So I am starting to realize the humiliation that comes with trying to find a job. I have called this or upscale fast food” joint at least four times. They finally perhaps just gave in and let me come in and talk with someone. I mowed the lawn quickly so I could get all pretty like in a polo shirt. I go in around the time she said I could come in. I went up to the counter and ordered “speaking with the manager” instead of food. It took them a while to fill my order but the price was right. Well sort of. The manager came up to me and told me to sit in the corner, out of the way. So I did. I was there for a while. I ran out of things to read after I read the menu. I then started to look out the window of things that were written in Helvetica, it usually isn’t hard to find something which at least looks like it. I sat there for 45 minutes. I felt like the problem child who needed to learn his lesson about calling places of business and annoying the manager. The manger did come over and talk to me a couple times which encouraged me to sit a bit longer. I figured that I wouldn’t wait more than an hour but I wasn’t actually keeping track of time. When she final did come over and talk to me things still didn’t go well. She asked me about my job history and I struggled to talk and for whatever reason started coughing. She asked me if I wanted a class of water and I foolishly said yes thus delaying the sudo-interview another 7 minutes. I had enough time to collect myself and to deside to hand her my resume when she came back. I talk about working at camp and what not and she didn’t seem like she wasn’t going to hire me. But of course, she didn’t hire me and told me that I could call back in a couple of weeks and we could talk about employment then. I said thank you, told her it was a pleasure meeting her, and then politely left. I don’t think I was too far outside the door when I decided “Fuck her, I really didn’t want to work there anyways.” (Of course in the most mature frame of mind possible) But then I realized if I was still looking for a job in a couple of weeks I probably would call back.
I don’t mind be humiliated, but I wish I only had to do it for things I really wanted. I am just not punk rock. How would someone who is punk rock find a job? Is there a website for that? Where the interview is just where you go in and tell off the person in charge and then they hire you. I don’t think I would be good at it, but I certainly wouldn’t mind giving it a go.
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