Ok, so now I’ve been looking for a job for 2 weeks. Gone to Sears, Wal-Mart, Harps, Harps, Family Dollar, a newspaper (delivery), Circuit City, and maybe a couple of other places, not to mention the people I’ve called and have been shot down b/c I’m only 17 or because they have an ad in TODAY’S paper for a position that’s already (somehow) been filled.
Bullshit that Sears pulled on me: I set up an interview, get there wearing slacks/tie/sports coat. Manager is wearing a T-shirt, but he dressed it up by tucking it into his jeans. Apparently, though, the manager that does interviews isn’t even there. Tells me he’ll call me. Bullshit, I think. I call them today, I interview Tuesday.
Newspaper: they’ve got a 4 inch high ad in the paper saying that they’re NOW HIRING NEWSPAPER DELIVERERS!!! So I apply, hear nothing in a couple of days, call back, put in a “call-back” application, wait a day, call General Manager, he tells me they’re not hiring for deliverers.
Harps: My best friend’s stepdad is a manager there. Guaranteed job? Apparently not. Apparently Harps looks into hiring new people every week, and the one that said they were hiring said they wouldn’t even get around to looking at my app until Monday (I called about it today.)
Dollar General: Follow up call. Apparently corporate does all of their hiring.
Circuit City: Ditto.
I haven’t just been resting on my laurels as far as this goes, either. Every day this week I’ve been on the phone with these people trying to figure out why I’m not employed for them.
And it’s not like I have the plague or rabies or leprosy or anything. I have a perfect record as far as jobs go… (Not including Sonic, which I’m not even listing) I graduated with High honors from HS, had outstanding performance for 3 years at McDonald’s, and I told them they can call to verify that. Why is it so ogdamned hard to get a job???