on the prowl

Well, I am STILL hunting for a job. I never heard back from the bank. Nice of them to call me and let me know that I didn't get it, so I can sit here and wait and think that maybe I did. You know, how hard is it to call a person and let them know either way? Not too hard.

So I went out and picked up job applications at some local places, and then found some places online that were looking for positions as well. The first one was at a car dealership, but he said, "I appreciate you coming down and seeing, but they were supposed to take that position off the website." Pfft. The next place had a cashier / teller position, so I went down there, filled out the application, interviewed, AND did an assessment test based on attitude and opinions about the field. The lady entered it all in. Unsatisfactory. Pfft. She said she would call her boss and see what kind of leeway he allows for situations like this. She also said that most policemen and military folks don't pass the test, but that doesn't mean they're "bad" people.

I took it to mean that I am "too" honest. If that's even possible. I grew up with the Ten Commandments. Thous shalt not steal, thou shalt not covet, thou shalt not lie...things like that. I also grew up very afraid of getting in trouble. I still feel that way. So why would I do anything wrong? Did I answer the questions in a way that would make them think I'm just "saying the right things?" Who knows. I hope she calls me back either way, because it seemed like an interesting job. I don't think I answered the questions in a way that put me in a bad light, just in a way that might seem like it's what they want to hear. I'm hoping that's the case, anyway.

Who knows. I'll work on filling out the other applications, and hope I hear back from this place.

On a lighter note; on my way to finding this place, I ended up getting on the wrong part of the Interstate...I was supposed to get off exit 37...Here's exit 35, and then all of the sudden, I94 split to I694, and I was looking at exit 230. Whoops. Fortunately, I was heading straight for downtown and the Metrodome, which is two blocks from where Aaron works. So I just followed the signs for the stadium, and found my way to his work. I called him from the parking lot of his building and said, "Yeah, so I got really turned around and can't find where I'm going." Aaron asked where I was, and I told him I was outside his building and he should let me in. *Smile* Then we re-routed where I should go based on my current position, went to lunch with one of his co-workers, and sent me on my merry way. And we got me directions to back home from where I was headed as well.

Whew. That was a crisis averted. Sometimes I just get lost and frustrated, and back home, it's easy to turn around and find your way again. Not on the freeways. Yikes.

So, that's what's going on right now.