The Job Experiment
For a few weeks now I’ve been searching for a job. I have no experience whatsoever (volunteering and a 5 day period of KFC slaving don’t count on a CV or otherwise) so guess my surprise when no one called. Most of the jobs I applied for had a no experience needed on their front, but I guess that is one major lie. And they weren’t such jobs that you would say “Oh, you shouldn’t have applied there. You have no chances.”
They were mostly working as a book store clerk (high school graduates with no experience can apply – big fat lie, a friend that’s my age applied too, she didn’t get called either), a cinema (found out later that they called in for an interview the one that had a lot of work experience, the more you had the better), a shoe store (the same, no experience needed) and many more. I started thinking at first that maybe my CV is at fault, but I applied with it to other places 2 years ago and I got called in for interviews, even if I didn’t go in the end (was hospitalized for two weeks due to a kidney stone problem). And now, nothing! I’m getting desperate really.
My friend helped me in the end. He knew a café owner that needed a waitress. I eagerly accepted his offer and went to meet the guy. Okay! We established that he’ll call me Sunday night to get down on all the details. Sunday came; I stayed near my phone all night. An hour passed since 16 (he said he’ll call me between 16 and 20:30), two hours passed and so on and no call. At 20 I called my friend and he said the guy most likely forgot and that I should go to the café the next morning to talk to him.
Good, that’s exactly what I did. I dressed accordingly to the standards he told me about (aka French braid, black shoes and pants and a white blouse). I went there eagerly, but I was running late so I arrived half an hour later than the time he opened up the café. I thought no worries, it’ll be okay. It wasn’t! I got there and what was that on the door. “Sorry! We’re closed.”…I hate my life. A few days passed and I still haven’t heard a word from the guy. TT_TT Back to the drawing board!
