Tag: jobs

Our Friday

Last Friday, Ann and I had a list of things to accomplish: Sell our old refrigerator. It was an extra taking up room in the garage and hadn’t been used on a regular basis since I was laid off in 2009, back in a time when I actually made decent money and we could afford … Continue reading Our Friday →

A Mickey Mouse Job

What you see above is the note that was handed to me after the interview I had a few days ago with Disneyland. Yes, that Disneyland. The Mouse, the ears, the Walt. That’s the place. I had submitted my application online – it’s the only way they accept them, naturally – somewhere in January and … Continue reading A Mickey Mouse Job →

Perspective

I’ve only worked two days at my new job and I can honestly say that it beats anything I’ve done in recent years (mainly proofreading and writing). The major difference is that I am now dealing with the public, something I haven’t done since the last time I worked retail way back in…I can’t even … Continue reading Perspective →

Very Well, Then…

I won’t get into details about how I scored an interview today because, as you will read in this post, it will be completely irrelevant. At any rate, I was called for a phone interview by a place I visited the last weekend. I was to be interviewed between the hours of 2 pm and … Continue reading Very Well, Then… →

When It Rains…

I could go into great detail about how my day went but I’ll make it short for the sake of not dragging it on forever. First, I called the EDD to find out why the second week of my benefits claim was covered in Xs. Now keep in mind that I have been calling continuously … Continue reading When It Rains… →