harbl encouragement thread

i was getting used to the idea of juvenile but i think because i told this other guy in the office about my interview he was like, oh a vacancy i'm gonna transfer there (i'm not mad, like i told him i didn't wanna go there), and now the interview is for his job in the office i'm in now. now i feel anxious there will be some unknown obstacle like another person interviewing for it who has been here longer? ughhdg;dlgkjdfg;lkdjgdfg;lkjdfgdfl;gjk

http://scienceblogs.com/insolence/upload/2010/02/the_invasion_of_well-intentioned_but_use/stuart_smalley.jpg

that's so weird you posted that, i read all of harbs' posts in a stuart smalley voice

going forward i do too.

i dunno i feel like good stuff just doesn't happen to me guys

c'mon kid, that just won't do.

^^

also what, my small(ey) compliment doesn't count for anything??

it's today, i think i'll be ok. if not...........oh well

i'm not gonna find out for another month. they are interviewing 20 ppl :-/

i feel so bad about this! i can't wait that longggggg

<3

gosh i have such a weakness for rotten girls.

there's this girl at pilates i love. the other day she (who is way, way better at pilates than me) was lying on a mat next to mine doing nothing while the instructor was busy with someone else so i said to her in a stern voice, 'instead of just lying there you might want to study my form and pick up some useful, improving tips.' at first she was startled because she thought i was serious but then she lolled and said, 'i can't look at you, it's just too intimidating,' and we lolled and lolled then later from across the room i shouted at her that she was marvelous and she did this terrible smug nod and i thought, 'i bet the sandbox would <3 you'.

i really feel terrible estela! like i don't want to go on. now i have to go back to this office for 4 more weeks while the boss and 2 other ladies think about it, and then they'll hire one of the other 19 and it'll be like, oh. ok. bye? everyone there likes me i feel except the boss, i can't tell with him. he's extremely serious while the rest of us spend a lot of time laughing and being vulgar. i do a good job though. i'm going to get my last grant paycheck soon. i might go spend some time in ny w/ my parents instead of working because it will drive me crazy.

ugh i feel like it'll be super awkward there for the next few weeks, and then awkwarder if they don't hire me

the awkwardness is on your side! make it as awkward as you can! that way they will feel way too stink to hire anyone else!

i'm sure this advice is redundant, since they probably already hired you and just want to make you wait a bit.

i think i was the first one interviewed just because i called first last monday morning. probably like 16 to go at this point. i am going to have to explain this to my work friends tomorrow and it will probably make me cry. i hate how pessimistic i am all the time. my head hurts.

good luck harbl

you will be fine, harbl, i know it. i think you might be a defensive pessimist. i am one. <3

exactly! i think if i don't try to anticipate every bad thing that happens it will happen and i will be surprised. it really works! i feel better today, i guess. everyone was shocked when i told them how long i'd have to wait. boss went out to do more interviews. the office manager pulled me aside and told me she had told him he had to hire me, but i don't think he listens to her, she's just an office lady. some people think maybe they are interviewing so many people either because they are required to or because there will be more than one job opening up in the near future. i don't know. no more thinking!

today my boss thanked me for coming to work today, he's so awkward. at least that means he likes me, right? guy who is transferring said he *knows* i will get the job but ehhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh

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i work in here http://wjz.com/local/central.booking.wjz.2.1667135.html
it's not much of an "inside look" though.

http://llnw.image.cbslocal.com/33/2007/10/20/175x131/alexdemetrick.jpg

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i saw a sjc tonight and thought about putting in a good word for you but there was not really an appropriate time.

oops i mean a scj

i'm distraught because they said within a month and it's been 29 days. on monday my boss came to me and awkwardly asked if i "like it here." i think that's good? but i still haven't heard anything and i don't wanna call them and ask because it feels awkward and i'm afraid of the answer.

he also asked me on friday if i had read a court of appeals case that came out 2 days before. i said no but i volunteered to read it for him and then i did and told him what i thought.

guh i hating waiting for shit, its easy to convince yourself bad news is coming

i asked him today when i would find out and he said i don't know, i've been bothering "them" about it, i hope it is soon. he wouldn't have told me he hopes if he didn't recommend me, right? this sucksssssss

you're in!

i'm not at work today because i don't want people to think i'm trying to give them pink eye (although it won't be contagious if i wash my hands and don't touch my eyes). maybe i'll get a call, or a letter.

nope still nothing! i'm getting angry. it's rude of them to make me wait after all the interviews have been done for almost 2 weeks.

so what happens if you don't get this position? Do you stay with what you are currently doing at the same place where this other job is?

I hope they don't make you wait much longer >:(

Also, that yr pink eye clears up fast.

pink eye is mostly gone, symptoms started sunday. the job i'm doing at the same place (same exact job, basically) was a volunteer position i got a grant for when they weren't hiring. i would have to find something else to do at least part time because i stopped getting paychecks from the grant last month.

oh man, that truly sucks. They need to man-up and get you hired on.

I will send the boss guy a durian if you think it will help.

i think i did everything i could to help myself and now it's out of his hands, i'm just waiting on the hiring committee to care about my feelings

oh guess what he did recommend me and really wants me to work there but the other 2 ladies who interviewed me and don't know me wanted someone else so i didn't get the job and it's gonna be forever until they have another opening

he brought me into his office and told me because i hadn't gotten the letter yet and kept telling me how i do a good job and stuff (i think it was sincere) and i wanted to disappear. i am so mad and i don't know what to do now.

:( sorry harbl.

of course i feel like it's something i did wrong even though i can't think of anything i did wrong, everyone likes me in the office and i never feel like everyone likes me :(

I'm so sorry :(
Can you (or the boss guy) ask the 2 ladies what needed to be different for them to have considered you more strongly? It could be a bunch of guff, but also could maybe be useful info for the future.

i'm guessing the other person had prior trial experience, which like no one has when they start w/ this office. i honestly don't want to know. i feel like i'm not a good interviewer. he said he was trying to see if they might make another opening and he called a few people for me to see about other jobs. i am appreciative but it's not the same :(

sorry harbl, that sucks balls :/

hey harbl im really sorry to hear that. their loss. really.

like everyone has volunteered to be mean to the new guy, whoever it is

i finally got the interview with the county office i was supposed to interview with a long time ago, and then i called my boss and he was very willing to fax them a recommendation letter today. i have mixed feelings because i don't want to commute that far but maybe i won't get it anyway!

good luck with this! and maybe (banal sentiments here) the long distance will turn out to be a blessing in disguise, esp. if you're comfortable where you're living but want a bit of exposure to new ppl and new communities.

sooooooo i got that far away job. hello commute!