Feeling sorry for myself... rant ahead

[Guest]

honest to god, im feeling very sorry for myself. feeling rather pathetic and as i sit here balling my head off because...
"You were one of the top candidates for the job, unfortuneately, we chose someone else"
rejection.

this will most likely force me into going back to the medical field...or to work for walmart...i hear they treat the meeter greeters well.
i know its not the end of the world, but im very hurt. see? i told everyone i wouldnt hang my hopes on this job, but i went and did it anyway. so, i guess ill just have a huge crying fit and get over it...sometime before lunch so i can submit another squillion resumes.

so, go ahead and rant here... tell how you feel sorry for yourself sometimes.. please dont let me be alone in this. your support is needed!

 

[carsonshepherd]

I'm so sorry about the job, vella baby. It's happened to me before and I felt the same way you did... but not even two weeks later my current job came along and I couldn't be happier with it, for a boring day job. Cry until you feel better. Then kick yourself in the butt and get back to looking for something better.

It'll happen.

 

[herecomestherain]

Ahhh vella sweetheart, this is a toughie, sorry to hear about the job thingo, major bummer. Have a good wallow around in feeling sorry for yourself -- squeeze it for the gross injustice and travesty it is. After a good wallow it's always easier to see that the future will bring you something marvellous and perhaps the universe is conspiring to support you in ways that aren't obvious yet.

Stay away from excess quantities of chocolate!

 

[Guest]

Hang in there, Babe. It can't be forever. There will be something soon. There has to be.

 

[impressive]

and as many hugs as you can stand. (You can even wipe your snot on my shoulder.)

Wish I could help!

 

[rgraham666]

*HUGS* vella. Major bummer.

But don't worry, a lady as tough and smart as you is bound to come up with something good soon.

 

[Elsie Grey]

Oh hun, thats nasty! It's obviously not the right job for you though, if they couldn't see how wonderful you are! Big hugs and keep trying!

Elsie

xxx

 

[Guest]

 

[neonlyte]

Really sorry vella. It's almost worse to get that kind of rejection. Big hugs. Stay strong.

Mild Rant.
Just come back from hospital, wife is fine, no problems with the operation BUT...

She needs an MIR scan on the other wrist, when she fell they think she tore the ligaments, the x-ray shows possible bone damage overlooked at the time due to the pain in the wrist she actually fractured. She was due for the MIR scan today but it was cancelled because they are limited to one in-patient scan per day and an emergency arose this morning. She's now scheduled for Monday. If she leaves hospital she becomes an out-patient and moves to the end of the queue, six months waiting. So she has to stay in hospital all weekend and hope no one has an emergency on Monday.

This is all tollerable - just. What is intollerable is she can have the MIR scan today if I pay £700.00. Crazy fucked up system won't even let here come home for the weekend even though she is well enough. If she elects to wait she goes on a waiting list that costs the Social Services budget £1560 in incapacity benefit over the six month period.

Keep fingers crossed that no one has a dodgy curry Sunday night!

 

[Kassiana]

"You were one of the top candidates for the job, unfortuneately, we chose someone else"
rejection.

--Had one of those recently from a place I'd worked for previously and I thought valued me enough to hire me. It hurts like hell. Made me seriously question my self-worth.

I've been out of work since last April and I have SERIOUS job envy. When I see people complaining that they're having to work overtime, or their boss is having them cover someone else's shift, I have to bite my tongue to keep from saying, "At least you HAVE a job, whiner!" I'd be glad to take a job, even if I had to work gobs of overtime.

Unfortunately, all the money I've spent faxing and mailing out resumes since last April might as well have been thrown directly down my toilet for all the good it's done me. The only people who've gotten me any jobs at all are the people at Manpower, and those have all been temp jobs.

 

[Blackie Malone]

Okay........I've faxed God, called buddha, offered up to Ganeesh and danced in a circle naked on one foot facing East.

From what I understand it was a Kharmatic error on the part of the universe.

All can be rectified by burying a Big Mac under an oak tree during a full moon while singing chinese opera (just make cat noises) in a ball gown and then doing interpretive dance.
I know you've done it before.


All will be well. Ride the wave.

 

[cantdog]

[above post accompanied by sounds made by tarot cards being shuffled and laid out in Celtic Cross]

Love you vella. Being jobless hurts.

 

[English Lady]

Aww vella love *hugs* i know the feeling, I always tell myself not to hang all my hopes on one thing but I always do and so i often feel like you do now...hae a good cry, get it all out and then grit your teeth and carry on...we all have great faith in you love


*hugs to neonlyte and missus....it's a real caper isn't it? *

 

[impressive]

Love you vella. Being jobless hurts.

But keep in mind, vella mia, being loveless hurts more.

 

[Colleen Thomas]

*HUGS*

 

[angelicminx]

honest to god, im feeling very sorry for myself. feeling rather pathetic and as i sit here balling my head off because...
"You were one of the top candidates for the job, unfortuneately, we chose someone else"
rejection.

this will most likely force me into going back to the medical field...or to work for walmart...i hear they treat the meeter greeters well.
i know its not the end of the world, but im very hurt. see? i told everyone i wouldnt hang my hopes on this job, but i went and did it anyway. so, i guess ill just have a huge crying fit and get over it...sometime before lunch so i can submit another squillion resumes.

so, go ahead and rant here... tell how you feel sorry for yourself sometimes.. please dont let me be alone in this. your support is needed!

I am so sorry Vella dear! I know how much that job meant to you darlin'.

My rant: I have been an "Emergency Basis Substitute Teacher/ Substitute Assistant" for 4 years now. I am good enough at what I do that I am requested specifically. I have been told that I am "next on the list" to be hired. 6 times full-time assistant positions have come open. 4 times I interviewed for the job only to have them hire someone else. Twice I wasn't even called for an interview. I don't know who I pissed off or how, but apparently I did a wonderful job of it.

As a matter of fact one such position that I expressed an interest in was filled Wednesday. I had been told that they were going to rotate subs through to the end of the year and hire over the summer.

Now, don't get me wrong. I LIKE being a sub and working when I want to, but I desperately need the money and benefits being full-time would bring. One income just doesn't cut it anymore.

 

[Pure]

sorry to hear that, vella.

just let it roll past you with whatever feelings. these things though intrinsically meaningless, still sting. i remember getting fired many years back (i didn't 'look' busy enough; lesson learned).

many of us have to scramble these days, piecing together several sources of income. it can be a bitch when one source--or possible source-- doesn't pan out



PS. By the way, is your screenname meant to be Maltese? It's a popular last name, there.

 

[BlackSnake]

Big squeeze, things always get better that's the nature of ups and downs, so chin up

 

[DrFreud]

Been there myself and the words of Coelho helped so I offer them to you (translated by me):

The warrior of light knows how to lose. He doesn’t look upon defeat with words like “it doesn’t matter”, or “I didn’t really want it”. He accepts defeat as such and doesn’t try to transform it into victory.

The pain of the wounds, the indifference of friends, the loneliness of the loss make him bitter. In moments like these, he says to himself: “I fought for something and I failed. I lost the first battle.”

These words give him a new strength. He knows that we can’t always win et distinguishes pertinent actions from errors.



I hope that helps. Good luck.

DrF

 

[Lisa Denton]

Vella sweetie, them peoples prolly couldn't hire you, but you should not feel bad. They have to hire so many strung out heroin addicts and winos to prove they is helping the community. You did not meet the criteria, but now that they have the required quota hired of crack whores and prison parolees, they are gonna hire you when some other employee is late due to overdose or drug deal gone bad.

I know it is small consolation to have to face the hard facts that you are too beautiful, intelligent, trustworthy and hardworking to be hired at this time. You will not have to wait long before they call you up saying "Please, please, come work for us, all our other employees is passed out in the bathroom." This will prolly only be tomorrow or the day after so hold on, you will get the job, and rise above the scum in no time at all.

 

[Guest]

unfuckenbelieveable....

i think the universe is testing me. you see, as i was balling my head off, i got a call from another perspective employer... interview for monday.
i go to take a bath..
youngest answers phone:
"I'm sorry, my mother is in the shower and must not be disturbed."
i get the msg that someone called from the town.
so i call back...and this is how it all went down.

apparently, because of the tarot cards/nakey big mac dance/strung out heroine addict in the bathroom and some hefty prayers on the part of my good friends here at lit...
the woman who had accepted the job, suddenly declined. (blackie, babe... just dont tell me what you did with her body)

I HAVE THE JOB!!!!!!
i have no pride in the fact that i am sloppy seconds...
I HAVE THE JOB!!!!!!
holy shit what a rollercoaster day. sushi to celebrate tonight

thank you, lovely lovely people....for lending your shoulders and allowing me to vent my self pity... you are all so very beautiful to me.

much love
v~
ps... my thoughts go out to those who posted their rants... always.

 

[carsonshepherd]

velllaaaa!

congrats baby!

 

[Guest]

 

[cloudy]

i think the universe is testing me. you see, as i was balling my head off, i got a call from another perspective employer... interview for monday.
i go to take a bath..
youngest answers phone:
"I'm sorry, my mother is in the shower and must not be disturbed."
i get the msg that someone called from the town.
so i call back...and this is how it all went down.

apparently, because of the tarot cards/nakey big mac dance/strung out heroine addict in the bathroom and some hefty prayers on the part of my good friends here at lit...
the woman who had accepted the job, suddenly declined. (blackie, babe... just dont tell me what you did with her body)

I HAVE THE JOB!!!!!!
i have no pride in the fact that i am sloppy seconds...
I HAVE THE JOB!!!!!!
holy shit what a rollercoaster day. sushi to celebrate tonight

thank you, lovely lovely people....for lending your shoulders and allowing me to vent my self pity... you are all so very beautiful to me.

much love
v~
ps... my thoughts go out to those who posted their rants... always.

So happy for you!

Your name is among those that I mention all the time when I go throw tobacco around in the morning, sweets.....always will be.

 

[Liar]