have to go to WIGAN - over 200 miles away for an interview for a job maybe seven miles from me. This HAS to be a mistake, or the very least a very late April fools joke, so I call the company itself. Luckily I was proved right and it WAS a mistake and that a manager is doing interviews the next day (Tuesday). And its VERY close to where I lived which made a lot more sense I sign up but still fire off my CV to loads of different places aswell, "Never put all your eggs in one basket" is a good philosphy to live by, especially when livelihood affecting jobs are involved.
Tuesday comes and at 8am I arrive at the hotel where the interviews are taking place and discover Iam one of six other people also applying. There are only two positions available so we are group-tested on meter reading ability which we all pass (dammit) then we, as a group fire off questions to the guy and he tells us what's expected. Give him his due he sells a VERY good job, whether it turns out to be that way if I got it I couldn't help but wonder. An hour later and we finish up and would let me know by the end of the day. A lot is riding on this as I quit both jobs I got and have nothing to fall back on (so much for the "eggs in the basket" philosophy!) Luckily no more than forty-five minutes later my phone rings, I couldn't get it as I was driving but pulled up to pic the voicemail message up. it's the manager and he has good news for me...... I call back and he offers me the position there and then! YYYYEEEESSSSS result!!!!!
I start next Monday, this job has given me a GOOD feeling to it as opposed to the sinking feelings of the last two, so this one Iam sticking to, as soon as I get all the paperwork though, be ready for updates and thoughts!!
Next part of this entry comes in the form of my former agency.... the first one I described earlier which moaned at me.... well my agent asked me to go in to sign what I suppose is a waiver saying it was of my own accord I left, fine fair enough, I did get the impression she was off with me but I could understand that in the circumstances.
I go there to see her and normally she is a very friendly, smiley girl. She is I would say no older than me, in fact probably a couple of years younger, blonde, quite pretty, however when I walked in and saw her.... well, it was like I stood her up at the altar or something, face like a smacked arse and thundercloud over the head, I thought "hmm, feels like home!" , she slapped a piece of paper and a pen down, asked me in a very seemingly restrained way to fill the questions in as I read them and walked out, near slamming the door behind her. Basically it was as I thought, a waiver saying where I WAS working, where Iam working now (which I left blank) the reasons I left, blah, blah, blah. After a couple of minutes she came back in, sat down, read what I put, scowled at me and proceeded to lecture me about how "unprofessional" and "unacceptable" I was.... Which I found quite patronising, as I would have been quite apologetic and explanitory about things, buit after being spoken to like that there was no way I was seeming to bow down, tail between my legs. Instead I did my best "you suffered and I don't care" attitude, went down a treat, she got up, opeed the door, I did the gentlemanly thing of offering her the way out first and she responded by not even looking at me, thrusting her hand out and replied "No, you first!" so I did, she did manage a half-arsed "goodbye", I threw one back over my shoulder and and walked out. Needless to say I shall not be using their services again, if they employ silly overgrown teenagers as agents!
Ooo one other thing I found out, "boobs" from my old job called me and asked me to call the orifice immediatly, I later find out that it's because the big boss has gone ape-shit at things going on in the call-centre and apprently "found" memory cards in my old desk drawer. Considering the fact I never put any IN my drawer while I was there I believe more dishonesty is going on and trying to put me in the frame for it. Unless the boss calls me and asks me himself when I will be happy to put him straight, as for "boobs", she will be waiting for my call till the day Satan starts skating to work!
And there's me done, everything up to date right up till now. Anything extra to add, I shall endeavour to do my best to put it down.
See you next time.
How very cute, Excuse me while I go vomit my insides out
Posted by: Oh So Juicy | 11/15/2006 at 10:15 AM
What?
Posted by: Synthshadow | 11/15/2006 at 10:20 AM