Got hired for the job today, BOOM! Hiring manager informed me he thinks I'll do very well because I'm "bubbly and full of life." Yeah, clearly we just met ;-) Average person in my position makes 1k a week. I am SO DOWN WITH THIS. Just have to get over my dislike of having to wear a blue polo shirt.
It was pretty much a nightmare though, the whole process. Getting there wasn't so bad, except the walk from the train was way longer than I bargained for, so tomorrow I'm changing my route. But upon getting there, had to wait in line for 20 minutes or so, then we filed into a building that wasn't nearly as air conditioned as it needed to be. Waited another 30 minutes or so for the manager to show up- apparently he got stuck in traffic. Extremely unprofessional, but ok, I'll let it slide. We're all human.
What I could NOT let slide was the endless tangential jibber jabber that came out of his mouth. I appreciate you trying to connect to the people in the room- but this isn't a stand up routine, hurry the fuck up and interview us so we can get out of here! Didn't get interviewed until about 2pm, by which time I was thoroughly light headed from heat, lack of sleep, and low blood sugar, on the verge of hallucinating and/or passing out, and chewing Alka Seltzer chewy bits just to stay alive. But I made it, and was reminded afterwards just how shitty Burger King is. (Seriously, McDonald's is 1000000000000 times better.)
Still felt shitty after, and I think this was also because me+sunlight in summer= OH FUCK NO CRISIS. My skin freaks out, and I sweat and turn alarmingly red. I was probably dehydrated too, which is why the altercation that happened on the Q7 bus seriously pissed me off. I'll just copy and paste what I already wrote somewhere else, because I need to go to bed soon.
"I’m on the bus, and I’m praying it’s a short bus ride, because I really wasn’t feeling well… when this lady decides she’s going to take 4 kids AND a skateboard, 2 scooters, AND A BICYCLE on the bus… which was not a double length bus. Bus driver tells her flat out, no. You’re gonna take up too much space with all that, not on my bus. Lady gets all I KNOW MY RIGHTS, whips out her phone, and threatens to call someone. Then decides instead to VIDEOTAPE THE BUS DRIVER while asking her where it says she can’t bring a bike on the bus. Bus driver starts getting hysterical about being filmed (understandably so), finally relents and says OK, but you have to go in the back, DO NOT BLOCK ANYONE’S PATH, and you have to pay full fare for all the kids. (Not unreasonable, that’s the rules- they are all over 5.) Lady does NOT pay for the kids, says no other bus driver has ever asked her to before, and so she’s not paying because she’s not prepared to. Bus driver gets SO AGITATED, she stops the bus, gets off, starts talking on her cell, and informs us we all need to take the bus behind us, because this bus is now out of service. While boarding next bus, SURPRISE! two incidents in which the kids injured fellow passengers with their equipment.
It was pretty much a nightmare though, the whole process. Getting there wasn't so bad, except the walk from the train was way longer than I bargained for, so tomorrow I'm changing my route. But upon getting there, had to wait in line for 20 minutes or so, then we filed into a building that wasn't nearly as air conditioned as it needed to be. Waited another 30 minutes or so for the manager to show up- apparently he got stuck in traffic. Extremely unprofessional, but ok, I'll let it slide. We're all human.
What I could NOT let slide was the endless tangential jibber jabber that came out of his mouth. I appreciate you trying to connect to the people in the room- but this isn't a stand up routine, hurry the fuck up and interview us so we can get out of here! Didn't get interviewed until about 2pm, by which time I was thoroughly light headed from heat, lack of sleep, and low blood sugar, on the verge of hallucinating and/or passing out, and chewing Alka Seltzer chewy bits just to stay alive. But I made it, and was reminded afterwards just how shitty Burger King is. (Seriously, McDonald's is 1000000000000 times better.)
Still felt shitty after, and I think this was also because me+sunlight in summer= OH FUCK NO CRISIS. My skin freaks out, and I sweat and turn alarmingly red. I was probably dehydrated too, which is why the altercation that happened on the Q7 bus seriously pissed me off. I'll just copy and paste what I already wrote somewhere else, because I need to go to bed soon.
"I’m on the bus, and I’m praying it’s a short bus ride, because I really wasn’t feeling well… when this lady decides she’s going to take 4 kids AND a skateboard, 2 scooters, AND A BICYCLE on the bus… which was not a double length bus. Bus driver tells her flat out, no. You’re gonna take up too much space with all that, not on my bus. Lady gets all I KNOW MY RIGHTS, whips out her phone, and threatens to call someone. Then decides instead to VIDEOTAPE THE BUS DRIVER while asking her where it says she can’t bring a bike on the bus. Bus driver starts getting hysterical about being filmed (understandably so), finally relents and says OK, but you have to go in the back, DO NOT BLOCK ANYONE’S PATH, and you have to pay full fare for all the kids. (Not unreasonable, that’s the rules- they are all over 5.) Lady does NOT pay for the kids, says no other bus driver has ever asked her to before, and so she’s not paying because she’s not prepared to. Bus driver gets SO AGITATED, she stops the bus, gets off, starts talking on her cell, and informs us we all need to take the bus behind us, because this bus is now out of service. While boarding next bus, SURPRISE! two incidents in which the kids injured fellow passengers with their equipment.
Listen, lady, I understand your dilemma. But do YOU understand that by imposing yourself and the kids like that, you just fucked up a whole lot of people’s days? Un fucking believable. Pick your battles better!"
Could not fucking believe the nerve this woman had. So eager to paint herself as a victim, without once thinking of the people around her. Especially the poor bus driver, whose nerves were clearly already shot. Is it wrong of me to hope that when the woman complains (because she made it clear she would report the driver) that they side with the driver? The driver could certainly have handled it better, but she was definitely not in the wrong. ARGGGGHHHHHH, bitches be crazy.
Ok, I'm going to sleep now, much to the chagrin and sadness of my fella, but I think he'll get used to it. Hopefully Groucho won't feel the need to be such an astute alarm clock tomorrow morning... this morning she woke me up 40 minutes early! (and then announced I needed to get up by rabbit kicking my chin. Brat. And then watched me shower. Oh, little creepy pest cat, I love you so <3)
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