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moon_custafer ([personal profile] moon_custafer) wrote2012-10-02 05:11 pm
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So once again, I have proven that I lack the social and business skills of a two-dollar whore.

The trip out to the job interview proved to be well *over* two hour;. and to require buying an extra fare because it took me outside of the TTC's bailiwick and into that of York Region Transit. But still, I should've played along when I arrived, gone through the motions of an interview and trusted them to not hire me anyway. But for some reason all I could think was to admit to them that I couldn't see myself doing this trip twice a day and apologize for wasting their time. Then I called the temp agency and told them what I'd done. the agent did not sound at all happy ("didn't you look at the map?!" she asked) and I fear I may have ruined my chances of ever getting a job assignment from them again.

What's wrong with me?

I feel like my life has always been like this, but the lately the universe seems especially bent on teaching me that no matter how low I set my career expectations, (a) I cannot afford to slip up, and (b) I will always slip up.
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[identity profile] handful-ofdust.livejournal.com 2012-10-02 09:45 pm (UTC)(link)
Man, I am so sorry you're feeling this way. Can I do anything?

[identity profile] moon-custafer.livejournal.com 2012-10-02 09:49 pm (UTC)(link)
Not really. It'll wear off, don't worry.

[identity profile] bleodswean.livejournal.com 2012-10-02 09:55 pm (UTC)(link)
Things are not good for you right now. I don't blame you FOR ONE FREAKIN' SECOND telling them you can't do that. The temp agency needs a reality check. Hang in there, kiddo.

[identity profile] leave-harmony.livejournal.com 2012-10-03 03:03 am (UTC)(link)
I can't think of anything to say that doesn't come off like a stupid useless platitude....I hope it gets better.

[identity profile] sweetmusic-27.livejournal.com 2012-10-03 06:03 am (UTC)(link)
Telling them up-front really does seem like the best thing to do. I'm sorry it sucked. 8(

[identity profile] moon-custafer.livejournal.com 2012-10-03 01:38 pm (UTC)(link)
Trouble is, the agency thinks (perhaps rightly) that I should have told them no the day before when they said the job was in Richmond Hill - but I'd managed a commute to Markham before. This turned out to be just a bit further.

It's just the whole "damn, I wish I could unsay that" aspect.
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