Post by divebitch on Oct 7, 2017 18:20:18 GMT -5
The champagne is on ice. To top it off, I had an interview yesterday (also a state job), and they didn't say, but acting like I'm (and introducing me to the assoc med staff as) a new hire. It's fewer hours (what I hoped for), but 8 hour shifts, so I don't work 5 days a week, but 5 days every 2 weeks for (20 vs. 32 hours a week). Best of all, the hours are 6 AM to 2:30 PM (unlike anywhere from 7 AM to 10:30 PM that I been doing). It's food prep and service at one of the 4 VA homes in the state. Only 171 residents, and wow, it is like a luxury facility. They deserve it. The staff seems great, I see them in action with the residents, the whole thing, I won't go into it. But I feel so lucky. And I deserve this as well, after all the BS from this anti-semetic (and 90% sure (even black, as he is) woman hater) POS.
New job not set in stone, and even if so, wouldn't start for at least another 2 - 4 weeks (I'm super-thrilled with that lol). But anyway, after the interview (w/head guy & supervisor food svc lady), which went very well, they asked if I could come back in a couple hours for the physical (busy, it was flu shot day for 171 vets). When I told my current asst mgr, she said it means it's a done deal. I mean this is a state job, and they already know I was checked and cleared for my current job. Not a single issue since, so it seems all good. No praying one?!?
Anyway, I know it's no fun to get up at 5 AM. But hey, it's only a 15 min drive. I think I'll feel a greater sense of satisfaction and rewards I never imagined, versus the type of customers I deal with on a daily basis. Everybody's got their story, even the rude Russians with Access cards (free food, and probably lots of other stuff). But I'll bet it would be a huge wake-up call seeing a ton on alcoholics you somehow get to know, and sober, largely disabled U.S. war veterans. I can't help feeling like there actually is a God, and this is his plan for me. Makes me to wonder (not necessarily accept) that there are a lot of people that could go either way of the subject (of God), but have experienced so unlikely to have presented themselves. I can/have gone for days w/no drinking. It's not physical, like I see it so many people whose hands shake when we are exchanging money. So if I may have a a drinking problem, and operate flawlessly in a job like this (cashiering for one, no physical signs), gotta wonder just how bad the alcoholism level is for some whose symptoms are obvious. Not to mention the patterns of behavior for buying alcohol. I could go on for a long time on this, and most of you would probably be quite surprised.
Anyway, getting back to the God thing, or in this case faith, whatever that means lol, but I'm seeing a lot of things calling out to me that this will be a life changing event... IF....I....SUCCEED. Understand, it is not the 6 AM per se. It beats traffic a bit if anything. It's kitchen & food service, never done any of it before. Guess what, I never did a cash register before the current job. I can do this. There are just small demons, looking at the huge sinks for washing, rinsing, and disinfecting. lol But the good side is winning. A strong affinity and appreciation for not only vets but the aged's issues in general, and I think this will be life changing. I think my strong work ethic (called out sick once in a year & 1/2) will keep my demons in check. Time will tell, again, if I'm lucky?
New job not set in stone, and even if so, wouldn't start for at least another 2 - 4 weeks (I'm super-thrilled with that lol). But anyway, after the interview (w/head guy & supervisor food svc lady), which went very well, they asked if I could come back in a couple hours for the physical (busy, it was flu shot day for 171 vets). When I told my current asst mgr, she said it means it's a done deal. I mean this is a state job, and they already know I was checked and cleared for my current job. Not a single issue since, so it seems all good. No praying one?!?
Anyway, I know it's no fun to get up at 5 AM. But hey, it's only a 15 min drive. I think I'll feel a greater sense of satisfaction and rewards I never imagined, versus the type of customers I deal with on a daily basis. Everybody's got their story, even the rude Russians with Access cards (free food, and probably lots of other stuff). But I'll bet it would be a huge wake-up call seeing a ton on alcoholics you somehow get to know, and sober, largely disabled U.S. war veterans. I can't help feeling like there actually is a God, and this is his plan for me. Makes me to wonder (not necessarily accept) that there are a lot of people that could go either way of the subject (of God), but have experienced so unlikely to have presented themselves. I can/have gone for days w/no drinking. It's not physical, like I see it so many people whose hands shake when we are exchanging money. So if I may have a a drinking problem, and operate flawlessly in a job like this (cashiering for one, no physical signs), gotta wonder just how bad the alcoholism level is for some whose symptoms are obvious. Not to mention the patterns of behavior for buying alcohol. I could go on for a long time on this, and most of you would probably be quite surprised.
Anyway, getting back to the God thing, or in this case faith, whatever that means lol, but I'm seeing a lot of things calling out to me that this will be a life changing event... IF....I....SUCCEED. Understand, it is not the 6 AM per se. It beats traffic a bit if anything. It's kitchen & food service, never done any of it before. Guess what, I never did a cash register before the current job. I can do this. There are just small demons, looking at the huge sinks for washing, rinsing, and disinfecting. lol But the good side is winning. A strong affinity and appreciation for not only vets but the aged's issues in general, and I think this will be life changing. I think my strong work ethic (called out sick once in a year & 1/2) will keep my demons in check. Time will tell, again, if I'm lucky?