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Sooo.. update on the job search. I went for testing for a secretary job with DART. I had to take off work friday morning for it, but it'll def be worth it if I get it. The first test was on english/grammar. Easy. The second test was on math. Easy. The third part was a 5 minute typing test. Did great. Fourth part was a simple packet of directions to make up an Excel spreadsheet, a business letter, and a business form. I was the first one done. There were only 2 other girls in there with me. One was a middle aged woman.. she was a little slower and looked like she was fumbling around on all the tests. The other was a girl about my age... faster than the woman, but slower than me. I'm supposed to get a call back this week to tell me how I did and if they want to interview me or not. The woman who conducted the test (the same woman who wrote and called me) was really nice. She walked me out after I was done, and informed me that if I applied for another position within a year, I wouldn't need to retake the test. I asked if that was with all state positions or just DART... and she informed me that DART wasn't considered state. That didn't make sense to me, being that DART is a division of DelDot.. which is state. Hmmm. It also kinda disappointed me cuz state gives great benefits and pay, but I'm sure DART's pretty close to it. And anything would be better than my no-benefit, $8/hr, lame-ass job...
Friday I finally went off on the one retarded guy here that's been buggin me. He's been building and selling 4wheelers here at the shop... which is frickin annoying cuz it's NOT an ATV shop. So we've been getting 234,453,924 calls a day about the damn 4wheelers, and being that I'm the secretary, I hafta answer every single one of them. The guy hasn't given a print out or list of the prices, so I hafta hunt him down each time with a question. Then I quit answering the questions and just referred the calls to him. This all has been getting really old.. then he finally struck my last nerve. I had just got to work on Friday after my testing, and there's a polite woman on the phone saying that she had dropped a 4wheeler off to be repair by the guy she bought it from, and he was supposed to fix it and call her back around 12-1pm... it was 2:30. I put her on hold to try to find Retard. Keith said he didn't know where Retard was, but he knew he hadn't even touched the 4wheeler. Finally I find Retard, and he says "Oh, well nobody's here" and chuckles. I say "She's on line one." He says "... Tell her I'm out getting a part." This is where I started seeing red. Next thing I know I'm saying "LISTEN... I am NOT your frickin 4wheeler secretary! I am Allen's Automotive repair shop secretary!". Got to admit it felt good..
Well, other than that.. I've found myself feeling very frustrated lately. And it's cuz I reeeally wanna lose some weight. My clothes aren't fitting, and I can't stand looking in the mirror. And once bathing suits start making their appearance, I'll feel even worse. So I'm gunna start by walking on my treadmill every day this week... Except for maybe Friday. That'll be my fun day. I also looked into getting a rowing machine. I've wanted one for a while, and it's sposta be great for your arms, back, and stomach... and legs... so i guess that's practically everything. I think a workout partner would do wonders too... but Dave is a high-metabolism, forever-thin, stubborn person. Dave's stepmom has approached me about taking walks together in the evening, but I think that's a little too much stepmom-time for me. She's still not the person I'm most comfortable around. I mentioned it to my sis too, for when she comes home from college for summer... but she'll be living at my parents... and she's also planning on getting a job which may interfere. :-/ Guess I'll just really hafta search for ... or create.. some self motivation. Damn all those good tasting foods and the forever-skinny people around me!!! Oh well... I'd be estatic if I could loose 50 lbs. Wish me luck!!!
Friday I finally went off on the one retarded guy here that's been buggin me. He's been building and selling 4wheelers here at the shop... which is frickin annoying cuz it's NOT an ATV shop. So we've been getting 234,453,924 calls a day about the damn 4wheelers, and being that I'm the secretary, I hafta answer every single one of them. The guy hasn't given a print out or list of the prices, so I hafta hunt him down each time with a question. Then I quit answering the questions and just referred the calls to him. This all has been getting really old.. then he finally struck my last nerve. I had just got to work on Friday after my testing, and there's a polite woman on the phone saying that she had dropped a 4wheeler off to be repair by the guy she bought it from, and he was supposed to fix it and call her back around 12-1pm... it was 2:30. I put her on hold to try to find Retard. Keith said he didn't know where Retard was, but he knew he hadn't even touched the 4wheeler. Finally I find Retard, and he says "Oh, well nobody's here" and chuckles. I say "She's on line one." He says "... Tell her I'm out getting a part." This is where I started seeing red. Next thing I know I'm saying "LISTEN... I am NOT your frickin 4wheeler secretary! I am Allen's Automotive repair shop secretary!". Got to admit it felt good..
Well, other than that.. I've found myself feeling very frustrated lately. And it's cuz I reeeally wanna lose some weight. My clothes aren't fitting, and I can't stand looking in the mirror. And once bathing suits start making their appearance, I'll feel even worse. So I'm gunna start by walking on my treadmill every day this week... Except for maybe Friday. That'll be my fun day. I also looked into getting a rowing machine. I've wanted one for a while, and it's sposta be great for your arms, back, and stomach... and legs... so i guess that's practically everything. I think a workout partner would do wonders too... but Dave is a high-metabolism, forever-thin, stubborn person. Dave's stepmom has approached me about taking walks together in the evening, but I think that's a little too much stepmom-time for me. She's still not the person I'm most comfortable around. I mentioned it to my sis too, for when she comes home from college for summer... but she'll be living at my parents... and she's also planning on getting a job which may interfere. :-/ Guess I'll just really hafta search for ... or create.. some self motivation. Damn all those good tasting foods and the forever-skinny people around me!!! Oh well... I'd be estatic if I could loose 50 lbs. Wish me luck!!!