What to do, what to do..
I heard some words today that I have been dying to hear since I was 15.
"Well, if you came to work for us you could work from home"
This phrase, this simple phrase just made my heart skip a beat. I thought I would see a group of people at my front door with a giant check and randomly colored fake balloons before I heard 'work from home.'
I've had a long, colored romance with 'work from home.' An old friend and I decided we would sign up for a "stuffing envelope" scheme. She was definitely more unimpulsive, logical and down to earth than I was, so when she jumped at it, so did I. Of course, it turned out to be some ridiculous thing and we were totally bummed we couldn't sit in our pajamas all day watching reruns of friends stuffing envelopes and becoming millionaires.
So today, when I was walking out of my office for lunch, one of the brokers mentioned it "smelled like a domino's cheeseburger pizza". And since, as of Tuesday, I am on Domino's Payroll, I asked him kindly not to mention Domino's. He asked why, and I said "b/c I work there." He thought I said "b/c I worked there" but I pointed out to him that it was NOT past tense, and that yes, I am currently employed a few nights a week at domino's. He looked flabbergasted and immediately asked if the reason I was working at domino's was b/c I needed extra money.
"Of course it's because I need extra money. I wouldn't just work there to work there."
"Well, you're more than welcome anytime to come work with us, we'll buy you a telephone to bring home and set up in your 'home office' (like i actually have one of those or something) and you can work from home, and we can send you clients and you can work on getting their loan packages together and submitted to a lender."
I asked him about money, since, that's really all I care about. He asked how much I was needing a week. I quickly figured up my budget in my head, and decided an extra $100 a week would suit me nicely. He must have saw me thinking, so he blurted out, "$1000 extra a week? would that be ok?"
WHAAAA???
More than 3 TIMES what I make in a week now? Yes! That would most certainly be ok. My problem lies in the fact that I really do like my job now. (Mortgage job, NOT domino's job.) The money would be spectacular, and working from home would just be...well, I can't really explain how unimagineably wonderful that would be. The whole thing really makes me speechless. I'm not sure what I would do.
I have to see how things go here, there are some people leaving so if that doesn't mean Sorry-To-See-You-Go-But-Don't-Let-The-Door-Hit-Ya-On-The-Way-Out-While-I-Step-Into-Your-Newly-Vacant-Position, then I might as well leave too. I have so come to loathe answering the phone that I don't even answer my own cell anymore.
Hopefully this story will turn into something excellent, and my dream of sitting on the floor, "working" watching re-runs of classic tv shows making millions will come true.
"Well, if you came to work for us you could work from home"
This phrase, this simple phrase just made my heart skip a beat. I thought I would see a group of people at my front door with a giant check and randomly colored fake balloons before I heard 'work from home.'
I've had a long, colored romance with 'work from home.' An old friend and I decided we would sign up for a "stuffing envelope" scheme. She was definitely more unimpulsive, logical and down to earth than I was, so when she jumped at it, so did I. Of course, it turned out to be some ridiculous thing and we were totally bummed we couldn't sit in our pajamas all day watching reruns of friends stuffing envelopes and becoming millionaires.
So today, when I was walking out of my office for lunch, one of the brokers mentioned it "smelled like a domino's cheeseburger pizza". And since, as of Tuesday, I am on Domino's Payroll, I asked him kindly not to mention Domino's. He asked why, and I said "b/c I work there." He thought I said "b/c I worked there" but I pointed out to him that it was NOT past tense, and that yes, I am currently employed a few nights a week at domino's. He looked flabbergasted and immediately asked if the reason I was working at domino's was b/c I needed extra money.
"Of course it's because I need extra money. I wouldn't just work there to work there."
"Well, you're more than welcome anytime to come work with us, we'll buy you a telephone to bring home and set up in your 'home office' (like i actually have one of those or something) and you can work from home, and we can send you clients and you can work on getting their loan packages together and submitted to a lender."
I asked him about money, since, that's really all I care about. He asked how much I was needing a week. I quickly figured up my budget in my head, and decided an extra $100 a week would suit me nicely. He must have saw me thinking, so he blurted out, "$1000 extra a week? would that be ok?"
WHAAAA???
More than 3 TIMES what I make in a week now? Yes! That would most certainly be ok. My problem lies in the fact that I really do like my job now. (Mortgage job, NOT domino's job.) The money would be spectacular, and working from home would just be...well, I can't really explain how unimagineably wonderful that would be. The whole thing really makes me speechless. I'm not sure what I would do.
I have to see how things go here, there are some people leaving so if that doesn't mean Sorry-To-See-You-Go-But-Don't-Let-The-Door-Hit-Ya-On-The-Way-Out-While-I-Step-Into-Your-Newly-Vacant-Position, then I might as well leave too. I have so come to loathe answering the phone that I don't even answer my own cell anymore.
Hopefully this story will turn into something excellent, and my dream of sitting on the floor, "working" watching re-runs of classic tv shows making millions will come true.