Another random update
Since it’s been pointed out that I’ve not made an entry for a while ( Hi Ernie! =D ) I though I shall make a quick update!
So! Where shall I start……
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1. I got into uni to study a BA in Psychology and one in Human Resources. Turns out I suck. Dropped out of the Psych stuff because I’m not as clever as I seemed to think I was but pushed through on the Human Resources stuff. Exam results come in tomorrow, but I think I might have passed…>.> Maybe…
2. The old horse I had got taken away by its owner and there was nothing we could do. About six weeks later we found another, his name is Tycoon. Sadly he’s going to go home too as he’s too much horse for me to handle at this stage and SR is going to Melbourne in three weeks time. Not sure how I’m going to keep riding, but I will persevere.
3. Still nothing on the job front other than huge amounts of epic fail. After the drive through coffee shop fiasco I got an interview at the Merchant Tea House. Normally I wouldn’t name the company here, but I feel the need to name and shame them because of their behaviour. I had an interview that went very well with them. The interviewer told me to apply for a casual management position rather than a normal staff position because of my previous experience. I honestly didn’t care which I got, although obviously I was attracted to the management position.
I got given a one day work trial at their Rockingham store. On this day I worked my little heart out, I really did. I thought I had it in the bag. After all I do have a fair bit of café and restaurant experience, the staff liked me and at the end of the shift the store manager gave me a glowing report on my hard work and initiative. The part that pissed me off was when they criticized my coffee making skills. This is not because I think my coffees are awesome, but because I clearly told them many times that I had not made a coffee for over six months. They gave me one chance at using their completely strange machine and declared my coffees would need a lot of work. Of course they fucking would! I told you this you idiots.
So considering this, I worked eight hours as hard as I could. I went home and waited. I continued to wait…And wait. Till I decided, “Fuck this, I’m going to hunt them down instead.” So I rang the manager, I rang the interviewer. I left multiple messages and I never got a phone call back. So a big fuck you to Merchant Tea House, and you owe me about $130 in coffee you bastards.
After the whole Merchant Tea House thing I was very disheartened so I didn’t do much for a few weeks. As some point I stopped feeling sorry for myself and began applying to everything. I have been denied by every major shopping chain in the state, including Bunning’s, Woolworths, Coles Myer and also a bunch of fast food stores, eg McDonalds, Red Rooster and Chicken Treat. Yes, even McDonalds didn’t want me. It’s a wonderful thing for your self confidence to deal with, let me tell you that.
I worked a long weekend at the Arts Centre which was nice and finally got an interview with McDonalds. To which I went and the interviewer wasn’t even there, I got interviewed by some kid manager and I’ve heard nothing else from them.
Then most recently I had an interview with a clothing store. A group interview which also happened to be the one of the more humiliating experiences of my life and if I didn’t desperately need a job, I would have walked out. But alas I was forced to draw, act and dance (I’m not kidding) to prove that I was a vibrant and interesting person. Unsurprisingly I didn’t get the job.
On Friday I had a job interview with a cinema, no reply yet but it is sort of promising. Although I doubt they will employ me due to this simple trend that I have noticed. No one cares about experience, never mind I have managed two cafes and a theatre. I am twenty-two; I get paid $19 an hour. They are eighteen and they get paid $13…We both can serve alcohol…..Cheap is good apparently.
4. Due to my university failure I’m only doing half the amount I did in first semester, but just for the fun of it I’m going to do a short course on horses. Random, but it should be fun and who knows I might learn something.
5. Tomorrow SR and I are going on a road trip!! We’re heading out early down to Busselton, then on Tuesday and Wednesday we’re in Pemberton and then on Thursday we’re in Bunbury and back home on Friday. I thought it was about time we actually did something touristy since SR’ll be heading to Melbourne in about three weeks until September.
Wow I honestly didn’t think I was going to write so much >.>
So, in conclusion. People still suck. If you are going to interview people, don’t be an asshat. I vow that the next company that fucks me around is going to get nasty letters, ( oooh scary -__-) I am sick to death of it!
Anyway, no more bad thoughts. I’m going to have a good weekend of sight seeing….Just hope it doesn’t rain too much :D
So! Where shall I start……
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1. I got into uni to study a BA in Psychology and one in Human Resources. Turns out I suck. Dropped out of the Psych stuff because I’m not as clever as I seemed to think I was but pushed through on the Human Resources stuff. Exam results come in tomorrow, but I think I might have passed…>.> Maybe…
2. The old horse I had got taken away by its owner and there was nothing we could do. About six weeks later we found another, his name is Tycoon. Sadly he’s going to go home too as he’s too much horse for me to handle at this stage and SR is going to Melbourne in three weeks time. Not sure how I’m going to keep riding, but I will persevere.
3. Still nothing on the job front other than huge amounts of epic fail. After the drive through coffee shop fiasco I got an interview at the Merchant Tea House. Normally I wouldn’t name the company here, but I feel the need to name and shame them because of their behaviour. I had an interview that went very well with them. The interviewer told me to apply for a casual management position rather than a normal staff position because of my previous experience. I honestly didn’t care which I got, although obviously I was attracted to the management position.
I got given a one day work trial at their Rockingham store. On this day I worked my little heart out, I really did. I thought I had it in the bag. After all I do have a fair bit of café and restaurant experience, the staff liked me and at the end of the shift the store manager gave me a glowing report on my hard work and initiative. The part that pissed me off was when they criticized my coffee making skills. This is not because I think my coffees are awesome, but because I clearly told them many times that I had not made a coffee for over six months. They gave me one chance at using their completely strange machine and declared my coffees would need a lot of work. Of course they fucking would! I told you this you idiots.
So considering this, I worked eight hours as hard as I could. I went home and waited. I continued to wait…And wait. Till I decided, “Fuck this, I’m going to hunt them down instead.” So I rang the manager, I rang the interviewer. I left multiple messages and I never got a phone call back. So a big fuck you to Merchant Tea House, and you owe me about $130 in coffee you bastards.
After the whole Merchant Tea House thing I was very disheartened so I didn’t do much for a few weeks. As some point I stopped feeling sorry for myself and began applying to everything. I have been denied by every major shopping chain in the state, including Bunning’s, Woolworths, Coles Myer and also a bunch of fast food stores, eg McDonalds, Red Rooster and Chicken Treat. Yes, even McDonalds didn’t want me. It’s a wonderful thing for your self confidence to deal with, let me tell you that.
I worked a long weekend at the Arts Centre which was nice and finally got an interview with McDonalds. To which I went and the interviewer wasn’t even there, I got interviewed by some kid manager and I’ve heard nothing else from them.
Then most recently I had an interview with a clothing store. A group interview which also happened to be the one of the more humiliating experiences of my life and if I didn’t desperately need a job, I would have walked out. But alas I was forced to draw, act and dance (I’m not kidding) to prove that I was a vibrant and interesting person. Unsurprisingly I didn’t get the job.
On Friday I had a job interview with a cinema, no reply yet but it is sort of promising. Although I doubt they will employ me due to this simple trend that I have noticed. No one cares about experience, never mind I have managed two cafes and a theatre. I am twenty-two; I get paid $19 an hour. They are eighteen and they get paid $13…We both can serve alcohol…..Cheap is good apparently.
4. Due to my university failure I’m only doing half the amount I did in first semester, but just for the fun of it I’m going to do a short course on horses. Random, but it should be fun and who knows I might learn something.
5. Tomorrow SR and I are going on a road trip!! We’re heading out early down to Busselton, then on Tuesday and Wednesday we’re in Pemberton and then on Thursday we’re in Bunbury and back home on Friday. I thought it was about time we actually did something touristy since SR’ll be heading to Melbourne in about three weeks until September.
Wow I honestly didn’t think I was going to write so much >.>
So, in conclusion. People still suck. If you are going to interview people, don’t be an asshat. I vow that the next company that fucks me around is going to get nasty letters, ( oooh scary -__-) I am sick to death of it!
Anyway, no more bad thoughts. I’m going to have a good weekend of sight seeing….Just hope it doesn’t rain too much :D