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14 years ago
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Dook!
(Translation: I shall decree!) I have noticed that I just post bad things on here, but, sadly, that's all that has been happening to me.
Recently, I was laid off from my job and have been trying to apply at the local ISD as their computer tech. So many hoops have been jumped through-- tests, group interviews, calling them like crazy, waiting for responses. Today, I found out that the position I was going for had been filled a few days after my interview when they told me that it would take them weeks to hire me and i might have to wait til January to even hear a call back from them. My application was sent almost a month ago and the interview was last Tuesday. It would have paid me nearly $15/hr to do what I do best-- fix computers. Now, I have nothing. No leads, no ideas, no energy, no nothing.
In October, I had to buy a used Honda Civic '04 to replace my dying, nearly dead, Chevy S10 '98. I have yet to make a single payment on it, because I was laid off a few weeks after acquiring it. Because I live with my father, who makes too much money for me to qualify for financial aid, I have to pay for college out of pocket. I know I can do scholarships, but they have too many restrictions on my grades, when all I want to do is just pass the classes to get the crap paper that says that I know how to do what I already knew in the first place. I needed a job to give me more that just $8/hr and >10-20 hours a week, so I can pay for these things. Soon, my father will be moving from this city and I will have nowhere to go, because apartments are expensive and roommates are hard to come by that won't rob you blind. Plus the average wage here is $7.25-8.50 for most jobs. Do some math-- it's not much.
Sigh. At this point, I have no clue what to do, because I was really banking on the idea that I had that job in the bag, because one of my friends works there and put in good words for me. All there is here is retail and if I have to talk to one more under-educated backwater redneck, I will go on a killing spree and not stop til this hellhole is nothing but a charred memory. I went into the tech field, so I wouldn't have to deal with customers directly and just do what I love doing the most. Being secluded with a few coworkers and fixing computers and networks. For right now, I need a stiff drink.
Recently, I was laid off from my job and have been trying to apply at the local ISD as their computer tech. So many hoops have been jumped through-- tests, group interviews, calling them like crazy, waiting for responses. Today, I found out that the position I was going for had been filled a few days after my interview when they told me that it would take them weeks to hire me and i might have to wait til January to even hear a call back from them. My application was sent almost a month ago and the interview was last Tuesday. It would have paid me nearly $15/hr to do what I do best-- fix computers. Now, I have nothing. No leads, no ideas, no energy, no nothing.
In October, I had to buy a used Honda Civic '04 to replace my dying, nearly dead, Chevy S10 '98. I have yet to make a single payment on it, because I was laid off a few weeks after acquiring it. Because I live with my father, who makes too much money for me to qualify for financial aid, I have to pay for college out of pocket. I know I can do scholarships, but they have too many restrictions on my grades, when all I want to do is just pass the classes to get the crap paper that says that I know how to do what I already knew in the first place. I needed a job to give me more that just $8/hr and >10-20 hours a week, so I can pay for these things. Soon, my father will be moving from this city and I will have nowhere to go, because apartments are expensive and roommates are hard to come by that won't rob you blind. Plus the average wage here is $7.25-8.50 for most jobs. Do some math-- it's not much.
Sigh. At this point, I have no clue what to do, because I was really banking on the idea that I had that job in the bag, because one of my friends works there and put in good words for me. All there is here is retail and if I have to talk to one more under-educated backwater redneck, I will go on a killing spree and not stop til this hellhole is nothing but a charred memory. I went into the tech field, so I wouldn't have to deal with customers directly and just do what I love doing the most. Being secluded with a few coworkers and fixing computers and networks. For right now, I need a stiff drink.
I'm so sorry you're going through a rough time. Thomas and I are going through extreme hardship right now due to his mom screwing us over with our kid. She rushed us to move here when they moved to a different city.. and when we got here, she ended up getting a job and not watching our son like she said she would.. and us not being able to afford childcare, I have to stay home while Thomas works some crap job because that was the only thing hiring. But it's something until he can get a better job, and I'm busting my ass on commissions to help bring something in. Ugh.
Just know that even though life seems like it keeps crapping on you over and over.. just know it won't last forever and things will look up. <3 You just gotta hang in there, Love. /hugs
It's a little rough for me, but I really hope things get better for all of us. We all deserve some modicum of happiness, right? For me, life will be just grand if I have a good job. I like working and honestly prefer to work, because it gives me something to do.