The Melancholy of Jeffrey Wong

A serious post for once. So this has nothing to do with my love life or anime, as of right now I consider my occupation as a wandering ninja. To put it simply I do good deeds and simple feats of physical labor for little or nothing. Right now I am looking for some summer work to do something productive and earn a bit of money instead of doing nothing. However as you can see from the title (a blantant anime reference also) I have still yet to find some form of work. If your a friend of mine over facebook, it turns out I didn't get a job at Knotts. Am I angry, no, just really disappointed. I guess it was the fact that I was closer to a job than some of the other places I've applied to. I actually had an interview, which is pretty darn close to getting a job I've gotten so far. To put it in terms of how disappointed I was, it's equivalent to being the second person in line when a game or favorite ice cream is sold out. I was close yet it just ended up being a waste of my time. I was told I would be informed if I got the job last Friday or Monday at the latest. Instead I get a post card with a big long speech about how the people at Knotts appreciated my time and decided to give the job to another applicant. I think it could have been hand written and just said "no job for you".

What really burns me is the fact that I don't know what it is that turned them off about me. I mean they can work me like a dog for all I care and I would never complain or anything yet all I asked was Wednesdays off and to work from Sunday afternoon to close. Maybe it was my past work experience, I did office work and I applied for either retail or park attendant. I guess my experience didn't apply to any of those. I mean if I were in thier shoes and I took a look at two applicants (one of which is one like mine). I would see that one has experience in retail and would only like to work a few days of the week and for 5-6 hours, the other has office experience and is willing to work from opening to closing. Personally it would all come down to the interview, but from reading the applications I would choose the guy who works from opening to closing.

From my experience in business, hiring workers is like making an investment. You basically have them jump through hoops called applications and interviews. From that you make an executive decision on who to take a chance on. The thing that sticks out though is that some people can talk. They say the things you want to hear, sweet talk if you will. Truth is hard to come by anymore, as a ninja living in the society that would slit it's grandmother's throat for a nickle, I try to answer as honestly as I can. However it's difficult to take a chance on people. I'm glad that my previous employer took that chance on me and hired me. A high school student that had no idea what a collection agency did and only wanted a job to get into a class. In the end he never regretted it, in fact he recognized my hard work and told me if I ever needed a job to look him up again. But as fate would have it there weren't any positions open, but he said if he did have work he would find me again.

Working, it's a double edged sword. On one hand you put forth your time and energy and miss out on some of the finer things of life; but at the same time you make money for that time you invested. If I had a choice of a job it would be a anime specialty store clerk. I'd be working with stuff I enjoy and not have to deal with little kids since they wouldn't know what half of the stuff is anyways and only deal with them when they want pokemon cards. But my chances of getting any job right now are slim. Nobody wants to hire me. I guess I'm getting really down and pessimistic about even finding a job so thats why I'm writing this. I'd have a better chance on someone putting in a yes on dating me on my social profile than getting a job. Girls don't want to date me and people don't want to hire me. Just another day in the life of Jeffrey Wong.