for the record. the job that i spoke of that i had, is apparently not quite mine. i thought i had it, i thought it was up to me to make a committment, but when i called back i was told, "we'll call you back." which is fine, because as much as i appreciate the concept of having a job, any job, i would not have particularly enjoyed this particular job. (particulars are so important don't you think?) it's a company about thirty minutes away from here, a pharmaceutical company. i would have been doing some basic data entry (they recognized my greatest strength obviously), some data analysis and hypothetically, if my skills were up to it, some production overseeing. i know it sounds grand but really, it's not my type of gig. i would be wearing sanitary booties, a plastic gown and a hair net thing. for what hair, i don't know.



the pros of this job was that it was a job with proper pay and like real actual benefits. casual dress was acceptable too. the people seemed nice and i was referred to the company through a friend of a friend of my mom's (go chinese community). the cons. well, it was not in an industry i liked. it was in an industry that i couldn't see myself learning anything. and i know, "you learn something everywhere." whatevers. i have people skills, i communicate well, i talk behind your back, i already know about office politics, chill out. the hours were 7am - 4pm, which isn't really a con because i would prefer to skip traffic so i guess that's not too bad. but the thought of me actually being somewhere responsible at seven am amused me as much as i'm sure it amuses you. the cons could go on. but i'll stop because the fact that i could have a job is pro enough.



nobody can have things their way all the time right? the good thing about all this is that i'm looking real damn hard for any other job that doesn't require me to wear sanitary garments. the thing holding me back from possibly getting this job is that i have a college degree. irony is fun isn't it? the position isn't exactly designed for a college graduate and they are semi fearful that if they take the time to train me, i'll leave in a few months. and i tried to assuage their fears by saying, "hey i'm really really excited to work in your giant sanitary bathroom of a building" but somehow, i don't think my words instilled any confidence in them. so now they are putting me on hold to see if there is another position available, one where i might be more inclined to stay on long term. we'll see how that goes.



the moral of the story. i am still jobless. i know the excitement was fierce -- and the temperature in hell dropping by the millisecond -- about me as an employed man but it was a false alarm. in the unlikely event of jon getting another sniff at a real job, i'll restrain from mentioning j-o-b until i actually have one and i'm blogging from it. thank you to everyone who emailed me to say "congratulations" and welcomed me to the real world. i appreciate your thoughts but i'll stay in my own pocket universe for a while longer. by choice mind you, by choice.