Next week's prospect
January 26th 2007 02:48
I've been flat out over the last couple of days getting stuff on Trade Me and Zillion, two sites here in New Zealand that are similar to the Ebay set up in the States. Trade Me is the biggest, but Zillion obviously sells stuff for you as well. I finally got rid of a book I'd had on my list since I started doing this, the other day. It went on Zillion when it hadn't had a sniffle on Trade Me. But then, that's about the only thing I've sold on Zillion.
Tonight's my last night at the evening job until next Wednesday. I'm only doing the Wednesday evenings for three weeks because I'll be working in the daytime as well, full-time. Starting at 8 am. I can't remember when I last started at 8 am!
And then the woman from the Personnel firm that got me this daytime job rang today and told me that unfortunately the wage was a dollar less an hour than I'd been quoted. I was tempted to say that they'd made a contract with me at the higher rate, but I thought it wasn't worth it.
I talked to the guy who normally does the job, a couple of days ago. He sounded rushed - he was trying to tidy things up before he goes on leave, I think - but he gave me a few minutes and assured me I'd be able to do it. It sounds as though he'll be around for a few days anyway. And there'll be other people there no doubt who know what's what.
But the personnel woman asked me, rather oddly I thought, if I was still confident I'll be able to do the job! That was rather offputting. I've lost some of the confidence I had when I first started out this whole job-hunting business. It gets sapped out of you in time. So I'm just going to have to go in there confident, whatever. I certainly haven't had any problems with the evening job, and if I was staying there, I'd be learning the next level of work pretty soon, I'd reckon. And I had no real problem with the ten day stint I did on my own. So....here goes!
Tonight's my last night at the evening job until next Wednesday. I'm only doing the Wednesday evenings for three weeks because I'll be working in the daytime as well, full-time. Starting at 8 am. I can't remember when I last started at 8 am!
And then the woman from the Personnel firm that got me this daytime job rang today and told me that unfortunately the wage was a dollar less an hour than I'd been quoted. I was tempted to say that they'd made a contract with me at the higher rate, but I thought it wasn't worth it.
I talked to the guy who normally does the job, a couple of days ago. He sounded rushed - he was trying to tidy things up before he goes on leave, I think - but he gave me a few minutes and assured me I'd be able to do it. It sounds as though he'll be around for a few days anyway. And there'll be other people there no doubt who know what's what.
But the personnel woman asked me, rather oddly I thought, if I was still confident I'll be able to do the job! That was rather offputting. I've lost some of the confidence I had when I first started out this whole job-hunting business. It gets sapped out of you in time. So I'm just going to have to go in there confident, whatever. I certainly haven't had any problems with the evening job, and if I was staying there, I'd be learning the next level of work pretty soon, I'd reckon. And I had no real problem with the ten day stint I did on my own. So....here goes!
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I don't buy that sort of thing, and no I don't mean what you think, I'm a nice girl I am [of Eliza Dolittle fame]
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And glad to hear you're a nice girl like Eliza, katyzzzzzzzz....