Spent a half-hour today eating ice cream and feeling sorry for myself.

[stunt_muppet]

Didn't get the VA job

Comments

[airie_fairy]

I'm sorry. It's really painful getting the runaround when it comes to jobs. :/ *hug*

And gaaaaah, computer problems. *shakes fist*

[stunt_muppet]

And when I wrote a thank-you note to the person I interviewed they sounded like they might be irritated with me, idk I can't read tone in e-mails very well, but dammit I schlepped all the way out to their offices when I was house-sitting in another state and jumped through hoops to get them a transcript on time, and I've got nothing to show for it. At least now I've got a transcript I can send out?

I haven't even finished installing the required updates on that thing and I've been at it all day. :(

[airie_fairy]

Wait, you sent a thank you note and this person responded with (possible) annoyance? ...what?

Goddamnit, computers are SO NEEDY.

[stunt_muppet]

She probably wasn't annoyed, now that I'm in a moderately more sane frame of mind; her reply was just quite brief and businesslike and thus I interpreted it as annoyance. I don't know. I'm never sure when people are actually upset with me and when I'm just projecting.

It doesn't help that apparently ever other piece of software in the house has decided to malfunction all at once. The programs I need to install aren't working, the devices that require said programs are having errors, I JUST DESTROY EVERYTHING I TOUCH APPARENTLY. D:

[niyazi_a]

I applied for...97 positions (oh yeah, I was shotgunning at ANYTHING I looked remotely qualified for!) before I landed this one. The runaround and string along is awful. Especially the jobs where they already know who they're going to hire (this is probably what the real sitch about the VA job is) but because of Equal Opportunity laws, they have to interview X number of others. It's completely lousy for those X number of people!!

Last December my laptop DIED. So I totally empathize with that agony, too. :C

[stunt_muppet]

I have definitely not applied for that many yet, hah. In all honesty, I know it's only been six months or so since I graduated and that there are people who don't have jobs for years and I'm lucky my parents are letting me live at home, etc., but I got my hopes up for this job (which I try not to do) and I was so excited to, maybe, finally be working, and maybe even get my foot in the door in a government agency. And then it all went away. :( I should just quit applying to government jobs, really. I'm not qualified for shit.

Thanks for the kind words, though. *hugs*

[sterling_sky]

That is one seriously shitty day you've got going on there, my dear. I declare a do-over. D:

*hugs*

[stunt_muppet]

A do-over would be really nice, yeah, at least so I could space the two out. I think it's time to quit applying for government jobs, really, because I'm not qualified for anything out there. :(

Thank you. *hugs back*

[eyesmadeofjade]

I applied to over 100 jobs, to get this one, and it doesn't even pay until after the first three months.
Yeah, it is tough market out there

[stunt_muppet]

I'm nowhere near up to that number yet, so I guess I still have a ways to go before I get anything. I don't know why I bother applying for actual scientific work or government work, though; I'm not qualified for any of that. :(

[nentari]

I'm so sorry, my dear. :( *hugs*

[stunt_muppet]

Thanks. I know I shouldn't feel so bad about this, but it's hard some days. :(

*hugs back*