So today the gods of the unemployed smiled on me (maybe) and I was offered a job doing collections for a local security department. Not exactly the position I was hoping to get, but it is a job and I was relieved--especially considering I spent 1300 dollars today on that damn car of mine.
I'm a little sad to leave behind my lazy days playing video games and reading books, but the relief I feel at the thought of being able to pay my bills on time puts a smudge of dark black all over those feelings. It's an 8 to 5 job, no weekends, so I'll still have free time. The only major bummer is I won't be able to take my Japanese 201 class this fall. I'll have send sensei an email, apologizing. :(
So lets hope this job goes better than the last. Doing collections isn't exactly something I think I'll enjoy, but we shall see. If it means I don't have to be nice to people, I should be ok. LOL
PS:
The first thing I'm going to do after I start this job is buy the old Transformers movie and make my son watch it with me 100 times. >:P
Posted by Zoso at July 17, 2007 08:18 PMCongrats on the new position, I'm rooting for you! I worked collections for quite some time at the satellite company I worked for and it wasn't bad at all. I got some crazy things from time to time like the lady who tried to tell me that her daughter would have to go without medicine if she paid me and so I told her that it would probably be wise to cancel her $100 TV subscription if it was causing her family financial hardship and she got mad at me for telling her to cancel instead of telling her we'd let her go another month without paying. The scary ones were few and far between though.
Posted by: J at July 19, 2007 12:23 AMLOL Medicine or TV...hmmm. Some people are just crazy.
Anyway, thanks~ I feel more comfortable at this place. Sure, I'm nervous about doing something new, but it feels like a better fit than the other place. We shall see. LOL
Posted by: Zoso at July 19, 2007 05:26 AM