After being unemployed for about six hours I received a call from a friend saying she was sitting with the hiring authorities at [her work-Aveda related]. She said she told them all about me and they were eager to meet me. We met yesterday afternoon and the meeting went well. Later, they called me back for a second interview with the owner. I've met the owner before and he seems like an alright guy to work for. This afternoon I will find out if he thinks I'm an alright chick to hire.
Wish me luck!
Today was my last day at work. It's been sort of a bitter-sweet experience. Sweet because my boss(es) are cruel morons who don't deserve my time, good riddance to them. But the sadness comes from the accounts I've spent so much time with over the last year. It was really hard to break the news to them and a couple of them almost made me cry. All were supportive of my decision and said they'd do the same in my situation. One account even said they're going to call my boss and let him know what a "talented employee" he's losing. They all offered me a job in their salons which I thought was a nice compliment. Knowing that someone thinks I'm talented makes me happy even if he didnt.
The awkward-est goodbye of all was at my exit interview. The woman who got me the position wanted to meet with me. We had been close in the beginning but then she became this hardened corporate asshole who only looked out for herself. She recently did something really shitty to me, to use one of her favorite terms, she "threw me under the bus". We both knew what she had done to me so there was a bit of tension in our meeting. She's not one to show emotion so I was quite shocked when she got all choked up talking to me. She apologized for "letting me down" and said she wished she could have done more to keep me. Then she told me this: "i knew you weren't going to want Wyoming and if I'd've really thought about it when we changed the territories I would have given you denver and [the other girl] the northern territory, but i guess hindsight is 20/20" WTF? So I could have had Denver if she thought about it?!
Well the course is set now there's no going back. I guess I could have gone without hearing that but at least I know that she knows I was worth keeping and she's stupid for losing me.
So goodbye Job it has been a great learning experience. but where am i going to get my aveda fix now?
I'm OUT! I just quit my job, as in 4 seconds ago.
Sadly, this is going to be more like a divorce than a resignation. I have an office full of materials that I will need to return to them. They're going to ask me for an exit interview and I'm not sure if I will give it to them. I'm done, I quit. Do I really need to give them any more of my time? Besides what are we going to say to eachother? At the moment I don't have nice words to say to them. Should I go in there and tell them why I'm taking my experienced, talented, capable ass somewhere else? Should I go in there and tell them to shove Wyoming up their asses? Perhaps I should smooth things over, kiss some ass, thank them for the "opportunities", blah, blah, blah. Nothing I can say will make any of this easier or better. They'll be interviewing more willing prostitutes before I'm even gone.
At least I can say I left with my soul and sanity still intact.
the beauty industry is an ugly business
I couldn't believe my eyes when I read Alien Ant Farm was putting on a show at the Bluebird. I hadn't heard anything of the band since their bus accident back in 2002.
It was a terrible accident in which the driver was killed, everyone suffered injuries, and the lead singer had serious back/neck injuries that took him out for a very long time. This terrible tragedy struck when the band was in their prime taking them out of the scene and off the charts. Dismissed as one hit wonders they were forgotten by many. I remained a fan and awaited their return. Last night the wait ended and I must say the wait was worth it.
Anticipating a sold out show, we got there extra early and were surprised to see there were no fans lined up. As much as I dislike sold out shows it broke my heart to discover that AAF's fans had forgotten about them. They put on a great show to the 75 fans who were there. When I say great I mean GREAT! It was a blessing to see these guys live, each one of them is an incredible musician. They performed one song written about the recovery period and I wanted to cry. So many bands really are one hit wonders, riding the short little wave, then disappearing forever. I hope that AAF can catch another wave and ride it for a long time to come.
Alien Ant Farm, I wish you the very best and at the very least thank you.
...you tried to make friends with everysingle person in the bar, including the bouncer's dad
...you think its a coincidence your friend showed up at the bar until she tells you you invited her
...you tried to make an elaborate drug deal with strangers from Oregon
...you woke up saturday morning on top of your covers with all your clothes on
...you found several unintelligible sticky notes posted around your apartment
...you wake up with the feeling you may have embarrassed yourself
...everysingle cup/glass/coffee mug/winegoblet/measuringcup/shotglass/beverage apparati in your house is dirty and you dont know why
...you tried to light a guy on fire
...your friends had to drag you out of the bar
...after being dragged home from the bar you decided to do shots of rum
...the guy who usually drinks you under the table told you drinking more was a bad idea
this was our story friday night. I'd say we probably drank too much. I also found pictures on my camera the next day that i will post in the gallery later. (dan i forgot the log in info)
With Dan's recommendation Dominic and I installed stumble upon. Since installing it we have "stumbled upon" many, many sites. Some beautiful, some silly, some informative and some downright absurd. Today I discovered world jump day. The site claims that shifting the earth's orbit will stop global warming and extend daytime hours. This organization is trying to get 600,000,000 people to jump at the same exact time in order to shift the earth's orbit. Surprisingly, there are already over 292 million people signed up!
So if you'd like to stop global warming get out of your SUV's and jump.