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So I've had some minor success in the job hunt. On Thursday, I went to this "job fair" for a pet store chain that isn't Petco or Petsmart and today they want me to pee in a cup to make sure I'm not some horrible druggy. My mom said that's a good sign because they wouldn't pay for a pee test for everyone. It's going to be minimum wage and I think part time but because I am awesome at being a pet store employee I bet I can get to near full time and a key holder in no time. I just want to make enough money right now that I don't have to borrow anymore from my parents (already borrowed nearly $2k from the move...on top of the $3400 we already put into it ourselves) and so I can pay them back. They're being very understanding about it and they know that a) I hate asking them for money and b) I feel horrible and c) we tried very hard to save enough and are both looking for jobs and sfidfjsdffdsdg
I sent off my resume and a "cover letter" email for a gift shop attendant/air boat ticket sales person and they wanted me to show up in person (again I presume to make sure I don't have meth mouth or something) so I had to fill out an application there even though they had my resume. The lady (who made typos in the ad and in her email back to me...) said they were looking for someone "a little more animated." Oh, I'm sorry I'm not bouncing off the walls after I had to fill out a pointless application with information you already had outside in "feels like 100*" weather with a humidity index of probably 3 billion. So glad I drove half an hour one way for you to judge me in 2 minutes. Whatever, you know what? It stank in that gift shop and they had a loud ass macaw so I don't even want to work there anyway. I was just annoyed. Especially because she was the opposite of an animated and enthusiastic person so I dunno what her problem was. I hate being inconvenienced like that! Argh!
I had also applied for a job with Nestle doing like, merchandising and stuff in grocery stores. I thought the interview went well (and was excited about $12/hr + $0.55/mile) but they posted the ad again so I guess not.
So I noticed in Florida there are some weird flavors of soda... Mango Pepsi? It was pretty good, but not my favorite. However... there's a grocery store called Winn Dixie here, and their generic sodas are generally pretty tasty! Their root beer tastes a lot like A&W (not my favorite but much more appealing to spend $2.50 for a 12 pack than $4-6 for Barq's), they have Pineapple Orange (tastes good but has kind of a gritty feel that makes me think I'm drinking metamucil)... but man, the lemonade soda is fucking BANGIN'. I could drink this shit all day. You know...if it wouldn't put me in a diabetic coma ;x
Oh speaking of peeing in a cup, we were in the local walmart supercenter last week and they had a Lab Corp right inside the place. I thought it was hilarious because it's like they can drug test their employees any time they want!
Finally, yesterday I took an accidental nap and was woken by a phone call from my good friend Henry who is in boot camp right now. It was a really pleasant surprise because I figured I wouldn't hear from him until some of his letters got to me. I asked lots of stupid questions about boot camp because I have no idea how those things work past what I've seen in movies. And as we know, movies are an extremely trusted form of media for educational purposes! :D he's going to learn how to jump out of air planes and I would probably have a heart attack and pee my pants at the same time if that were me. Good for him! At least I know that the the people who make it through boot camp aren't fucking around!
I sent off my resume and a "cover letter" email for a gift shop attendant/air boat ticket sales person and they wanted me to show up in person (again I presume to make sure I don't have meth mouth or something) so I had to fill out an application there even though they had my resume. The lady (who made typos in the ad and in her email back to me...) said they were looking for someone "a little more animated." Oh, I'm sorry I'm not bouncing off the walls after I had to fill out a pointless application with information you already had outside in "feels like 100*" weather with a humidity index of probably 3 billion. So glad I drove half an hour one way for you to judge me in 2 minutes. Whatever, you know what? It stank in that gift shop and they had a loud ass macaw so I don't even want to work there anyway. I was just annoyed. Especially because she was the opposite of an animated and enthusiastic person so I dunno what her problem was. I hate being inconvenienced like that! Argh!
I had also applied for a job with Nestle doing like, merchandising and stuff in grocery stores. I thought the interview went well (and was excited about $12/hr + $0.55/mile) but they posted the ad again so I guess not.
So I noticed in Florida there are some weird flavors of soda... Mango Pepsi? It was pretty good, but not my favorite. However... there's a grocery store called Winn Dixie here, and their generic sodas are generally pretty tasty! Their root beer tastes a lot like A&W (not my favorite but much more appealing to spend $2.50 for a 12 pack than $4-6 for Barq's), they have Pineapple Orange (tastes good but has kind of a gritty feel that makes me think I'm drinking metamucil)... but man, the lemonade soda is fucking BANGIN'. I could drink this shit all day. You know...if it wouldn't put me in a diabetic coma ;x
Oh speaking of peeing in a cup, we were in the local walmart supercenter last week and they had a Lab Corp right inside the place. I thought it was hilarious because it's like they can drug test their employees any time they want!
Finally, yesterday I took an accidental nap and was woken by a phone call from my good friend Henry who is in boot camp right now. It was a really pleasant surprise because I figured I wouldn't hear from him until some of his letters got to me. I asked lots of stupid questions about boot camp because I have no idea how those things work past what I've seen in movies. And as we know, movies are an extremely trusted form of media for educational purposes! :D he's going to learn how to jump out of air planes and I would probably have a heart attack and pee my pants at the same time if that were me. Good for him! At least I know that the the people who make it through boot camp aren't fucking around!