YESSSSSSSS!!!!!!
Jan. 9th, 2015 09:36 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
sonjajadeOkay, I started my 34th year of life with a much too early wake time, then packing up Joey and going to the damned WIC office. Then I took him to school, then worked a little on the fish tank, then Walt took me for Chinese for lunch. I started getting a stress migraine and figured I'd take an ibuprofen, come home and take a nap because light sensitivity and just being tired really sucks, AND I started my stupid period! So just as I was about to kick my shoes off and go lay down, the phone rings. It's mattress company #1, who wants to do a final interview at 2 if I can make it. I say absolutely, this is the one that pays more and is a locally owned business. So instead of lying down, I change my clothes and brush my teeth and go on to the interview. The man who is doing the interview was at my first interview- it is his store we borrowed. I told him it was my birthday and he said he would do his best to get me the job for my birthday lol. We talked about the postion, he showed me th training manual and asked me how comfortable I was with the materials and explained that if I was offered the position, they would walk me through computer training and all that, showed me the book we'd be using, etc. etc.
At the end of it, he says "I 'm gonna email (district manager) and tell her I think we can stop looking. You're confident, serious, and willing and able to learn- I think you just got your birthday present!" So I'm trying not to freak out and just thanking him over and over. He said he was going to specifically ask for me to be hired and that the district manager rarely refuses his requests for people. I told him he didn't really have to give me the job because it was my birthday. He said I got it for 2 reasons- because I'm willing to learn and am taking the position seriously, and that the day I came in for the first interview, when I asked him how he liked his job and my willingness to talk to him, even though he wasn't who I would be interviewing with that day, really made an impression on him. Bottom line-
I GOT THE FREAKING JOB!!!!
Middle class here I come!!! No more struggling to pay for gas, no more having to go without medcines because we can't afford them! SWEEET SWEEET VICTORY AT LAST!!!
And quitting Lame Bryant was so awesome. I told them I wanted to quit face to face because there was no hard feelings between me and them, and the manager said "So you're going to make me work open to close tonight?" And I replied "You haven't given me any hours since Dec. 30 and then you want me to come work on my birthday? I think we're even." It felt so good to tell them to fuck off. I didn't go in there to burn my bridges but that was ridiculous. Then I came home, had birthdya pizza and birthday cake! All is well on the homefront at last!!!
At the end of it, he says "I 'm gonna email (district manager) and tell her I think we can stop looking. You're confident, serious, and willing and able to learn- I think you just got your birthday present!" So I'm trying not to freak out and just thanking him over and over. He said he was going to specifically ask for me to be hired and that the district manager rarely refuses his requests for people. I told him he didn't really have to give me the job because it was my birthday. He said I got it for 2 reasons- because I'm willing to learn and am taking the position seriously, and that the day I came in for the first interview, when I asked him how he liked his job and my willingness to talk to him, even though he wasn't who I would be interviewing with that day, really made an impression on him. Bottom line-
I GOT THE FREAKING JOB!!!!
Middle class here I come!!! No more struggling to pay for gas, no more having to go without medcines because we can't afford them! SWEEET SWEEET VICTORY AT LAST!!!
And quitting Lame Bryant was so awesome. I told them I wanted to quit face to face because there was no hard feelings between me and them, and the manager said "So you're going to make me work open to close tonight?" And I replied "You haven't given me any hours since Dec. 30 and then you want me to come work on my birthday? I think we're even." It felt so good to tell them to fuck off. I didn't go in there to burn my bridges but that was ridiculous. Then I came home, had birthdya pizza and birthday cake! All is well on the homefront at last!!!
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Date: January 10th, 2015 02:47 am (UTC)no subject
Date: January 10th, 2015 02:59 am (UTC)Were you on schedule to work today at Lane Bryant? Seriously? Or was she just being a brat?
Congratulations for such an excellent birthday present!
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Date: January 10th, 2015 03:08 am (UTC)no subject
Date: January 10th, 2015 03:21 am (UTC)no subject
Date: January 10th, 2015 03:44 am (UTC)no subject
Date: January 10th, 2015 03:47 am (UTC)Yes! Best birthday present ever!
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Date: January 10th, 2015 03:47 am (UTC)no subject
Date: January 10th, 2015 03:48 am (UTC)no subject
Date: January 10th, 2015 03:48 am (UTC)no subject
Date: January 10th, 2015 03:49 am (UTC)no subject
Date: January 10th, 2015 04:04 am (UTC)Good luck in your new job! :D
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Date: January 10th, 2015 05:20 am (UTC)no subject
Date: January 10th, 2015 05:27 am (UTC)no subject
Date: January 10th, 2015 09:21 pm (UTC)And happy birthday! (late birthday doodle forthcoming)
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Date: January 10th, 2015 10:37 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: January 10th, 2015 10:51 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: January 10th, 2015 10:53 pm (UTC)DOODLES??!?!?!??!?!?!? Hang on let me clear a spot on the wall first! ♥ thank you so much!
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Date: January 10th, 2015 10:54 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: January 11th, 2015 08:20 am (UTC)no subject
Date: January 11th, 2015 04:40 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: January 13th, 2015 07:14 pm (UTC)Well, you saw her on tumblr, but I'll be sure and get Mei mailed out to you too~ (maybe I'll add something else before then) As usual, it's a pretty small drawing, so you won't need much room. :)
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Date: January 14th, 2015 11:35 am (UTC)