07.18.06
Whiskey Tango Foxtrot?
So I got a call from my neighbor that the cafe in Ballston may want me to start tomorrow! Exciting! I am stoked, and while I am barely able to keep my head above water as it is with all I am doing for work and school - even without a cooking job - I still want to make this move. Hell, this blog wouldn’t be all that exciting if it were just me not looking for a job and continuing to work part time as an online marketer. Hell, it’s not all that exciting anyway.
But the thing that pisses me off is I told my chef instructor about this possible job and how I was excited about it. Here is my first real job in a perfect setting for me possibly. I couldn’t be happier, but I mentioned how I might have to go on hiatus from school while I explore this opportunity. His reaction? “Well, be sure you finish up school.”
What the hell? Doesn’t he even care that one of his students is about to get a job? That the goal of the years of hard work are paying off? That I am making this big leap?
Apparently not. Apparently if I am not sticking around and paying the tuition bills, then I am not worth a damn.
Needless to say, that really sucked, and I am pissed right now.
But fuck it, there is a possibility that I am going to have some work as of tomorrow. Then it is just finishing up the class I am in, going on hiatus, and figuring out on my own schedule when I will actually get the degree.
Shit, if all they want is my money, I’ll just write them a check now for the balance and they can give me the damn degree and we won’t have to bother each other anymore.
Man, what a perfectly good waste of a bachelor week.
Stumble it!
mrgali said,
July 19, 2006 at 9:03 am
Congrats on the official job offer!
Boutros said,
July 19, 2006 at 4:14 pm
YIPPEE and BOO all at the same time. Want me to get all Boutros on someone’s ass? (That doesn’t mean much, since we both know I’m pretty lazy, unless threatened by juggalos)
Space Ace said,
July 19, 2006 at 4:24 pm
Perhaps he meant to advise you that completing the program and getting your degree was an important thing to do since you’ve gotten so close to the end of the line?
Maybe he thinks you will be a credit to the institution as an alumnus?
Maybe he wasn’t being mercenary; maybe he was offering some unsolicited advice?
Matt said,
July 19, 2006 at 5:36 pm
While I think Space Ace has a good point, perhaps I am being overly cynical, and the fact that I was (am) really tired may have skewed my perception of reality. Still, it would have only taken one little thing to make his comments OK with me. Just look above at mrgali’s post.
That’s all he had to say first as a premise to his comments. He never once said “Congratulations”. And I think that is what got under my skin the most.
So yeah, I do like the guy, and I won’t forever hate him, and I really DO plan on finishing that degree - but is it that hard for them to even pretend they are happy for me?
And thanks mrgali - I really appreciate it!